The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - The 2020 ‑21 Budget Act establishes a supplemental two week paid sick leave program for food industry employees and a supplemental two week paid sick leave program for employees who are not eligible for federal emergency paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Dills Act (Dills Act), two things occur if the Legislature does not fully fund the economic provisions of an MOU: (1)  the unfunded provision does not go into effect and (2)  either party —the administration or the bargaining unit —may reopen negotiations on all or a part of the MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Dills Act. Collective bargaining between the Governor and the state ’s rank-and-file employees (organized into 21 bargaining units) is governed by the Ralph C. Dills Act (Dills Act). The product of negotiations at the bargaining table is a labor agreement referred to as a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - Dills Act (Dills Act). This analysis of the proposed agreement fulfills our statutory requirement under Section 19829.5 of the Government Code. The administration has posted on CalHR’s website the agreement , a summary of the agreement, and a summary of the administration’s estimate of the proposed agreement’s fiscal effects .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Notwithstanding Section 19829.5, Section 11 of Chapter  25 provided legislative ratification of any labor agreement that (1)  was entered into by the state employer and a state bargaining unit between June 21, 2025 and June 30, 2025 and (2)  included savings measures to achieve budgeted reductions pursuant to Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 Budget Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Dills Act . This analysis of the proposed agreement fulfills our statutory requirement under Section 19829.5 of the Government Code. The administration has posted on the California Department of Human Resources’ (CalHR’s) website the agreement (including a new side letter related to the state’s hybrid work policy), a summary of the agreement, and a summary of the administration’s estimates of the proposed agreement’s fiscal effects .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions

Oct 12, 2020 - Figure 1 Supplanting and Supplemental Pension Payments on Behalf of Districts Made in 2019 ‑20 Budget Act Repurposed as All Supplanting Payments by 2020 ‑21 Budget Act (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4279

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Specifically, Item 9800 of the budget act directs the Department of Finance (DOF) to determine if an addendum requires legislative approval—pursuant to criteria laid out under Item 9800. DOF then submits the addendum to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), which has up to 30 days to determine if it disagrees with DOF’s determination that an agreement does or does not requires legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

COVID-19: Unemployment Insurance for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020 - On March  18, 2020 President Trump signed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the first federal relief act aimed at mitigating the economic and public health consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Although future addenda or side letters may be established to address unforeseen issues that might materialize during the term of the MOU, the addenda review process established under Item 9800 of the annual budget act defers more authority to the Governor than the MOU ratification process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802