The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - They are not required to do so for those who do work for a company but are not employees —known as independent contractors. However, independent contractors may only perform certain types of work. State rules set the type of work independent contractors can do.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

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

Mar 23, 2020 - The eligibility expansion is retroactive to January 27, 2020, meaning self-employed workers can request benefits for weeks of unemployment bac k to January 27, 2020. The expansion expires September 6, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208

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

Sep 9, 2025 - Beginning in 2030-31, both the employer and employee contributions under the agreement would fluctuate as a percentage of pay so that the employer and employee each contribute one-half of the normal cost of the benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - For example, the annual Unit 5 compensation study is not particularly useful for understanding how Unit 5 compensation compares with the labor market across the state. This is because the compensation study only compares the state to five coastal, high cost-of-living jurisdictions when Unit 5 members work in every county across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - While widespread frustration and an inability to contact EDD are problematic for other reasons, the claims from this group of workers did not represent fraudulent ac tivity so including them contributes to the overstatement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientists)

Aug 28, 2018 - In 2019-20 and 2020-21, if the actuarially determined normal costs to prefund retiree health benefits increases or decreases by more than 0.5  percent, the employer and employee contributions to prefund these benefits would be adjusted so that each pays one-half of total normal costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3881

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 2 (Attorneys and Hearing Officers)

Aug 29, 2016 - The proposed agreement increases pay by a specified percentage for all Unit 2 members on three separate occasions —5  percent effective the pay period following ratification of the agreement, 5  percent on July 1, 2017, and 4  percent on July 1, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3495

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

Jul 14, 2025 - However, the agreements with Units 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety), 12 (Craft and Maintenance), and 13 (Stationary Engineers) would phase in the restoration of the contribution rate so that the state ’s contribution would not be fully restored until 2029-30.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Jun 24, 2016 - One 5  Percent Salary Increase. The agreement would provide an additional 5  percent salary increase to about 2,300 rank-and-file employees employed in specified classifications —including communication operators, park rangers, and investigators.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3486

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Effective July 1, 2024, the proposed agreement would create two additional tiers to the senior CHP officer pay so that employees with 27 years as a CHP officer would receive 10  percent of base salary and employees with 28 or more years as a CHP officer would receive 12  percent of base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920