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The California Employment Development Department welcomes your participation in helping us serve California's businesses and workers. We want to make it easier for you to learn about what we do and whom we serve. Please join us at our public events and meetings.

Contact Information

For news media inquiries only, contact the California Employment Development Department (EDD) Communications Office, at (916) 654-9029. TTY users, please call the California Relay Service at 711.

To contact the Labor & Workforce Development Agency and its departments and boards communications offices, please call:

EntityPhone Number
Labor & Workforce Development Agency(916) 327-9064
Agricultural Labor Relations Board(916) 653-3741
California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board(916) 263-6722
California Workforce Investment Board(916) 324-3425
Department of Industrial Relations(916) 324-4163
Employment Training Panel(916) 327-5640

Latest Numbers from EDD

For your convenience, we are providing the most frequently requested facts and numbers for EDD. If you need additional or other information, please contact the EDD Communications Office.

Media Policies

Media inquiries:

Our Communications Office welcomes your media inquiries. If you have questions for the departments and boards listed above, please inquire with their respective communications offices directly. Please provide your deadlines so they may respond as quickly as possible.

Media interviews:

For interviews, contact the EDD Communications Office at (916) 654-9029. TTY users, please call the California Relay Service at 711. Requests for interviews with the Labor & Workforce Development Agency and its department/boards should be directed to their respective communications offices.

Media access to facilities:

Media representatives who want to photograph, videotape, or film at EDD offices, one-stop career centers, and other facilities must receive prior approval from the office manager and the EDD Communications Office. If there are members of the public or civil service employees in camera range, the office manager must announce your intent prior to any photographing, videotaping, or filming in the office location to protect the confidentiality of our customers and employees. Your request for access may be directed to the local office manager.