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), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state’s largest taxation agency, the EDD likewise manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has employees located at hundreds of service locations throughout California who provide lots of essential services to millions each year, including:

– Assisting companies with their labor employment needs.
– Helping job hunters acquire employment.
– Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, 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 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 supplies administrative assistance to the Department consisting of service operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD workers, and employment accounting for the Department’s annual spending plan.

Directorate Office

The Director’s Office orchestrates the instructions of the Department to make sure that programs and services follow the Department’s objective and goals. In addition, the Director’s Office consists of:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination problems filed against the Department by staff members, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and provides expert services on all aspects of equal job opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal advice and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, employment agreements, legislation, and guideline.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to health problem, 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 people. Employers likewise have the choice of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Information Technology Branch

The Infotech Branch is responsible for planning policy development, system maintenance, employment assistance, operations, employment and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical assistance and services for one of the largest infotech environments in state federal government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies crucial audit, examination, survey, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services assistance programs operate efficiently and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary assets that travel through the EDD annually. Also acts as the EDD’s primary intermediary with state and federal elected authorities and provides information, 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 General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest tax collection firms in the nation, the Tax Branch handles 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 almost $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 employees. The Branch provides a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to employers to help them satisfy their tax responsibilities.

Find out more information about EDD’s Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to people who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are looking for work, have the ability to work, and want to accept employment. 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 offered under the UI program consist of 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 using services at numerous service places statewide and connecting one million task applicants with employers each year.

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

Services to companies include matching task openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, employment an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the biggest pool of task seekers in California.

The WSB also administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and building the state’s economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, state, personal, and public entities that supply extensive and innovative work services and resources to meet the requirements of the California labor force.