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

Jul 14, 2025 - In 2015-16, the state adopted a policy to establish through the collective bargaining process a prefunding arrangement whereby the state and current employees each pay one-half of the normal cost of the benefit (refer to our 2015 analysis, The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees for more information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - In 2015-16, the state adopted a policy to establish through the collective bargaining process a prefunding arrangement whereby the state and current employees each pay one-half of the normal cost of the benefit (refer to our 2015 analysis, The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees for more information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Prior to 2015-16, the state made no regular contributions to prefund retiree health benefits. Beginning in 2015-16, the state began implementing through the collective bargaining process a statewide change in its retiree health benefit that (1)  required the state and employees each to contribute one-half of the normal cost of retiree health benefits and (2)  reduced the value of the benefit for future hires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

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

Sep 9, 2025 - In 2015-16, the state adopted a policy to establish through the collective bargaining process a prefunding arrangement whereby the state and current employees each pay one-half of the normal cost of the benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - As such, the case inventory was growing by about  500  cases per year, with about 7,000 pending cases as of 2015. Beginning in 2015, however, the number of incoming claims began to vastly outnumber the state ’s processing capacity, with the state processing only one ‑fifth of incoming claims each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - In 2015-16, the state adopted a policy to establish through the collective bargaining process a prefunding arrangement whereby the state and current employees each pay one-half of the normal cost of the benefit (refer to our 2015 analysis, The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees for more information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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

Jun 27, 2025 - In 2015-16, the state adopted a policy to establish through the collective bargaining process a prefunding arrangement whereby the state and current employees each pay one-half of the normal cost of the benefit (refer to our 2015 analysis, The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees for more information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Dills Act (Dills Act) establishes collective bargaining for state employees. Under the Dills Act, there are different types of labor agreements that the state and employee representatives enter into.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Notwithstanding Section 19829.5, Section 11 of Chapter  25 provided legislative ratification of any labor agreement that (1)  was entered into by the state employer and a state bargaining unit between June 21, 2025 and June 30, 2025 and (2)  included savings measures to achieve budgeted reductions pursuant to Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 Budget Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Specifically, Item 9800 of the budget act directs the Department of Finance (DOF) to determine if an addendum requires legislative approval—pursuant to criteria laid out under Item 9800. DOF then submits the addendum to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), which has up to 30 days to determine if it disagrees with DOF’s determination that an agreement does or does not requires legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066