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

Feb 17, 2017 - We estimate that the three vacant positions associated with these board vacancies —the two board members and a shared support staff position —free up at least $500,000 (about 5 percent of the department ’s budget) for PERB to spend on other staff and operating expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3566

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - While achieving the DOL ’s reserve target is one requirement for states to obtain short-term (up to nine months) interest-free federal UI loans, we note that states that meet this target are much less likely to require federal loans in any event, decreasing the significance of this benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/3

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Under the pay differential, employees who telework more than 50 percent of their time receive $50 per month and employees who telework more than 0 percent but less than 50 percent of their time received $25 per month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Specifically, the funds would reduce districts ’ CalSTRS rates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 —freeing up resources for other parts of districts ’ operating budgets. Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2016-17 Budget: Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Mar 1, 2016 - In addition to positions held vacant for purposes of freeing up funds, departments typically have vacancies resulting from natural turnover among staff. (The budget used to assume that 5 percent of a department ’s authorized positions would be vacant at any one time due to natural turnover.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3377

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

Feb 19, 2020 - Increasing hearing staff by about 50  percent should notably reduce wage claim delays. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Employees who are identified as being “remote centered ” are eligible to receive $50 per month. Employees who are identified as “office centered ” are eligible to receive $25 per month. Under the telework stipend program, the MOU specifies that “no reimbursement claims will be authorized for utilities, phone, cable/internet, or other telework incurred costs. ” Executive Order N-22-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2017-18 Budget: Funding Public Works Labor Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - This action would free up $2.2  million in the SPWEF on an ongoing basis and would largely address the funding imbalance going forward, even if contractor registration fee revenues remain flat in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3603

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

Sep 9, 2025 - (The stipend provides remote-centered workers $50 per month and office-centered workers $25 per month.) Unit 18 Term. The proposed agreement would be in effect through July 1, 2028. This means that the agreement would be in effect for three fiscal years: 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Federal Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 - Second, as noted above, businesses with fewer than 50  employees may seek an exemption from the U.S. Department of Labor. Roughly one-quarter of California private-sector employees work for these businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4212