The 2020-21 Budget: Improving the State's Unpaid Wage Claim Process

Feb 19, 2020 - Other options, including authorizing the Labor Commissioner to use new enforcement tools or establishing a fund to cover un collected wages in certain cases, would require careful consideration and changes to state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165

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

Feb 11, 2020 - State rules set the type of work independent contractors can do. New State Law Limits Who Companies Can Hire as Independent Contractors. The state recently enacted AB  5, which limits what types of work businesses can hire independent contractors to do.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of Labor and Employment Programs

Jan 22, 2020 - The state ’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency oversees these entities and works to set policy and coordinate programs. Labor and Employment Program Budget. As shown in Figure  1, the Governor ’s budget proposes a total of $1  billion in state funding for labor and employment programs, including $148  million from the General Fund and $887  million from various state special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4139

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor allocates this amount among three uses: ( 1)  c ontinuing to implement the state ’s plan to prefund retiree health benefits, ( 2)  r epaying a 2017 ‑ 18 l oan from the state ’s cash resources that supported a supplemental pension payment in that year, and ( 3)  a supplemental pension payment to the state ’s teacher retirement system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians)

Jan 9, 2020 - For both pensions and retiree health benefits, the state ’s policy generally is that employees and the state each contribute one-half of the normal cost to prefund the benefit and the state takes full responsibility of any unfunded liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4134