Public Retirement Benefits, Options for the Future - Public Retirement Benefits, Options for the Future [Video]

At the same time, as Sisney discusses, the Legislature may have to identify new fundi ng soon to address substantial unfunded liabilities in the teachers ' and University of California retirement systems, among others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=74&videoId=116

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - Furthermore, a recent study linked exposure to wildfire smoke during the 2020 fire season to increased incidence of COVID‑19 infection and fatalities, suggesting smoke exposure can lead to additional health vulnerabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - While there is evidence of possible recruitment and retention issues of some Unit 7 occupations, the administration does not provide a justification for the various SSAs, but states they are the result of the bargaini ng process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Jan 23, 2017 - About 200 employees in specialty classifications would be eligible to receive 1.5 times their regular pay rate when they are assigned to a fire incident. Employees would receive this higher level of pay from the time they are dispatched to the fire incident until the incident is declared controlled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3534

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - In particular, incidents like extreme heat, fires, smoke, and severe storms will cause work interruptions and instability in primarily outdoor ‑based industries such as construction, tourism, recreation, agriculture, and logistics/goods movement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - To be eligible for the full payment, employees would need to work for the six months precedi ng each payment and be employed by the state at the time of the payment. To be eligible for the entire $2,400, an employee would need to be employed in every pay period between July 2022 and July 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 6, 2019 - In total, affected employees would receive a pay increase rangi ng from less than 1  percent to more than 20  percent. The administration estimates that these pay increases would increase state costs in 2020 ‑21 by $25  million ($13  million from the General Fund), with a full annual effect beginning in 2021 ‑22 of $27  million ($14  million from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4094

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The agreement would provide an existing pay differential ( PD 422—Administrator of the Day ) equivalent to one day’s salary for every seven consecutive days that an attorney serves as on call outside of business hours at either the (1) California Health and Human Services Agency’s Office of Law Enforcement Support to respond to incidents at the Department of State Hospitals or
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - To better understand the need for state funding, the Legislature will want to request the administration provide additional information on how these sites have been funded and built in the past, as well as why the proposed campus needs state funding, while other training sites have not required state fundi ng.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Labor Agreements: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21

Jun 25, 2020 - The agreement specifies that the state shall not seek additional employee compensation reductions from Local 1000 represented employees through June 30, 2023 (meani ng through fiscal year 2022 ‑23). Deferral of Scheduled GSI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4257