Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - The final option to consider is reversing or narrowing the Todd case ruling that allows multiple pre ‑existing conditions to be stacked, thereby making it easier to obtain 100  percent permanent disability benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, the monthly bilingual pay differential would increase from $100 to $200. Increases State Contributions to Active Employee Health Premiums.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Specifically, employees with (1) 17 years of service would be eligible to receive 2 percent of base salary, (2) 18 years of service would be eligible to receive 3 percent of base salary, (3) 19 years of service would be eligible to receive 4 percent of base salary, and (4) 20 years or more of service would be eligible to receive 5.5 percent of base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed agreement would increase the top steps of Unit 10 classifications by between (1)  6  percent and 12  percent in 2024-25, (2)  4  percent and 5  percent in 2025-26, and (3)  4  percent and 5  percent in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 6, 2019 - (Under the current agreement, employees are eligible to receive $65 each month for mass transit or vanpool riders and $100 if they serve as a vanpool driver.) The administration estimates that this would increase state costs by $4  million ($2  million General Fund) in 2019 ‑20 and $6  million annually in subsequent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4094

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Unit 8 rank-and-file, managerial, and supervisorial employees account for less than 4  percent of the total FTE in the state workforce and about 4  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 27, 2025 - For example, while CalHR found that total compensation for Unit 12 highway maintenance workers was 3  percent above the statewide market rates, CalHR found that Unit 12 highway maintenance workers ’ total compensation lagged total compensation of similar employees in the San Francisco Bay Area by 27  percent, in San Diego County by 4  percent, in the Sacramento Region by 4  percent, and the Los Angeles Region by 1  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Feb 19, 2020 - These include: (1)  the claim size (larger claims tend to settle for a smaller percentage), (2)  personal finances (workers who can afford to may insist on a larger settlement or go to hearing), (3)  the advice of the settlement officer, and (4)  the employer ’s interest in a settlement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165

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

Sep 1, 2023 - As Figure  1 shows, most Unit 12 members would receive either a 3  percent or 4  percent SSA. As we describe below, a small portion of the bargaining unit would receive an SSA greater than 4  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

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

Jul 14, 2025 - OPEB = Other Post ‑Employment Benefits and Local 1000 = Nine bargaining units represented by Service Employee International Union, Local 1000: Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21. Telework Stipend.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064