The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Recommendations [Video]

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The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Background [Video]

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Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - At What Level of Budget Problem Does the Administration View Reductions in Employee Compensation Necessary? What Principles Would Guide the Administration at the Bargaining Table to Seek Concessions From Bargaining Units?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

Jul 14, 2025 - While we are not at the bargaining table and do not know what issues were discussed, we feel it was a missed opportunity for the parties to not find a solution that simplified the prefunding arrangement while also helping address the current budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The provisions of the ratified MOU will further increase state costs by an unknown amount above what was envisioned in the 2024-25 budget. Reporting on Effects of Shorter Duty Week Not Expected Until Spring 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Mar 25, 2016 - For example, the Labor Code specifies a minimum hourly wage that must be paid to most workers, when overtime compensation must be paid, when meal and rest periods must be provided, what information employers must include on itemized wage statements, and what steps employers must take to provide a safe and healthy workplace.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3403

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - While there currently is one authorized position in this classification, the administration’s fiscal estimates indicate that the administration proposes adding 10.5 additional positions in the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

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

Jun 27, 2025 - While we are not at the bargaining table and do not know what issues were discussed, we feel it was a missed opportunity for the parties to not find a solution that simplified the prefunding arrangement while also helping address the current budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In other cases, it is defined to include a broader set of health professions such as social workers, physicians, and psychiatrists (in ad dition to the caregiving occupations just mentioned). For the purposes of this post, we define the care economy according to the latter approach, encompassing a broad range of health and human services professions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572