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

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - In most cases, common, chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, early diabetes, or age ‑related degenerative changes would not meet this threshold. A higher threshold would have the effect of resetting SIBTF claims to cover serious disabilities that substantially impact employability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - Looking Ahead Updated Forecasts Under Two Economic Scenarios —Low Cost and High Cost. To  illustrate state and employer costs to repay the federal UI loans, this analysis updates our earlier low ‑ and high ‑costs forecast scenarios for the state ’s UI  system based on different underlying economic scenarios.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, in the coming decades, there is an increasing risk that high ‑tide flooding exacerbated by sea ‑level rise will disrupt port‑based commerce and goods movement along the coast, inhibiting workers’ abilities to perform their jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587

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

Sep 1, 2023 - This high turnover rate appears driven primarily by high rates of voluntary separations, which were reported to be more than 2.5 times the statewide voluntary separation rate. Possibly in part due to this turnover, the study indicates that more than 22  percent of state maintenance and repair worker positions are vacant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - The proposed Unit 10 agreement is highly unusual in that it was submitted to the Legislature at the beginning of the legislative session. More commonly, the administration submits labor agreements to the Legislature within days of the end of the legislative session.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, an estimated  172 million trees have died in California’s forests since 2010 due to multiple years of low moisture and drought conditions, high temperatures, and resulting bark beetle infestations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - This is because the costs and risks of R &D can be high, while the benefits tend to be diffuse. In the climate change area, benefits can be especially diffuse, with regional, statewide, and even global effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - For example, a compensation study that compares state employees ’ compensation primarily with employers in high cost of living parts of the state likely would find that the state lags those employers more than a study that compares the state with the federal government and a variety of large employers across the public and private sectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - This issue is particularly common among high-demand jobs (for example, nursing staff) or in high-cost-of-living regions of the state. Challenging Working Conditions. The nature or location of a state job might make it difficult to fill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888