Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - The 2017 ‑18 budget package established a temporary cost ‑sharing structure for counties with total wages and benefits above the current state participation cap —$12.10 per hour. Specifically, for these counties the state will share in a portion of costs associated with locally established wage and benefit increases that, in sum, do not exceed 10  percent of a
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Mar 14, 2017 - State employees are reimbursed for specified costs incurred while traveling and doing business for the state. The agreement adjusts the amount of money Unit  16 members may be reimbursed for these activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3617

The 2017-18 Budget: Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Feb 17, 2017 - Key questions that legislators can ask these groups include: Do employer and employee representatives agree with the benchmark timeframes identified by PERB in its January 2017 report as reasonable timeframes to resolve labor disputes?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3566

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 2 (Attorneys and Hearing Officers)

Aug 29, 2016 - State employees are reimbursed for specified costs incurred while traveling and doing business for the state. In the past, these reimbursement rates typically have been established in MOUs for rank-and-file employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3495

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Apr 4, 2016 - These leave cash outs are subject to Medicare payroll taxes but do not affect employees ’ pension benefits. The administration assumes that departments would absorb these costs within existing departmental resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3409

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Jun 24, 2016 - (He has chosen to do this for other state bargaining units too —see our analyses of agreements with Units 6 [Corrections] , 9 [Professional Engineers] , 10 [Scientists] , and 12 [Craft and Maintenance] .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3486

The 2017-18 Budget: Funding Public Works Labor Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - Actual annual revenues from the recently created contractor registration fee are less than estimated when the fee was established and do not cover current spending levels for public works enforcement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3603

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

Feb 19, 2020 - Workers filed claims in 2017 to recover $230  million in unpaid wages and collected $40  million, less than 20  percent of the amount claimed. These figures do not include dismissed claims. At Settlement, Workers Recover About Half of Wages Owed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165

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

Jun 10, 2016 - These leave cash outs are subject to Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes but do not affect employees ’ pension benefits. The administration assumes that departments would absorb these costs within existing departmental resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3482

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - As we described in our third post , the abstract calculation central to the funding plan implementation gives the state the benefit of theoretical investment gains that do not exist in the real world.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337