Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - As we describe below and list in Figure  1, the Legislature has ratified agreements between the administration and 19 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units. The rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with these 19 bargaining units represent more than 95  percent of the state workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Under recently ratified agreements with 19 bargaining units (all but Units 8 and 10, which now have agreements pending before the Legislature), the state will not make contributions towards prefunding retiree health benefits in 2025-26 or 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details]

Jul 11, 2025 - In total, the administration and 19 of the state’s bargaining units were able to enter into agreements by midnight on June 30, 2025. The purpose of this analysis is to serve as a historical record of these legislatively ratified labor agreements with the 19 bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5063

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The Legislature has ratified agreements with 19 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units to suspend the state ’s contribution to prefund retiree health benefits in 2025-26 and 2026-27. In the ratified agreements with 18 of these bargaining units, the state and employees have also agreed to suspend the employee contributions to prefund the benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Effective July 1, 2023, all Unit 19 employees would receive a 3  percent salary increase. 2024 ‑25 GSI: 2.5  Percent. Effective July 1, 2024, all Unit 19 employees would receive a 2.5  percent salary increase. 2023 ‑24 Top Step Increases for Specified Classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) August 19, 2025 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) The administration submitted to the Legislature a proposed labor agreement between the state and Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) on July 25, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We note that overtime costs in 2020-21 increased 12  percent compared with 2019-20; however, we cannot assess what share of this increase was due to PLP 2020, operational effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, or other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - This compensation structure results in 19 hours in a typical work week being paid at 1.5 times an employee ’s hourly rate for scheduled overtime, referred to as Extended Duty Week Compensation (EDWC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The seven units are Unit 2 (attorneys and hearing officers), 6 (corrections), 9 (professional engineers), 13 (stationary engineers), 16 (physicians, dentists, and podiatrists) 18 (psychiatric technicians), and 19 (health and social services/professional).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Effective July 1, 2025, the payments for 17 and 18 years of service remain but a new pay differential of 4  percent of base salary would be available to employees with 19 years or more of state service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918