Unemployment page The Employment Development Department (EDD) is one of the 13 departments under the California Health and Human Services Agency. The EDD administers the Job Service, Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, Workforce Investment Act, and Welfare-to-Work programs. As California's largest tax collection agency, EDD also handles the audit and collection of employment taxes and maintains employment records for more than 19 million California workers. in Job Search Engineswith departmentdepartmentsdevelopmenteddemploymentenginesjobsearch