The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - (Drivers who deliver food for app-based delivery services are eligible.) Other employees would be eligible for the state supplemental two week paid sick leave program if they are: (1)  healthcare workers, (2)  emergency responders and public safety personnel, and (3)  employees of businesses with more than 500 employees nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

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

Sep 9, 2025 - The agreement would provide all Unit 18 members a 3  percent General Salary Increase (GSI) effective the first day of the pay period following ratification and an additional 3  percent GSI effective July 1, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Full Employer Costs Likely $2   Billion to $3   Billion Annually. Looking broadly at incoming claims each year, employers likely face lifetime SIBTF costs totaling $2  billion to $3  billion for each cohort of claims that injured workers submit each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jul 14, 2025 - This means that the agreement would be in effect for the duration of three fiscal years: 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28 Pay Increases. 2025-26: 3  Percent General Salary Increase (GSI). Effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, the agreement would provide all Unit 16 members a GSI of 3  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - After accounting for effects on unplanned overtime costs, we estimate that the agreement would result in state payroll costs for Unit 8-affiliated rank-and-file and excluded employees to increase by more than 3  percent relative to 2024-25 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 27, 2025 - During PLP 2025, Unit 12 members ’ pay would be reduced by 3  percent in exchange for five hours of PLP 2025 leave credit each month. After accounting for the 3  percent GSI provided by the agreement, the net effect of PLP 2025 would be to essentially hold employees ’ take-home pay flat relative to current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As specified below, the agreement would provide all Unit 9 members pay increases on July 1, 2025 and on July 1, 2027. 2025-26: 3  Percent General Salary Increase (GSI). Effective July 1, 2025, the agreement would provide all state employees represented by Unit 9 a 3  percent pay increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

Federal Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 - As a result, some California workers, including those who work for app-based companies, may be employees under California law but independent contractors under federal law. These workers likely are not eligible to receive employer-paid federal leave benefits under H.R.  6201.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4212

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The agreement would provide a 3  percent GSI on July 1, 2025 and another 3  percent GSI on July 1, 2027. A GSI adjusts the entire salary range for each classification represented by a bargaining unit, meaning that the pay increase applies to all Unit 6 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The 2020-21 budget specified that the noted savings could be achieved through any combination of (1)  MOUs, side letters, or other labor agreements; (2)  furloughs; and (3)  other reductions of excluded employees ’ compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047