Job Seeker Services Include Job Referral

The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide range of services to millions of 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 largest tax collection agency, the EDD also deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California workers.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at hundreds of service locations throughout California who offer numerous important services to millions each year, consisting of:

– Assisting companies with their labor requirements.
– Helping job seekers get employment.
– Administering the federally-funded workforce for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
– Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-sufficient.
– Helping out of work and disabled employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
– Supporting state activities and benefit programs by gathering 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 company operations preparing and support services, employment personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department’s yearly budget.

Directorate Office

The Director’s Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to make sure that programs and services are constant with the Department’s objective and goals. In addition, the Director’s Office includes:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by staff members, employers, and candidates for work and training, and provides expert services on all aspects of equal job opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, employment legislation, and policy.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are not able to work due to disease, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays 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 alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Information Technology Branch

The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch offers information processing technical assistance and services for among the largest information innovation environments in state government.

Policy, Accountability, employment and Compliance Branch

This branch offers crucial audit, examination, study, assessment, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs operate efficiently and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial assets that pass through the EDD annually. Also functions as the EDD’s main intermediary with state and federal elected authorities and offers details, analyses, and policy guidance on legal matters to the Labor employment 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, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest taxation firms in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, customer support, 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, employment including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch offers a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and provides individually services to companies to assist them satisfy their tax commitments.

Find out more details about EDD’s Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to individuals who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able 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 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 largest public employment services operations on the planet offering services at numerous service locations statewide and linking one million task hunters with employers each year.

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

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

The WSB also administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and building the state’s economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to offer training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, private, and public entities that provide thorough and ingenious employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.