Job Seeker Services Include Job Referral

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 largest tax collection agency, the EDD likewise manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves work records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has workers located at numerous service places throughout California who provide many essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements. - Helping job seekers obtain work. - Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth. - Assisting receivers in ending up being self-sufficient. - 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, 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 including business operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD staff members, 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 follow the Department's mission and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office includes:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination problems submitted against the Department by workers, employers, and candidates for employment and training, and offers 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 policy.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to illness, employment injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages 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 people. Employers also have the alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

The Information Technology Branch is accountable for planning policy development, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state federal government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies crucial audit, examination, study, assessment, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs operate efficiently and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial possessions that travel through the EDD yearly. Also serves as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected officials and provides info, 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 Public Affairs Branch is made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD site and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the largest taxation firms in the country, the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, customer 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 employer payroll tax files and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch provides a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to companies to assist them fulfill their tax responsibilities.

Discover more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies advantages to individuals who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, have the ability 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 moneyed by mandated company contributions. Additional services provided under the UI program consist of 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 worldwide using services at hundreds of service locations statewide and linking one million task hunters with employers each year.

California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job applicant services consist of job recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and special assistance to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.

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

The WSB likewise administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the manpower and developing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million annually in federal funds to supply training services for adults, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of local, state, private, and public entities that offer extensive and innovative employment services and resources to fulfill the requirements of the California labor force.