Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - To the extent that healthcare costs consume a growing share of a retired person ’s income, his or her financial security can be significantly weakened. Low Retiree Healthcare Costs for Long ‑Term Employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The agreement continues the existing provision that specifies that the pay does not apply to situations where an experienced or skilled employee is required to informally “impart his/her knowledge to a newly hired or less experienced employee. ” (The payment is calculated with the same methodology as the OIC Pay, discussed above.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Sep 12, 2019 - The one employee in Unit 2 who is in the Safety retirement tier would —beginning July 1, 2020 —contribute an additional 0.5  percent of pay towards his or her pension benefit. This employee would contribute a total of 11.5  percent of pay towards the pension —about one-half of the blended normal cost for this pension benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4095

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 10, 2016 - Under no circumstance is an employee or beneficiary or survivor able to reco ver contributions an employee makes to the retiree health funding account during his or her career, even if the employee leaves state service after a few years and is ineligible for retiree benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3482

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - If this employee chose to participate in the two day VPLP, his or her net pay would be 4  percent above what it is today, the employee would only need to work about 90  percent, and —upon retirement —the employee ’s pension and vacation leave balance cash out would be based on the full base pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

The 2016-17 Budget: Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act Resources

Mar 25, 2016 - Under PAGA, an individual who wishes to pursue civil penalties against an employer must provide a written notice to both the employer and LWDA of the alleged violations and his or her intent to pursue civil penalties under PAGA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3403

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Jan 23, 2017 - Although the costs of an individual ’s retiree health benefits are not related to his or her compensation, the agreement establishes the state ’s cost to prefund retiree health benefits as a percentage of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3534

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

May 30, 2018 - An employee who is at the top step of his or her salary range will receive a 5 percent pay increase as a result of the proposed agreement. (About two-thirds of Unit 6 members are at the top step of their salary range.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3847

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - Unlike pension benefits, the state ’s retiree health benefit is unrelated to a person ’s income either during his or her career or in retirement. Because the state ’s retiree health benefit is the same for an employee earning $30,000 as it is for an employee earning $100,000, the amount of money needed to prefund the benefit represents a larger share of a lower-income worker ’s salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520