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Assisting Employers with Their Labor Needs

The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a variety of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force investment (Jobs and Training), and employment Labor Market Information programs. As the state’s largest tax collection agency, the EDD also manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at numerous service places throughout California who provide lots of essential services to millions each year, including:

– Assisting employers with their labor needs.
– Helping task candidates obtain work.
– Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
– Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-sufficient.
– Helping unemployed 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 provides administrative support to the Department including organization operations planning and assistance services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department’s yearly spending plan.

Directorate Office

The Director’s Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to make sure that programs and services follow the Department’s objective and goals. In addition, the Director’s Office consists of:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination problems submitted against the Department by staff members, companies, and for work and training, and provides specialist services on all elements of equal job opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which supplies 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 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 alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

The Infotech Branch is responsible for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch offers data processing technical assistance and services for one of the largest details technology environments in state government.

Policy, employment Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch provides crucial audit, investigation, survey, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs run successfully and efficiently, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary assets that pass through the EDD each year. Also acts as the EDD’s main liaison with state and federal chosen officials and provides information, 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 Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and employment social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest tax collection companies in the nation, the Tax Branch handles 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 employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to companies to assist them fulfill their tax obligations.

Discover more details about EDD’s Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to individuals who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded 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 among the biggest public employment services operations in the world providing services at numerous service locations statewide and linking one million task applicants with employers each year.

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

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

The WSB likewise administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and building the state’s economy. California disperses more than $394 million every year in federal funds to offer training services for adults, 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 partnership of local, state, personal, and public entities that offer thorough and innovative employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.