Assisting Employers with Their Labor Needs
The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a wide variety of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's largest tax collection company, the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California workers.
One of the biggest state departments, employment the EDD has workers situated at hundreds of service areas throughout California who provide lots of important services to millions each year, consisting of:
- Assisting companies with their labor needs.
- Helping job candidates obtain work.
- Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
- Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-sufficient.
- Helping jobless and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
- Supporting state activities and advantage 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 business operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's annual 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 objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination problems submitted against the Department by workers, employers, and applicants for work and training, and provides specialist services on all elements of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and support 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 provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable 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 also administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers likewise have the choice of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
Infotech Branch
The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, 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 government.
Policy, Accountability, and Branch
This branch offers crucial audit, examination, study, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs operate successfully and efficiently, meet federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary possessions that travel through the EDD each year. Also works as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and provides info, analyses, and policy guidance 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 handles the EDD website and social networks pages.
Tax Branch
One of the biggest taxation companies in the nation, the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, consumer 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 nearly $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 workers. The Branch offers a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to companies to help them fulfill their tax responsibilities.
Find out more information 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 seeking work, have the ability to work, and are willing to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $6 billion UI benefits and receives 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) runs one of the biggest public employment services operations on the planet offering services at numerous service areas statewide and linking one million task hunters with employers each year.
California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job hunter services include task recommendation, job search workshops, placement services, and unique help to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
Services to employers include matching job openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the biggest pool of task hunters in California.
The WSB also administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the manpower and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million annually in federal funds to provide training services for adults, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of local, state, personal, and public entities that offer detailed and ingenious employment services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California labor force.