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

Jul 14, 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 (refer to our 2015 analysis, The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees for more information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 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 (refer to our 2015 analysis, The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees for more information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Prior to 2015-16, the state made no regular contributions to prefund retiree health benefits. Beginning in 2015-16, the state began implementing through the collective bargaining process a statewide change in its retiree health benefit that (1)  required the state and employees each to contribute one-half of the normal cost of retiree health benefits and (2)  reduced the value of the benefit for future hires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - As such, the case inventory was growing by about  500  cases per year, with about 7,000 pending cases as of 2015. Beginning in 2015, however, the number of incoming claims began to vastly outnumber the state ’s processing capacity, with the state processing only one ‑fifth of incoming claims each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 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 (refer to our 2015 analysis, The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees for more information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - The 2020 ‑21 Budget Act establishes a supplemental two week paid sick leave program for food industry employees and a supplemental two week paid sick leave program for employees who are not eligible for federal emergency paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

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

Jun 27, 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 (refer to our 2015 analysis, The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees for more information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - The budget act and Chapter  1 fully appropriate the remaining funds available from Proposition  1E. Under these bills, the department will have five years to commit Proposition  1E funds and three additional years to spend the funds, after which time the authorization to use the funds will expire.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Dills Act (Dills Act) establishes collective bargaining for state employees. Under the Dills Act, there are different types of labor agreements that the state and employee representatives enter into.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888