Job Seeker Services Include Job Referral

The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a variety of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest taxation firm, the EDD likewise manages 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 hundreds of service locations throughout California who offer lots of essential services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.
- Helping job candidates obtain employment.
- Administering the federally-funded workforce investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
- Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-sufficient.
- Helping out of work and handicapped 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 consisting of service operations preparing and support services, human resource services for EDD staff members, 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 are constant with the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by staff members, employers, and candidates for employment and training, and supplies expert services on all aspects of equivalent employment chance.
Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, employment legislation, and policy.

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 option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies information technical assistance and services for among the biggest infotech environments in state government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch provides key audit, investigation, survey, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and employment partnering firms. These services aid programs operate successfully and effectively, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary possessions that pass through the EDD annually. Also functions as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal elected authorities and offers 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 Public Affairs Branch is comprised of Marketing and Constituent Services, employment Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD site and social networks pages.

Tax Branch

Among the largest tax collection agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch manages 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 almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch offers a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and provides one-on-one services to employers to help them meet their tax responsibilities.

Discover more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits 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 prepared to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded 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) runs among the biggest public employment services operations worldwide providing services at hundreds of service places statewide and linking one million job candidates with employers each year.

California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job applicant services consist of job referral, employment task search workshops, positioning services, and special support to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.

Services to companies include matching task openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the largest swimming pool of job seekers in California.

The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the manpower and building the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of regional, state, private, and public entities that offer extensive and innovative work services and resources to satisfy the requirements of the California labor force.