To find a job, you can go to the "Jobs & Training" tab and search online at CalJOBS for California jobs. Jobs with the Employment Development Department is also offered as California EDD itself is also a large employer in the state of California. If you are unemployed, you can also find out more about COBRA and any subsidy that you can get at edd.ca.gov.
Edd.Ca.Gov contains information on how to file for disability insurance, paid family leave claim and unemployment insurance. Unemployment insurance can be applied at the www.edd.ca.gov if the person is completely unemployed or not working the full hours of a full time employee. It is also important that you are employed in the last 18 months and ready and looking for work in order to file for unemployment insurance. There is information that allows you to apply for unemployment insurance in different languages including English, Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese. You can also file for unemployment insurance on the website itself. Otherwise, you can file by telephone at 1-866-333-4606 through a 24 hours automated self-service hotline. At www.edd.ca.gov, you can also find out information for California State Disability Insurance (SDI) which is an insurance plan for partial wage-replacement. To file for claim, you have to file via telephone, mail or in person and use a form DE 2501.
If you need to file claims in person, you can also look for EDD offices through the website under the Home Tab->Find an EDD Office. Otherwise, you can contact EDD via mail
Unemployment Insurance
Employment Development Department
P.O. Box 826880 - UIPCD, MIC 40
Sacramento, CA 94280-0001
Disability Insurance or Paid Family Leave
Employment Development Department
P.O. Box 826880 - DICO, MIC 29
Sacramento, CA 94280-0001
Tax Assistance: Employers - General Correspondence
Employment Development Department
Taxpayer Assistance Center
P.O. Box 2068
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-2068
General Questions or Comments
Employment Development Department
P.O. BOX 826880, MIC 83
Sacramento, CA 94280-0001
There are a lot of different numbers depending on the department and action items. The EDD office is generally available from 8a.m. To 5p.m. and its nation wide toll free number is 1-800-480-3287 for English.
On www.edd.ca.gov, you can also find out about information on payroll taxes including the reporting requirements, withholding rates, how to file and pay taxes and also access relevant forms and publications.
If you are interested in the state of the economy for California, you can find out information at the tab Labor Market Info. It even shows the unemployment chart for California against the US unemployment rate. The chart below is from www.edd.ca.gov website and it shows the California unemployment rate.
