The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - Under state law, PAGA allows employees to sue their employers to collect a share of penalties associated with labor l aw violations. Penalties and settlement awards from PAGA lawsuits are distributed 75  percent to the LWDF and 25  percent to the plaintiffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Jun 24, 2022 - Eligible Unit 13 members who work for CDCR receive an allowance of $400 to pay for uniform requirements. The administration indicates that (1)  CDCR uniforms are required to be worn at all times and cost between $800 and $900 per year and (2)  the current $400 allowance was established in 2002.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4607

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - Effective the pay period following ratification of the agreement, the proposed MOU would provide Psychiatric Technicians and Senior Psychiatric Technicians at (1)  the Atascadero State Hospital a $400 per month pay differential and (2)  Coalinga, Napa, and Metropolitan State Hospitals a $200 per month pay differential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - The agreement would provide to employees in specified Psychologist, Audiologist, and Dietitian classifications who work at Porterville Developmental Center a monthly payment of either $400 per month (in the case of Dietitians), $800 per month (in the case of unlicensed Psychologists), or $1,000 per month (in the case of Audiologists and Psychologists).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under federal l aw, state and local government employers may continue to exclude some employees from Social Security coverage, but only if those employees are enrolled in a retirement plan that meets federal regulations requiring at least a specified level of benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

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

Feb 19, 2020 - The administration expects the 50  percent staff increase to reduce claim duration by 50   percent —from 400 days to 200 days, as shown earlier in Figure  3. This probably overstates by how much the average claim duration will shorten.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - The Legislature approved more than $400  million in new ongoing funding levels to augment CalFire ’s fire response. Included among these proposals is $169  million General Fund in 2022-23 ($164.3  million General Fund ongoing) to pay for 827 positions to staff and support 17 new Firefighter I crews and fund associated equipment and special repairs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The administration estimates indicate that the provision would increase annual state costs by $448,000 and benefit about 400 employees. Reimbursement for External Vest Carrier. During the term of the agreement, the proposed agreement would allow Unit 5 members to be reimbursed once up to $200 for the cost of purchasing an external vest carrier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - Funding for job services at AJCCs —a total of about $400  million annually —is provided by the federal government under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The California Workforce Development Board.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - The 2017-18 budget directed Caltrans to fill all of its vacant capital outlay support positions (about 400 positions) before asking for any new positions to implement SB  1 (Chapter  5 of 2017 [SB  1, Beall]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880