MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - Unit 18 Workforce and Compensation Unit 18 Affiliated Employees Represent 2.5  Percent of State Workforce. Unit 18 represents about 6,000 FTE rank-and-file state employees. When counted with their affiliated managers and supervisors, Unit 18 accounts for about 2.5  percent of the state workforce and 3.8  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 [Publication Details]

Aug 12, 2022 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4617

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

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - While our office has issued unit-specific analyses for Units 6, 9, and 12, we have not issued analyses of the agreements with the other 18 bargaining units discussed below due to the ratification provisions provided in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

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

Jul 14, 2025 - In the ratified agreements with 18 of these bargaining units, the state and employees have also agreed to suspend the employee contributions to prefund the benefit. Suspending the state ’s prefunding contributions reduces the state ’s costs by between 1  percent of pay and 4.5  percent of pay in 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The Legislature has ratified labor agreements with 18 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units to make employees subject to PLP 2025. As Figure  1 shows, the exact terms of PLP 2025 varies by bargaining unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unlike the CalHR-developed methodology used for the compensation study of Units 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, and 19, the Unit 6 compensation study uses a methodology that was agreed to at the bargaining table through a Joint Labor Management Committee process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Effective July 1, 2025, the payments for 17 and 18 years of service remain but a new pay differential of 4  percent of base salary would be available to employees with 19 years or more of state service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The seven units are Unit 2 (attorneys and hearing officers), 6 (corrections), 9 (professional engineers), 13 (stationary engineers), 16 (physicians, dentists, and podiatrists) 18 (psychiatric technicians), and 19 (health and social services/professional).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Specifically, employees who have served as a CHP officer for 18 years receive 2  percent of base salary, 19 years receive 3  percent of base salary, 20 years receive 4  percent of base salary, 21 years receive 5  percent of base salary, 22 years receive 6  percent of base salary, and 25 or more years receive 8  percent of base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920