Labor Agreements: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21

Jun 25, 2020 - Employees could still earn holiday pay and credits for working on July 4, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, and New Year ’s Day. Night and Weekend Shift Differentials. Pay differentials of $1.50 per hour received for working night and weekend shifts would be suspended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4257

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The product of negotiations at the bargaining table is a labor agreement referred to as a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The MOU establishes the terms and conditions of employment for employees represented by a particular bargaining unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Background

Feb 2, 2016 - In this series, we refer to CalSTRS members as “teachers ” for simplicity. Full Funding a Key Goal of Pension Policy. A pension system is fully funded when assets are sufficient to cover benefits already earned by employees and retirees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3332

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

Jul 14, 2025 - OPEB = Other Post ‑Employment Benefits and Local 1000 = Nine bargaining units represented by Service Employee International Union, Local 1000: Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21. Telework Stipend.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - Because the state ’s retiree health benefit is the same for an employee earning $30,000 as it is for an employee earning $100,000, the amount of money needed to prefund the benefit represents a larger share of a lower-income worker ’s salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - The state ’s retiree health benefit is the same for an employee earning $30,000 as it is for an employee earning $100,000. The agreements with the nine bargaining units represented by Service Employees International Union Local 1000 share the total cost to prefund retiree health benefits across the units so that all affected employees pay the same percentage of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians)

Jan 9, 2020 - In our analysis of the Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 (Local 1000) MOU last year, we included an assessment of the use of mandatory overtime among nursing staff represented by Local 1000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4134

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - PLP 2025 =Personal Leave Program 2025; Local 1000 = Nine bargaining units represented by Service Employee International Union, Local 1000: Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21. 66-Hour Duty Week Reduction of Duty Week to 66 Hours Approved in 2024-25 Budget, Full Implementation Not Expected Before 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - State-employed peace officers earn their benefit under one of two plans: Peace Officers and Firefighters (POFF) or Highway Patrol. While all other peace officers employed by the state earn the POFF benefit, CHP officers earn the Highway Patrol pension benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Mar 23, 2020 - As a point of reference, during the Great Recession, the state ’s federal UI loan balance peaked at $10.3  billion at the end of 2012 and the state General Fund paid a total of $1.4  billion in interest on these loans over a period of eight years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4208