Assisting Employers with Their Labor Needs

The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide range of services to millions of 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 taxation firm, the EDD also deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves work records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has workers located at numerous service areas throughout California who supply many important services to millions each year, consisting of:

– Assisting employers with their labor requirements.
– Helping task seekers obtain employment.
– Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
– Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-dependent.
– Helping out of work and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
– Supporting state activities and benefit programs by collecting and administering employment-related taxes (UI, employment 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 organization operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department’s yearly budget.

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 deals with discrimination complaints submitted against the Department by workers, companies, and applicants for work and training, and provides specialist services on all aspects of equal job opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and guideline.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for employment California workers who are not able to work due to disease, 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 development, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical support and services for one of the largest details technology environments in state government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies essential audit, investigation, study, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs operate efficiently and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary possessions that pass through the EDD yearly. Also functions as the EDD’s primary liaison with state and federal chosen officials and provides information, analyses, and policy assistance 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 consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and employment the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the largest tax collection companies in the country, the Tax Branch handles all administrative, education, customer support, 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 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 preserves records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to employers to assist them fulfill their tax obligations.

Find out more info about EDD’s Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides advantages to individuals who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI benefits and receives 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 one of the biggest public employment services operations in the world offering services at hundreds of service areas statewide and connecting one million job candidates with companies each year.

California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job seeker services include task recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and special support to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.

Services to companies include matching task openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and the biggest pool of task candidates in California.

The WSB also administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and developing the state’s economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to supply training services for adults, employees, and youth through the America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, private, and public entities that provide comprehensive and innovative employment services and resources to meet the needs of the California workforce.