Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - Seasonality plays a significant role in the relatively high rate of UI benefit receipt in certain industries such as agriculture and construction. Workers in these industries are much more likely to be regularly out of work, leading to greater total UI benefit claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/1

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature may want to consider whether the state should play a more proactive role in ensuring state labor standards adequately protect workers from the hazards that various climate change impacts present.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Unlike salary-driven benefits, salary plays no role in determining the value of non-salary-driven benefits earned by employees. The most common type of benefits in this category, like those described below, are insurance plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5058

The 2016-17 Budget: Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act Resources

Mar 25, 2016 - However, we believe that the Legislature has an important role to play in considering when employers should be granted relief from penalties imposed for violating labor law, and under what terms this relief should be granted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3403

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

Feb 2, 2016 - Depending upon how investment and other actuarial experience plays out, changes to the funding plan might be necessary to ensure the funding plan matches legislative intent. Specifically, if investments generally meet CalSTRS ’ assumptions, the Legislature may need to increase the state ’s contribution to ensure the state shares in the costs of addressing CalSTRS ’ unfunded liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol) [Publication Details]

Aug 23, 2024 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol) [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) [Publication Details]

Aug 14, 2024 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4919

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Part of that collective bargaining process is that the Legislature plays the key role in determining whether or not to ratify an agreement. Jamming the Legislature and minimizing public scrutiny of labor agreements before legislative consideration prevents the Leg islature and public from fully understanding the implications of the agreements before they become law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621