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), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state’s biggest tax collection company, the EDD likewise deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at numerous service areas throughout California who provide numerous crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

– Assisting companies with their labor requirements.
– Helping task seekers obtain work.
– Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
– Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-dependent.
– Helping jobless and through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
– Supporting state activities and benefit programs by gathering and administering employment-related taxes (UI, SDI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax withholding).

EDD Branches

Administration Branch
Directorate Office Equal Employment Opportunity Office
Legal Office

Administration Branch

The Administration Branch offers administrative support to the Department consisting of organization operations preparing and support services, personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department’s annual budget plan.

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 Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and employment deals with discrimination grievances filed against the Department by staff members, employers, and candidates for employment and training, and offers consultant services on all elements of equivalent work opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and guideline.

Disability Insurance Branch

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

Infotech Branch

The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch offers information processing technical assistance and services for among the largest infotech environments in state federal government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch provides essential audit, examination, study, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs operate effectively and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and employment regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary possessions that travel through the EDD yearly. Also functions as the EDD’s primary intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and offers details, 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 General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social networks pages.

Tax Branch

Among the biggest tax collection agencies in the nation, 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 practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and provides individually services to employers to assist them meet their tax commitments.

Discover more details 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 actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, have the ability to work, and are willing to accept employment. Each year, employment the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI advantages and gets 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) operates among the largest public work services operations worldwide using services at numerous service places statewide and connecting one million task seekers with employers each year.

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

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

The WSB also administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and constructing the state’s economy. California distributes more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of regional, state, personal, and public entities that provide extensive and innovative work services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California workforce.