California's Unemployment Insurance Program: Gaining Insight Through Comparison to Other States - California's Unemployment Insurance Program: Gaining Insight Through Comparison to Other States [Video

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California's Unemployment Insurance Program: Gaining Insight Through Comparison to Other States [Publication Details]

Oct 13, 2011 - California's Unemployment Insurance Program: Gaining Insight Through Comparison to Other States [Publication Details] Video Description: Since 2008, the cost of providing unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in many states has exceeded available resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2526

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The department informed us that (1) the working group did not meet and, consequently, did not produce any strategies to improve recruitment and retention of female staff but (2) the department independently has implemented strategies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - To address past budget problems or anticipated budget problems, the state has used a number of strategies to reduce employee compensation in a way that provides immediate budgetary relief to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - We repeatedly have raised concerns with the current prefunding strategy since the time the previous administration first proposed that the state and employees each pay one-half of the normal cost (see our initial response to the strategy; our comments on the labor agreements implementing the strategy for Units 6 , 9 , and Local 1000 ; and our 2020 analysis of the labor agreements that established PLP 2020).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, the state could encourage employers to implement adaptation strategies, such as installing air conditioning units and shifting work hours to cooler parts of the day. Such adaptation strategies will range in costs and burden to employers and workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - In a March 11, 2024 letter in response to a request from the Legislative Committee of the State Association of County Retirement Systems, the actuarial panel provided insights into the cost considerations for DROPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jun 25, 2020 - We repeatedly have raised concerns with the current prefunding strategy since the time the previous administration first proposed that the state and employees each pay one-half of the normal cost to prefund the benefit (see our initial response to the strategy and our comments on the labor agreements implementing the strategy for Units 6 , 9 , and Local 1000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4257

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - A compensation study can provide insights into an employers ’ ability to recruit and retain certain types of employees. Comparators and Methodology Key to Understanding Purpose and Usefulness of Compensation Study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

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

Sep 9, 2025 - OPEB Prefunding State Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Prefunding Strategy. For most of the more than six decades that the state has offered its employees retiree health benefits, the state did not prefund the benefit but instead paid the cost on a pay-as-you-go basis after employees retired.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073