Collective Bargaining: Assessing Proposed Employee Compensation Increases

Mar 20, 2020 - Unfortunately, these other sources of info rmation are not always available during our ten-day review. Accordingly, the compensation study is one of the main tools we use in our analysis. Upcoming MOUs Legislature Expected to Consider MOUs for Eight Bargaining Units in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4206

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians)

Jan 9, 2020 - A position paper issued by the American Nurses Association indicates that, although the Institute of Medicine recommends that nurses not exceed 12 hours of work in a 24-hour period and 60 total hours of work within seven days, research suggests that working more than 40 h ours a week can adversely affect patient safety and the health of nurses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4134

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - While employees hired before 2013 generally pay half of normal cost for their benefit, employees hired after 2013 pay more than h alf of the normal cost for their benefit. The provision of the proposed agreement would apply the same increase in contribution to employees regardless of their date of hire.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Most significantly, the Governor proposes to: ( 1)  t o establish a uniform statewide schedule of prices at which drugs would have to be sold and ( 2)  h ave the state contract with drug manufacturers to create its own brand of generic drugs that would be available for purchase statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135