Job Seeker Services Include Job Referral

The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a wide range of services to millions of 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 manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California workers.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has employees situated at numerous service areas throughout California who supply numerous essential services to millions each year, consisting of:

– Assisting employers 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 recipients in becoming self-dependent.
– Helping unemployed and disabled 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 supplies administrative assistance to the Department consisting of service operations planning and employment support services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department’s annual spending plan.

Directorate Office

The Director’s Office manages the direction of the Department to ensure that and services are consistent with the Department’s objective and goals. In addition, the Director’s Office includes:

Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination complaints submitted versus the Department by workers, companies, and applicants for employment and training, and provides expert services on all aspects of equal employment opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and regulation.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had 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 likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed individuals. Employers likewise have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Information Technology Branch

The Infotech Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical support and services for one of the largest information innovation environments in state federal government.

Policy, Accountability, and employment Compliance Branch

This branch supplies essential audit, investigation, employment study, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs run effectively and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary possessions that go through the EDD each year. Also acts as the EDD’s primary liaison with state and federal elected officials and offers information, analyses, and policy assistance on legal matters to the Labor and employment Workforce Development Agency, the Governor’s Office, and other governmental entities.

Public Affairs Branch

The General Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD site and social networks pages.

Tax Branch

Among the biggest taxation firms in the nation, 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 collects nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax files and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies individually services to companies to help them satisfy their tax commitments.

Discover more details 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 seeking work, are able to work, and are ready 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 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 among the largest public work services operations on the planet offering services at numerous service places statewide and connecting one million task hunters with companies each year.

California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job applicant services include job recommendation, job search workshops, placement services, and unique help to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.

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

The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and developing the state’s economy. California distributes more than $394 million each year in federal funds to offer 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 collaboration of regional, state, personal, and public entities that provide comprehensive and ingenious employment services and resources to fulfill the requirements of the California workforce.