The Department (EDD) provides a wide range of services to countless 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 biggest tax collection firm, 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 largest state departments, employment the EDD has employees situated at hundreds of service places throughout California who provide numerous crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping job hunters get work.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping out of work and disabled workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and advantage 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 assistance services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to ensure that programs and services follow the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination complaints submitted against the Department by employees, employers, and candidates for employment and training, and offers consultant services on all elements of equal employment opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and support to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California workers who are unable to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and gets and processes more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and employment DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers also have the alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for employment planning policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical support and services for among the biggest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides crucial audit, investigation, study, examination, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs run successfully and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary assets that travel through the EDD every year. Also serves as the EDD's main liaison with state and federal elected officials and provides info, analyses, and policy guidance on legal matters to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Governor's Office, and other governmental entities.
  
  Public Affairs Branch
  
  The General 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, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest taxation agencies in the country, the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, customer service, 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 nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, [employment](http://users.atw.hu/samp-info-forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=bde9d6583698dbbac3bcff1afbd51373&action=profile