MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - When CalHR did release a compensation study of Unit 6 compensation in 2023 (referred to as the 2022 compensation study because it relies on data from 2022), we were highly critical of the methodology adopted for the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state contributed about $2  billion (all funds) towards employee health premiums. Dental and Vision Insurance. The state pays the full premium cost for basic dental and vision benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - (Drivers who deliver food for app-based delivery services are eligible.) Other employees would be eligible for the state supplemental two week paid sick leave program if they are: (1)  healthcare workers, (2)  emergency responders and public safety personnel, and (3)  employees of businesses with more than 500 employees nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Parties Reached Agreement to Successor MOU in December 2022, but Union Membership Rejected Agreement and Relations Deteriorated. On December 22, 2022, our office received a proposed MOU between the state and Unit 10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - In 2022, Unit  6 members earned $547.8  million in overtime payments and $2.2  billion in gross regular pay. This means that overtime payments in 2022 were equivalent to roughly 24  percent of gross regular pay for Unit  6 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Federal Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 - As a result, some California workers, including those who work for app-based companies, may be employees under California law but independent contractors under federal law. These workers likely are not eligible to receive employer-paid federal leave benefits under H.R.  6201.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4212

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis August 26, 2022 Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis On August 25, 2022, our office received a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 August 12, 2022 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians) On August 1, 2022, our office received a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Specifically, using data reported in the state budget, the number of state employees grew by more than 11  percent from 226,000 state employees in 2011 ‑12 to more than 251,000 state employees in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - The parties signed the first pages of the tentative agreement in 2020, with some relatively minor provisions of the agreement related to pay being signed during the summer of 2022 (including adjusting the pay range for specified classifications at CDCR, the educational pay differentials, and the industrial hygienist certification differentials); the final provisions were not si gned until mid-December 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665