Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Moreover, one in four SIBTF claims remained in processing for more than eight years. These figures reflect claims that were submitted many years ago, when the case inventory was smaller, and have already been processed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - During PLP 2025 under the agreement, (1)  employees would continue working their assigned work schedules, (2)  pay would be reduced by 2.5  percent, (3)  overtime would be calculated based on employees ’ full salary (not the reduced salary), (4)  fire protection employees would receive six hours of PLP 2025 leave credit each month, (5)  specialty classes would receive four hours
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - The Legislature approved the Governor’s proposal and incorporated the appropriation in the final budget package. Duty Week Change Aims to Address Concerns About Firefighter Welfare. The state has experienced some of the most severe wildfire seasons in its history in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under this formula, employees who work for 40 years and are older than 57 years may receive a pension that replaces 100  percent of their final compensation (defined as compensation over a 36-month period).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Governor Presented —and Union Rejected —Last Best and Final Offer (LBFO) in December 2023. The mediation process ended on December 13, 2023 with the parties failing to reach an agreement. The administration submitted its LBFO to CAPS on December 19, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Jul 14, 2025 - These higher leave balances, in turn, lead to higher costs to the state when employees separate from state service and the state must pay the employee for any unused leave at their final salary level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - In the event that employees have unused PLP 2025 leave in their leave banks upon separation, the agreement specifies that the employees ’ unused leave would be cashed out upon separation at their final salary level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details]

Jul 11, 2025 - Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details] Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings Format: HTML Description: The final 2025-26 budget package approved by the Legislature maintained the May Revision level of savings in employee compensation and set an expectation for the administration and the state’s 21 bargaining units to meet and confer in good faith in order to achieve those savings through the collective bargaining process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The state and Unit 6 agreed to this prefunding arrangement in 2016 with the fund expected to be fully funded for Unit 6 by 2048. Today, the state and employees represented by Unit 6 each contribute 4 percent of pay to prefund the benefit for Unit 6 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - Administration Completed a 2018 Compensation Study … Prior to 2016, the Unit 6 MOU did not include a provision related to the compensations study required by Section 19826. The MOU ratified by the Legislature in 2016 (henceforth referred to as the 2016 MOU) included language related to the compensation study required by state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446