MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - For example, 8  percent of Unit 16 positions are vacant at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe but 64  percent at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad. The vacancy rate also varies by occupation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - About 64  percent of Unit 10 members are not at the top step of their salary ranges. Longevity Pay Differential. The proposed agreement would phase in a longevity pay differential that provides employees an additional specified percentage of base pay depending on their years of state service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - For K ‑ 12 e ducation, the budget includes $1. 2  b illion for the Local Control Funding Formula, which reflects funding for the COLA offset by a 0. 3  p ercent attendance decline. For community colleges, the Governor ’s largest ongoing proposal is $ 199  m illion to cover the COLA and 0. 5  p ercent enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 10, 2021 - The federal UI tax is typically used to pay for state UI program administration costs and is set at a rate of 0. 6  p ercent. Both state and federal UI payroll taxes are applied to each employee ’s first $7, 000 i n annual wages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

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

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - In other words, even if investments fall short of the CalSTRS ’ target in the near term, a large investment gain a few years from now could eliminate the state ’s share of the unfunded liability and reduce the state ’s funding plan supplemental payment to $0.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

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

Jan 14, 2019 - (The budget for CSU includes an additional $ 64  m illion ongoing to cover higher retiree health benefit and pension costs.) For UC, $ 200  m illion of its ongoing augmentation is intended to cover increases in operating costs (including some employee compensation costs), student success initiatives, student hunger and housing initiatives, mental health services, and 2018 ‑ 19 e nrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - For example, if a county adopted a $1.00 wage supplement, its IHSS provider wages will be $1.0 0 above the state minimum wage in any given year. Under the local wage supplement model, the cost of the first wage supplement is added to a county ’s IHSS MOE obligation, which is then adjusted annually by the MOE growth factor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

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

Jan 10, 2017 - Less than $50,000 costs appear as “0. ” Likely Indirect Costs to Prevent Future Compaction. When rank-and-file pay increases faster than managerial pay, “salary compaction ” can result. Salary compaction can be a problem when the differential between management and rank-and-file is too small to create an incentive for employees to accept the additional responsibilities of being a manager.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - Senate committee by the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College, the median 401(k) balance for employees aged between 55  years and 64  years who earn between $61,000 and $90, 999 —the pay range in which the average state employee falls —was about $100,000 in 2013.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616