Assisting Employers with Their Labor Needs

The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide range of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state’s largest tax collection agency, the EDD likewise handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members located at hundreds of service locations throughout California who provide lots of important services to millions each year, including:

– Assisting employers with their labor needs.
– Helping task seekers obtain employment.
– Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
– Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-dependent.
– Helping jobless and handicapped employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
– Supporting state activities and employment 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 supplies administrative support to the Department including business operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for employment the Department’s yearly budget plan.

Directorate Office

The Director’s Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to ensure that programs and services are constant with the Department’s mission and objectives. In addition, the Director’s Office includes:

Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination grievances filed versus the Department by workers, employers, and applicants for work and training, employment and offers expert services on all elements of equal job opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and regulation.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to disease, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays more than $4.2 billion in Disability (DI) benefits and gets 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 likewise have the option of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

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

Policy, Accountability, employment and Compliance Branch

This branch offers key audit, investigation, study, employment assessment, employment and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs run efficiently and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary possessions that travel through the EDD every year. Also acts as the EDD’s primary liaison with state and federal chosen authorities and provides info, analyses, and policy guidance on legal 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 Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD site and social networks pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest tax collection firms in the nation, the Tax Branch manages 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 EDD collects nearly $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 keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch offers a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and offers one-on-one services to companies to help them meet their tax commitments.

Find out more details about EDD’s Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides benefits to people who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and are ready to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated company contributions. Additional services offered under the UI program include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Workforce Services Branch

The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs one of the biggest public work services operations in the world using services at hundreds of service locations statewide and linking one million task applicants with employers each year.

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

Services to companies consist of matching job openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest pool of task candidates in California.

The WSB also administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the labor force and constructing the state’s economy. California distributes more than $394 million every year in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of regional, state, private, and public entities that offer comprehensive and innovative employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.