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

Sep 9, 2025 - In 2015-16, the state adopted a policy to establish through the collective bargaining process a prefunding arrangement whereby the state and current employees each pay one-half of the normal cost of the benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - As one point of reference, this is roughly equivalent in size to the state ’s outstanding federal Unemployment Insurance loan taken out during the pandemic that employers are set to repay over the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Providing a new retirement benefit to one type of state employee raises internal equity considerations regarding the level of compensation provided to other state employees. If the state were to provide a DROP for one bargaining unit, there would be pressure on the state to provide a DROP (perhaps with different specific terms) to other bargaining units in order to maintain internal equity across bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Unit 12 is one of 14 bargaining units with MOUs that are scheduled to expire some time after 2025-26. The proposed agreement with Unit 12 is the first concession agreement submitted to the Legislature for one of these bargaining units with active agreements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - The payroll deferral is a one-time budget solution. When the state undoes a payroll deferral, state accounting reports reflect 13 months of payroll paid in one fiscal year. This means that the cost to undo the payroll deferral is equivalent to one month of payroll in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Typically, a furlough for state employees reduces state employee pay by 4.62  percent in exchange for one day (eight hours) off per month without affecting other elements of compensation (for example, pension and health benefits).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Typically, a furlough for state employees reduces state employee pay by 4.62  percent in exchange for one day (eight hours) off per month without affecting other elements of compensation (for example, pension and health benefits).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Typically, a furlough for state employees reduces state employee pay by 4.62  percent in exchange for one day (eight hours) off per month without affecting other elements of compensation (for example, pension and health benefits).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - For example, a target could be established as a dollar amount or a percentage of pay; and the target could be one state-wide target or be bargaining unit specific. Identify What Policy Will Be Used to Achieve Any Imposed Reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The state has made one-time SPPs to each state pension plan at various times in the past. Such one-time SPPs to the Highway Patrol plan have included the 2017-18 plan to borrow funds to make SPPs to all pension plans and SPPs required by the current MOU .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920