Assisting Employers with Their Labor Needs

The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a variety 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 company, the EDD also deals with 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 employees situated at hundreds of service areas throughout California who supply many essential services to millions each year, including:

– Assisting companies with their labor requirements.
– Helping job applicants acquire employment.
– Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
– Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-dependent.
– Helping out of work and disabled employees 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 service operations planning and assistance services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department’s annual budget.

Directorate Office

The Director’s Office manages the instructions of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are constant with the Department’s mission and goals. In addition, the Director’s Office consists of:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by staff members, employment employers, and candidates for employment and training, and supplies specialist services on all elements of equal employment chance.
Legal Office: Provides legal advice and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and regulation.

Disability Insurance Branch

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

Infotech Branch

The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system upkeep, assistance, employment operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch offers crucial audit, investigation, study, examination, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services help programs operate effectively and efficiently, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, employment and secure billions of dollars in financial possessions that travel through the EDD every year. Also acts as the EDD’s main intermediary with state and federal elected officials and provides details, analyses, and policy assistance 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 General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

Among the biggest taxation agencies 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 gathers practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, including 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 fulfill their tax obligations.

Find out more information about EDD’s Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to individuals who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and are willing to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated company contributions. Additional services supplied 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 in the world offering services at hundreds of service locations statewide and employment connecting one million task hunters with employers each year.

California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job candidate services consist of task referral, job search workshops, placement services, and unique help to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.

Services to companies consist of matching task 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 biggest swimming pool of job applicants in California.

The WSB also administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on and youth for the labor force and constructing the state’s economy. California distributes more than $394 million each year in federal funds to supply training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, state, personal, and public entities that provide detailed and innovative work services and resources to meet the requirements of the California labor force.