MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Under the current MOU, employees who are assigned to perform the duties of an OIC for six or more hours during a shift receive a differential of 5  percent of the daily rate of base pay for every eligible day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, the proposed agreement would provide Unit 10 members employed by CalFire and are Fireline qualified, as well as employees in specified classifications who are employed by the Department of Parks and Recreation and are Fireline qualified, up to $480 every year to be reimbursed for the purchase or refurbishment of National Fire Protection Association Wildland Fire Boots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - This means that employees work 76 hours of scheduled overtime every four workweeks. For any time worked in excess of 72 hours in a workweek, employees receive additional pay for unplanned overtime, which is also paid at 1.5 times an employee ’s hourly rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Furloughs typically reduce state employee pay by roughly 5  percent for every day-per-month of furlough. In addition to reducing salary costs, the state also realizes other (mostly short term) savings from furloughs because the lower salary also decreases state contributions towards benefits funded as a percentage of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - Under the current MOU, the state reimburses Unit 9 employees who are required to wear safety footwear up to $100 every 18 months. The proposed agreement changes this reimbursement to be up to $150 every 12 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 7, 2023 - Though employees represented by Local 1000 work for virtually every state department, 18  percent of employees represented by Local 1000 work for CDCR. Employees represented by Local 1000 work in every county in California and some even work outside of the state; however, most of them work in Sacramento County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Unit 8 employees work shift patterns that specify the number of hours in a week spent on “work ” or “standby. ” The agreement would create a “shift pattern 6. ” Under this shift pattern, a seven-day period would be divided such that the first two days consist of 10 hours of work and 14 hours of standby; the third day would consist of 10 hours of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - Under the amended pay differential, employees hired after the first day of the pay period following ratification by both parties would receive bonus payments equal to a specified percentage of base pay after every 12 consecutive months worked.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - While specifics are not known, the administration indicates that it intends to work with every department to identify possible reductions and also possible exemptions to the reductions. LAO Comments Few Details as to Criteria That Would Be Used to Identify Reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature may want to consider whether the state should play a more proactive role in ensuring state labor standards adequately protect workers from the hazards that various climate change impacts present.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587