Assisting Employers with Their Labor Needs

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

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at numerous service areas throughout California who supply many crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

– Assisting employers with their labor requirements.
– Helping job candidates get work.
– Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
– Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-sufficient.
– Helping unemployed and handicapped 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 Employment Opportunity Office
Legal Office

Administration Branch

The Administration Branch provides administrative support to the Department including organization operations preparing and support services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department’s yearly 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 mission and goals. In addition, the Director’s Office consists of:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and employment resolves discrimination grievances submitted versus the Department by workers, companies, and candidates for employment and training, and offers specialist services on all aspects of equal job opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal advice and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and regulation.

Disability Insurance Branch

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

Infotech Branch

The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, employment system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch offers data processing technical assistance and services for one of the largest information technology environments in state government.

Policy, Accountability, employment and Compliance Branch

This branch offers essential audit, investigation, study, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs operate efficiently and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial possessions that go through the EDD each year. Also acts as the EDD’s primary intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and provides 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 General Public Affairs Branch is made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social networks pages.

Tax Branch

Among the biggest tax collection agencies in the nation, employment the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, customer care, 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 documents and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch provides a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to employers to help them satisfy their tax commitments.

Find out more info 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 lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and are prepared to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI benefits and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated employer 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 one of the biggest public work services operations on the planet using services at hundreds of service places statewide and connecting one million job applicants with employers each year.

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

Services to employers consist of matching job openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor employment exchange system with countless job openings and the biggest swimming pool of job applicants in California.

The WSB likewise administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and developing the state’s economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to provide training services for adults, dislocated employees, 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, private, and public entities that offer comprehensive and innovative work services and resources to meet the requirements of the California labor force.