Assisting Employers with Their Labor Needs

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

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has employees situated at hundreds of service places throughout California who offer lots of important services to millions each year, consisting of:

– Assisting companies with their labor requirements.
– Helping task applicants get work.
– Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and employment youth.
– Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-dependent.
– Helping jobless and disabled workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
– Supporting state activities and benefit programs by collecting and administering employment-related taxes (UI, SDI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax withholding).

EDD Branches

Administration Branch
Directorate Office Equal Job Opportunity Office
Legal Office

Administration Branch

The Administration Branch offers administrative assistance to the Department consisting of business operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department’s yearly budget.

Directorate Office

The Director’s Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services follow the Department’s objective and objectives. In addition, the Director’s Office includes:

Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination problems submitted versus the Department by staff members, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and provides specialist services on all aspects of equivalent employment chance.
Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and employment policy.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and receives and processes more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers also have the alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

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

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies key audit, investigation, survey, evaluation, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs run successfully and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary assets that pass through the EDD each year. Also works as the EDD’s main liaison with state and federal elected officials and supplies 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 Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest taxation agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, customer care, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch provides a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to employers to assist them meet their tax responsibilities.

Find out more information about EDD’s Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to individuals who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated company 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) operates one of the largest public employment services operations worldwide using services at numerous service places statewide and connecting one million task seekers with employers each year.

California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job applicant services include job referral, task search workshops, placement services, and unique assistance to people who are experiencing trouble in finding work.

Services to employers include matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the biggest pool of job applicants in California.

The WSB also administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and developing the state’s economy. California distributes more than $394 million every year in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of local, state, personal, and public entities that offer comprehensive and employment ingenious employment services and resources to meet the needs of the California labor force.