The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a wide range of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest tax collection agency, the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members located at hundreds of service places throughout California who provide lots of crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.
- Helping job candidates obtain employment.
- Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
- Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-dependent.
- Helping unemployed and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
- Supporting state activities and advantage programs by gathering and administering employment-related taxes (UI, SDI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax withholding).

EDD Branches

Administration Branch
Directorate Office Equal Employment Opportunity Office
Legal Office

Administration Branch

The Administration Branch provides administrative assistance to the Department consisting of organization operations preparing and assistance services, personnel services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual spending plan.

Directorate Office

The Director's Office orchestrates the instructions of the Department to make sure that programs and services follow the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination grievances filed against the Department by workers, companies, and candidates for employment and training, and provides specialist services on all elements of equal job opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and policy.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, employment which provides partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and receives and processes more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch also administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers also have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

The Information Technology Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch offers information processing technical support and services for among the largest information technology environments in state federal government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies essential audit, investigation, survey, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services assistance programs run successfully and efficiently, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial assets that pass through the EDD every year. Also acts as the EDD's main liaison with state and federal chosen authorities and provides information, analyses, and policy guidance on legislative matters to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Governor's Office, and other governmental entities.

Public Affairs Branch

The General Public Affairs Branch is made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest tax collection companies in the country, the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, client service, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD collects almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax documents and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to employers to help them meet their tax responsibilities.

Discover more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years earlier, employment the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to individuals who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and are ready to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer contributions. Additional services provided under the UI program include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Workforce Services Branch

The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs among the biggest public employment services operations worldwide using services at hundreds of service locations statewide and linking one million job seekers with companies each year.

California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job hunter services consist of task referral, job search workshops, employment placement services, and special help to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.

Services to employers include matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest swimming pool of job hunters in California.

The WSB also administers numerous statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and constructing the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million each year in federal funds to provide training services for adults, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of local, state, private, and public entities that provide comprehensive and innovative work services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California labor force.