MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Under the agreement, PLP 2025 would (1)  reduce employee pay by 3  percent (effectively holding employee take-home pay flat after accounting for the GSI) and (2)  provide employees five hours of PLP 2025 leave each month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - We note that, although the agreement would hold employees ’ take-home pay harmless, because of how salary-driven benefits and other factors are calculated with payroll, this provision would result in a net increase in ongoing state costs of $14  million by the end of the agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

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

Jun 27, 2025 - After accounting for the 3  percent GSI provided by the agreement, the net effect of PLP 2025 would be to essentially hold employees ’ take-home pay flat relative to current levels. The agreement specifies that employees would be given “maximum discretion ” to use PLP 2025 leave credits; however, “whenever feasible, PLP 2025 should be used in the pay period it was earned. ” PLP 2025 leave would be requested and used by employees in the same manner as vacation or annual leave.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The Legislature ultimately holds the authority to establish salary levels for state employees. As such, the Legislature would not need to approve any future agreements with Unit 6 that provided pay increases above what is currently scheduled for that unit even if other bargaining units were to receive GSIs abo ve 2.5  percent in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Intentionally holding positions vacant in order to generate salary savings is one common strategy used by d epartments to pay for rising costs of doing business. Turnover. There is always turnover in a workforce as employees promote, separate, or otherwise vacate positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - In light of the 2020 ‑21 budget action, which holds the state ’s contribution rate flat in the current year, the administration ’s proposed additional state General Fund payment of $173  million to CalSTRS in 2021 ‑22 makes sense as a way to offset the lower state rate for one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The Legislature ultimately holds the authority to establish salary levels for state employees. As such, the Legislature would not need to approve any future agreements with Unit 6 that provided pay increases above what is currently scheduled for that unit even if other bargaining units were to receive GSIs abo ve 2.5  percent in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As we discuss in our March 2024 budget analysis , there are a number of reasons for authorized positions to not be filled by a department, including departments intentionally holding positions vacant to pay for rising costs of doing business; turnover in the workforce resulting from employees promoting, retiring, separating, or otherwise vacating positions; the compensation that
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Furthermore, the administration ’s proposal includes no provisions holding UC accountable for meeting the state ’s workforce objectives. Without clarifying these fundamental issues, the Legislature can have little confidence that the proposed hubs would provide greater benefits than other one ‑time spending options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections). This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800