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

Sep 1, 2023 - To be eligible for this payment, employees would need to have been (1)  employed by the state on January 1, 2022 and remained in employment through the first day of the pay period following ratification and (2)  worked more than 50  percent of the time in a correctional facility, correctional health care facility, Veteran ’s Home, state hospital,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The state ’s cost depends on (1)  when the employee was hired, (2)  the employee ’s number of years of service, and (3)  whether or not the employee is eligible to enroll in Medicare. In 2022-23, the state paid about $2  billion (all funds) towards retiree health premiums Past Policies to Provide Immediate Budgetary Relief Employee compensation is a significant cost, constituting more than one-half of General Fund state operations costs .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - When CalHR did release a compensation study of Unit 6 compensation in 2023 (referred to as the 2022 compensation study because it relies on data from 2022), we were highly critical of the methodology adopted for the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Since January 1, 2022, Unit 16 employees who have an approved telework agreement on file with their department are eligible to receive $50 per month if they are identified as a remote centered employee or $25 per month if they are identified as an office centered employee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The administration ’s fiscal estimates indicate that about 235 rank-and-file employees and about 58 excluded employees receive this payment and that the provision would increase annual state costs by $699,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - The agreement would provide Unit 8 members three GSIs over the course of the term of the agreement: effective July 1, 2022, a 2.5  percent GSI; effective January 1, 2023, a 2  percent GSI; and effective July 1, 2023, a 2  percent GSI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Overtime was excluded from CalHR ’s 2022 compensation study analysis despite (1)  overtime consistently being a major component of Unit  6 compensation and (2)  CalHR including overtime in its 2013 Unit  6 compensation study and in its recent compensation studies of most other bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 August 12, 2022 MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians) On August 1, 2022, our office received a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Specifically, (1)  effective July 1, 2022, all Unit 9 members would receive a 2.5  percent GSI; (2)  effective July 1, 2023, all Unit 9 members would receive a 3  percent GSI; and (3)  effective July 1, 2024 all Unit 9 members would receive a 2  percent GSI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Jun 24, 2022 - Specifically, the agreement would increase the maximum of the salary ranges by 2.5  percent effective July 1, 2022; 4  percent effective July 1, 2023; and 4  percent effective July 1, 2024. As of May 2021, about 70  percent of state employees represented by Unit 13 are at the top step of their salary range.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4607