The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Background Elements of State Employee Compensation The compensation earned by a state employee varies as the result of a number of factors, including the type of job that they do for the state, where they work, the date they were hired, special skills they possess, and the bargaining unit that represents them in the collective bargaining process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - The Legislature could revisit the eligible uses of grant funds, for instance, if it believes there is reason to change or expand the types of job services that ex-offenders could receive. Additionally, as we recommend later, the Legislature could request new data from grantees, including information about recidivism among past and current job training participants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: CalSTRS Funding Plan Relies on Abstract Calculation

Feb 2, 2016 - Plan Seemed Relatively Simple to Us. When the Legislature passed the funding plan in 2014, we understood it to be a relatively simple approach. The total $74 billion unfunded liability would be divided up between school and community college districts ($47 billion), the state ($20 billion), and teachers ($8 billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3333

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

Feb 11, 2020 - However, independent contractors may only perform certain types of work. State rules set the type of work independent contractors can do. New State Law Limits Who Companies Can Hire as Independent Contractors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - A compensation study can provide insights into an employers ’ ability to recruit and retain certain types of employees. Comparators and Methodology Key to Understanding Purpose and Usefulness of Compensation Study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Under the Dills Act, there are different types of labor agreements that the state and employee representatives enter into. The most significant of these types of agreements is a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - A significant decrease in agricultural production could have considerable employment impacts in that region, such as fewer jobs overall and unpredictable changes to the nature of remaining jobs. Work in Some Industries May Also Become Less Stable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The person might seek employment with a different employer doing the same job, change careers, or exit the workforce. If a person is dissatisfied with their job or with the level of compensation they receive for their job, they are more likely to resign.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The compensation study looked at three types of professional engineers: civil engineers, environmental engineers, and electrical engineers. CalHR indicates that these job categories account for 68 percent of Unit 9.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - The 2020 ‑21 budget package includes two labor items related to Chapter  296 of 2019 (AB  5, Gonzalez), a new law that limits what types of work businesses can hire independent contractors to perform.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274