Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details]

Jul 11, 2025 - In total, the administration and 19 of the state’s bargaining units were able to enter into agreements by midnight on June 30, 2025. The purpose of this analysis is to serve as a historical record of these legislatively ratified labor agreements with the 19 bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5063

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - In total, the administration and 19 of the state’s bargaining units were able to enter into agreements by midnight on June 30, 2025. The purpose of this analysis is to serve as a historical record of these legislatively ratified labor agreements with the 19 bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - Under recently ratified agreements with 19 bargaining units (all but Units 8 and 10, which now have agreements pending before the Legislature), the state will not make contributions towards prefunding retiree health benefits in 2025-26 or 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020 - COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19 COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19 Updated March  16, 2021 to reflect the enactment of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, on March  11, 2021, as well as earlier federal legislation related to unemployment insurance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) August 19, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) The administration submitted to the Legislature a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) on July 25, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - The Legislature has ratified agreements with 19 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units to suspend the state ’s contribution to prefund retiree health benefits in 2025-26 and 2026-27. In the ratified agreements with 18 of these bargaining units, the state and employees have also agreed to suspend the employee contributions to prefund the benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional) September 1, 2023 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional) This analysis of the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional) fulfills our statutory requirement under Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We note that overtime costs in 2020-21 increased 12  percent compared with 2019-20; however, we cannot assess what share of this increase was due to PLP 2020, operational effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, or other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - This compensation structure results in 19 hours in a typical work week being paid at 1.5 times an employee ’s hourly rate for scheduled overtime, referred to as Extended Duty Week Compensation (EDWC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - Common COVID-19 employment issues include, among others: whether workers receive pay for reporting to work and being sent home due to COVID-19, how to submit remote claims for labor law violations, what paid and unpaid leave options are available to workers affected by COVID-19, and how to implement COVID-19 workplace safety requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274