The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state paid $25.5 billion (all funds) towards employee salaries. Salary-Driven Benefits. A salary-driven benefit is a benefit whose value is, at least in part, dependent on an employee ’s salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - (We note that average monthly base pay is an imperfect metric to gauge effects of inflation as it reflects growth in salary from salary increases as well as seniority as people move up their job classification’s salary range.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jun 27, 2025 - The agreement would establish PLP 2025 for full-time and part-time employees represented by Unit 12 in 2025-26 and 2026-27. During PLP 2025, Unit 12 members ’ pay would be reduced by 3  percent in exchange for five hours of PLP 2025 leave credit each month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Jul 14, 2025 - 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. Effective July 1, 2027, the agreement would increase the top step of all Unit 16 job classifications ’ pay ranges by 3.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As a GSI, the pay increase adjusts all steps of all salary ranges of all job classifications represented by Unit 9. 2026-27: Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) to Top (4.5  Percent) and Bottom Steps (2  Percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - During this time, state staff were processing (and beginning benefit payments for) about half of these claims. As such, the case inventory was growing by about  500  cases per year, with about 7,000 pending cases as of 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings July 11, 2025 Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings As we discussed in May , the administration proposed as part of the Governor’s May Revision that the Legislature (1) not fund scheduled pay increases to state employees established in ratified labor agreements and (2) authorize the Department of Finance to impose reductions
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063