The 2017-18 Budget: Funding Public Works Labor Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - Awarding Body Outreach and Contractor Registration Compliance Unclear Whether Outreach to Awarding Bodies Would, on Its Own, Increase Compliance and Fee Revenue. To the extent that some awarding bodies are not sufficiently verifying contractor compliance with the registration requirement, conducting outreach relative to awarding responsibilities
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3603

The 2017-18 Budget: Increased Staffing for Labor Standards Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - The DLSE should also describe how it uses information about complaints and the outcomes of investigations to identify trends in compliance by industries, types of violations, size and ownership of business establishments, and other factors that would allow DLSE to dynamically adjust its enforcement approach going forward to maximize improved compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3602

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Given the large share of SNFs ’ patient revenue coming from Medi-Cal and the significant number of SNFs that are not in compliance with one or both of the new staffing requirements, we believe providing noncompliant SNFs with an add-on to their Medi-Cal rates in 2018 ‑19 is reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

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

Mar 25, 2016 - The general intent of PAGA is to allow employees to pursue civil penalties through the legal system when LWDA and related state agencies do not have the resources to do so, with a goal of increasing the deterrent effect of the civil penalties and compliance with labor law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3403

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

Feb 11, 2020 - According to the administration, key activities include training auditors to apply the new test, preparing audit findings for related appeals, updating forms, explaining changes, and reviewing employer data in the department ’s compliance database.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

The 2015-16 Budget: Staffing Cal/OSHA Enforcement Responsibilities [Publication Details]

Mar 13, 2015 - To address the Governor's concerns with current Cal/OSHA enforcement, his budget proposes additional Cal/OSHA positions. We recommend that the Legislature approve the requested level of new positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3212

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As we said in 2019 when we reviewed the Unit 6 MOU submitted for ratification that year, CDCR might need to recruit additional women correctional officers to work in its women’s prisons to maintain compliance with Section 2644. 2019 MOU Established Working Group to Develop Recruitment Strategies for Female Staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - The goals of the outreach effort are to (1)  improve labor law compliance among individuals and families who employ domestic workers in their home and (2)  increase domestic workers ’ awareness of their employment protections under state law and how to recover unpaid wages from their employer if labor law violations occur.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - The memo indicated that CalHR “is working to enhance its capability to oversee and manage the state’s leave programs” and that CalHR expects to be able to “enforce employee leave program laws, rules, and policies” as well as “audit/monitor departments’ leave balance systems and compliance efforts.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - Whether compliance has improved since October 2020 is unclear; however, includin
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446