MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - The agreement would end the telework stipend currently available to Unit 10 members. (The stipend provides remote-centered workers $50 per month and office-centered workers $25 per month.) Unit 18 Term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The state is responsible to pay for any unfunded liabilities associated with the pension benefits it provides state employees. As such, if the state were to incorporate a DROP as part of its compensation package to Uni t 8 members, the state would bear the risks associated with the program (for example, if actual investment returns fell short of the interest rate applied to funds in a DROP account).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - If the agreement is not ratified, that $206.8  million would be invested in the prefunding trust fund and given the next two decades to grow. If the fund averaged an annual return of 5  percent over the next 20 years, the $206.8  million would more than double to nearly $550  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, the agreement would provide all Unit 16 members a GSI of 3  percent. As a GSI, this pay increase will apply to all steps of all Unit 16 job classifications ’ salary ranges. 2027-28: 3.5  Percent Top Step Increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As specified below, the agreement would provide all Unit 9 members pay increases on July 1, 2025 and on July 1, 2027. 2025-26: 3  Percent General Salary Increase (GSI). Effective July 1, 2025, the agreement would provide all state employees represented by Unit 9 a 3  percent pay increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Jun 27, 2025 - While a top step increase applies only to employees at the top step of their salary range, a GSI applies to all members of the bargaining unit. Accordingly, while the proposed agreement provides a lower pay increase than the current MOU, it provides the pay increase to more Unit 12 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The first is payment towards the “normal cost, ” which is the amount of money that actuaries determine (based on actuarial assumptions like expected investment returns on assets) must be contributed to prefund the benefit earned by employees today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists) [Publication Details]

Jul 14, 2025 - Unit 16’s current members are represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD). The current MOU between the state and UAPD expired on July 1, 2025. If the proposed successor MOU is not ratified, the provisions of the expired MOU generally would remain in effect as is required by the Ralph C.
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Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - As shown in Figure  6 , the 2024 ‑25 tax is expected to generate $850  million, nearly double the amount necessary to replenish the fund in the prior year. …But Increase Only Reflects Processed Claims, Understating Full Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician) [Publication Details]

Sep 9, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician) [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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