The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - Under state law, PAGA allows employees to sue their employers to collect a share of penalties associated with labor l aw violations. Penalties and settlement awards from PAGA lawsuits are distributed 75  percent to the LWDF and 25  percent to the plaintiffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

State Options to Expand Unemployment Benefits

Apr 9, 2020 - State Options to Expand Unemployment Benefits COVID-19 State Options to Expand Unemployment Benefits The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has pushed unemployment in California to record highs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4219

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Proposed Agreement Will Push Back Date When Benefit Is Fully Funded for Unit 16. The Unit 16 retiree health benefit is on track to being fully funded by 2042. This is six years earlier than other bargaining units and four years earlier than the 2046 date when the Legislature will be able to use the assets in the trust to pay for benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The pandemic pushed unemployment in California to record highs. Under normal conditions, about 40,000  California workers file for UI each week. During the first two months of the pandemic, an average of 500,000 workers were filing each week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - For much of the late 1990s and 2000s, the yield averaged around 6  percent, although it fell after the dot-com bust and ensuing recession in the early 2000s. After the rate fell in 2008, it has remained near zero as inflation and U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673