The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Will the administration make reductions under this proposal if such cuts negatively affect departmental operations? Will the administration make reductions under this proposal if services would be affected?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

The 2020-21 Budget: Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Sep 9, 2020 - Major Provisions of Side Letter PLP 2020: 9.23  Percent Pay Cut. Beginning July 2020, employees ’ pay is reduced by 9.23  percent under PLP 2020 —equivalent to 16 hours, or two days, of work per month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4267

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - Concessions from state employees in 2023-24 would be difficult to negotiate when (1)  employees ’ purchasing power has been eroded considerably since 2020 by inflation and (2)  state employees voluntarily agreed to receive pay cuts in 2020-21 through PLP 2020 to help address a budget problem that never materialized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

Labor Agreements: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21

Jun 25, 2020 - The most recent period of furlough was an extreme example of the state’s reliance on furloughs to achieve savings in terms of (1) the magnitude of pay cuts applied to state employees and (2) the number of months employees were subject to furloughs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4257

The 2020-21 Budget: Improving the State's Unpaid Wage Claim Process

Feb 19, 2020 - In all likelihood, if no other changes are made, cutting the claim duration in half would require 100  percent more staff, in effect doubling the staff size, as opposed to 50  percent more staff. Although the claims duration probably will shorten by a smaller amount than what the administration expects and the exact reduction is unknown, the average claim duration could decline by 100 days or more.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165

The 2016-17 Budget: Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Mar 1, 2016 - For example, at the December board meeting , it was noted that PERB management, facing significant budget challenges,  “opted to hold off pursuing the layoff process and instead decided to cut back its operating budget wherever possible and not fill vacancies.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3377

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - GO‑Biz has a cross‑cutting coordination role for the state’s key economic issues but has limited expertise in technical goods movement issues. CalSTA or the Office of Freight Planning in the California Department of Transportation might be better suited to effectively administer the grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - Under VPLP, participating employees receive one day off each month in exchange for a 4.62  percent pay cut. As of December 2017, the average Unit 9 member participating in VPLP had 175 hours —almost 22 days ’ worth —of unused VPLP leave.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

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

Jan 13, 2020 - This approach provides the state with a cushion to more easily accommodate a drop in the minimum guarantee without making cuts to ongoing programs. Though the Governor Is Focusing on Issues of Legislative Concern, One ‑Time Funding Might Not Have Much Impact.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - In particular, state employees saw significant cuts in their pay —between about 5  percent and 14   percent —during up to 49 months of furloughs between 2009 and 2013 (see our March  2013 report, After Furloughs: State Workers’ Leave Balances , for more information on the furlough program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616