
Information and data specifically for employers and business owners. There are links to wages, data for your business plan, resources for employees, and more.
| What Do You Want to Do? | ![]() |
- Learn about Unemployment for Employers.
- Get ideas for a job description for recruitment or evaluation –
Use the Occupation Profile - Find data for the labor market in my county –
Use the Local Area Profile - Prepare my Affirmative Action/EEO plan.
- Change my business information in the "Find an Employer" section.
- Request an industry code review for my business.
- What are the Required Posters and Notices I need to post in my business?
- Learn about EDD Payroll Taxes.
| Useful Links for Employers | ![]() |
- CalGOLD – information on permits, licenses, and registration.
- California Business Portal
- California Employer Advisory Council
- California Employer's Guide
- EDD e-mail notices subscriptions
- Small Business Resources
- Tax Seminars for Employers from EDD
| Resources When There is a Layoff | ![]() |
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) – Under certain circumstances, employers are required to notify employees and EDD staff of an impending layoff or plant closure.
- Rapid Response Teams - Contact your local One-Stop Career Center. Rapid Response Teams assist laid-off employees to find new jobs, determine eligibility for re-training, and more.
- Find the closest One-Stop Career Center with America’s Service Locator
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| Employer - Employee Relations | ![]() |
- Frequently Asked Questions about Employer – Employee Rights – Dept of Industrial Relations
- Data on Labor Unions
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We provide several ways for you to give us your feedback on our products, this Web site, and your data needs.
- How Are We Doing? – Our online customer survey
- Labor Market Information Advisory Group – Quarterly meetings with LMI staff to exchange ideas and data needs. Get a sneak peek at products in development.
- Contact LMI
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For information about the process on hiring foreign temporary or permanent workers, click here.
| Compensation and Benefits | ![]() |
Find Local Wages For:
- General Wages in Your Area: Occupation Profile
- All Occupations in your Area (Excel files)
- California Occupational Guides
- California Occupational Guides - see detailed versions of new guides for local benefits, separately by full- and part-time status.
- Consumer Price Index Data Search Tool (note the CPI is also in the Local Area Profile)
- National Compensation Survey - wages, compensation cost trends, and benefits for the nation, states, and metro areas.
| Employee Hiring and Development | ![]() |
- CalJOBSSM – California’s online job opening system where you can post your job vacancy and review résumés of prospective employees.
- Training and Apprenticeships – Find out what training is available to develop the skills of your employees.
- The Employment Training Panel offers programs for small employers who otherwise may have no means to train their workers.
- Employing Minors
- Hiring Foreign Workers (US Dept. of Labor)
- Employment Eligibility Verification from US Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Get help finding and screening available workers at your local One–Stop Career Center – find the closest one at America’s Service Locator.
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