The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Recommendations [Video]

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The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Background [Video]

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Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

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

Jul 14, 2025 - We have found that establishing a benefit that fundamentally has no bearing on an employee ’s salary to be funded as a percentage of pay is overly complicated and creates risk that the benefit will not be fully funded by the target date.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The proposed agreement does not establish a DROP for Unit 8 or create a promise to establish a DROP in the future. However, it does create a commitment that Local 2881 will be able to present a DROP to CalHR in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

The 2016-17 Budget: Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act Resources

Mar 25, 2016 - Reject Proposed Language Allowing DIR to Create Ad Hoc Temporary Amnesty Programs. We recommend rejecting proposed language to grant DIR the authority to create temporary amnesty programs on an ad hoc basis, in favor of reviewing proposals for such programs on a case-by-case basis through the regular legislative policy process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3403

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Further, it creates a precedent for (1)  other bargaining units this year to adopt similar actions and (2)  future Governors to see this action as an acceptable trade-off to address future budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Suspending the state ’s contribution to prefund OPEB reduces costs today but contributes to a significant and growing unfunded liability and creates risk that the benefit will not be fully funded by 2048.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Mindful of the state ’s limited capacity to immediately work through all backlogged claims, the Legislature could consider creating a fast ‑track process for especially urgent or severe cases. (Over the longer term, additional state staffing could be contemplated to work through the remaining claims.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Suspending employer and employee contributions creates a short-term benefit to both the employer and employee; however, it will result in less money being invested in the trust fund and higher unfunded liabilities for the state in the long run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073