CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

Federal Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 - Forgivable business loans are available to businesses with fewer than 500  employees, as well as some larger businesses in the hospitality sector, which has been heavily impacted by COVID-19. (The federal relief package also includes loan programs for larger businesses.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4212

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - For example, one recent state law assigns wage claim liability to contracting businesses for violations committed by their subcontractors or temporary employment agencies. Wage claims under this new law can involve multiple businesses instead of one business, resulting in more time- consuming adjudication.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - Third, businesses will comply with the law in different ways. Some businesses may hire their contractors as employees, while others may hire some, but not all, of their contractors. Other businesses may decide to stop working with their California-based contractors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Moreover, incubators are only one of many strategies that states and businesses can use to try to spur economic development. Additionally, once incubators are developed, it is difficult to prove that the affected entrepreneurs and businesses would not have otherwise emerged through other avenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - …And Private Residents and Businesses. Residents and businesses also will incur costs related to climate adaptation. For instance, as extreme weather events become more common, employers will have to implement adaptation measures to ensure worker safety and minimize the loss in labor productivity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Business and Travel Reimbursement. Consistent with what CalHR has done with other bargaining units, the proposed agreement would tie the business and travel reimbursement rates available to Unit 10 members to those established by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Business and Travel Reimbursement. Similar to what CalHR has done with other bargaining units, the proposed Unit 5 agreement would link the state ’s business and travel reimbursement policy for Unit 5 to the rates established by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Mar 10, 2022 - ETP Grants Could Support Upskilling, but Not Are Likely to Grow or Diversify Workforce … ETP provides grants to businesses to train their existing workers. ETP grants do not directly encourage businesses to hire new workers or do so in a way that diversifies their workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020 - Self-employed workers —including business owners, independent contractors, and freelancers —generally are not eligible for UI. H.R. 748 first expanded, and later legislation extended, eligibility for UI benefits to self-employed workers as long as they are (1)  available for work and (2)  unable to work as a direct result of COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208