Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - The rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with these 19 bargaining units represent more than 95  percent of the state workforce. Section 19829.5 of the Government Code establishes our ten-day review of proposed MOUs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of March  2025, rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with Unit 9 totaled more than 17,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, accounting for about 7  percent of the state ’s total workforce (about 256,000 FTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of March  2025, rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with Unit 12 totaled more than 15,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, accounting for about 6  percent of the state ’s total workforce (about 256,000 FTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Collective bargaining between the Governor and the state ’s rank-and-file employees (organized into 21 bargaining units) is governed by the Ralph C. Dills Act (Dills Act). The product of negotiations at the bargaining table is a labor agreement referred to as a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unit 6 rank-and-file and affiliated excluded employees account for 29  percent of the state ’s General Fund salary and salary-driven benefit costs. Furloughs Long History of Using Furloughs to Address State Budget Problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The executive order requires all agencies and departments under the Governor’s authority that provide telework as an option for employees to implement a telework policy with a default minimum of four in-office days per work week effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064