MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - Over the course of the agreement, employees could receive up to $2,400 from these payments. To be eligible for the full payment, employees would need to work for the six months precedi ng each payment and be employed by the state at the time of the payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The agreement specifies that the payment would be calculated by dividing the employee ’s monthly base pay by 21.667 (the average number of workdays per month) and multiply that by 7  percent. Commencing the first day of the pay period following ratification, the proposed agreement would increase the payment from 5  percent of the daily rate of base pay to 7  percent of the daily rate of base pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Employees who have worked more than 84 consecutive months would not be eligible for any additional payment; however, the agreement would provide eligible employees who were hired prior to August 1, 2016 and who never received Pay Differential 324 a one-time $10,000 payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - These payments are considered as compensation for purposes of calculating employees ’ pension benefits. Paramedic Daily Payment for Voluntary Overtime. Effective the pay period following ratification or November 1, 2024, whichever is later, the agreement would provide $50 to employees who are not in a designated Paramedic position but maintain an
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

Federal Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 - The law limits credits to $10,000 in total per employee (this equates to ten weeks of the maximum daily leave pay, $200). Analysis Less Than Half of Workers Covered by Federal Leave, Due to Employer Size and Exemptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4212

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Escalating Employer Costs Employer Tax for SIBTF Has Increased Dramatically … SIBTF claim payments and associated medical and legal payments have increased rapidly in recent years, resulting in annual increases in the employer ‑paid taxes that replenish the SIBTF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Thompson Reuters software contract to allow EDD to review new UI claims daily instead of weekly. Aim of more frequent review is to stop fraud. Identity Verification. Extension of state ’s existing contract with ID.me.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Modifications to Existing Location-Specific Payments. The agreement makes changes to specified payments received by employees who work at specific locations. We describe these payments below. Retention Differential for Hard-to-Keep/Fill Institutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Overtime Built Into Work Schedule, Constitutes Significant Source of Compensation to Unit 8 Members. Both the 72-hour and 66-hour duty weeks build overtime payments into Unit 8 compensation. In the case of the 72-hour duty week, employees regularly receive 19 hours of planned overtime (also referred to as Extended Duty Week Compensation, or EDWC) per duty week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208