MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We raised concerns in 2018 that CalHR provided no supporting evidence to justify Unit 6 pay increases despite it being required by state law (see our May 2018 analysis ). We raised concerns in 2019 that CalHR withheld (and continues to withhold) a compensation study it completed in 2018 (see our June 2019 analysis ) and proceeded to not produce
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - In the event that employees have unused PLP 2025 leave in their leave banks upon separation, the agreement specifies that the employees ’ unused leave would be cashed out upon separation at their final salary level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Jul 14, 2025 - These higher leave balances, in turn, lead to higher costs to the state when employees separate from state service and the state must pay the employee for any unused leave at their final salary level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Jun 27, 2025 - These higher leave balances, in turn, lead to higher costs to the state when employees separate from state service and the state must pay the employee for any unused leave at their final salary level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Although pension benefits earned by state employees vary significantly, each pension formula is similar in that the pension rec eived by a state employee in retirement depends on (1)  their final salary level, (2)  their age upon retirement, and (3)  the number of years of service they have earned before retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details]

Jul 11, 2025 - Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details] Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings Format: HTML Description: The final 2025-26 budget package approved by the Legislature maintained the May Revision level of savings in employee compensation and set an expectation for the administration and the state’s 21 bargaining units to meet and confer in good faith in order to achieve those savings through the collective bargaining process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5063

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Injured workers must finalize their subsequent injury workers ’ compensation case before proceeding with their SIBTF claim for additional benefits. A recent analysis of SIBTF cases found that, on average, an injured worker ’s: (1)  standard workers ’ compensation claim for the subsequent injury took five years to finalize, (2)  the worker filed for SIBTF benefits
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - The final 2025-26 budget package approved by the Legislature maintained the May Revision level of savings in employee compensation and set an expectation for the administration and the state’s 21 bargaining units to meet and confer in good faith in order to achieve those savings through the collective bargaining process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063