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The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a broad variety of services to millions of Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest taxation firm, the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the biggest state departments, the EDD has employees located at numerous service places throughout California who provide lots of important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

• Helping task applicants acquire employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-dependent.
• 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 Job Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch supplies administrative support to the Department consisting of service operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates 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 solves discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by employees, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and provides expert services on all aspects of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, job agreements, legislation, and regulation.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to disease, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) benefits 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 individuals. Employers also have the alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical support and services for one of the largest info technology environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers essential audit, investigation, survey, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services assistance programs run and effectively, fulfill federal and job state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary assets that pass through the EDD annually. Also acts as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and offers details, 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 manages the EDD site and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest taxation firms in the country, the Tax Branch deals with 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 practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax documents and remittances, job and keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to employers to assist them satisfy their tax responsibilities.
  
  Learn 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 jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and job are prepared to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer 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 largest public employment services operations in the world using services at hundreds of service locations statewide and linking one million task seekers with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job candidate services consist of job recommendation, job job search workshops, positioning services, and special assistance to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching job openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, job an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the largest pool of job seekers in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and developing 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), formerly called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, private, and public entities that offer thorough and ingenious work services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.