The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - In t hat case, some units could receive larger pay increases than others. …And Result in Less Useful Reports in Understanding State ’s Position as an Employer and Effective Use of State Resources. The state ’s recurring total compensation study should be a tool to identify how the state ’s compensation package compares with other large employers broadly across the state as well as regionally.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

Federal Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 - Additionally, employers may require employees to take the first ten  days of leave unpaid, or to use other accrued paid leave —including sick leave and vacation leave —for these ten  days. After ten  days, an employer must provide a leave benefit equal to at least two-thirds of the employee ’s normal pay, up to $200 per day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4212

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - By 2025 ‑26 —the last year of this agreement —General Fund revenues could be tens of billions of dollars higher or lower than current estimates. There is significant uncertainty about economic conditions by the end of this agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

Collective Bargaining: Assessing Proposed Employee Compensation Increases

Mar 20, 2020 - Our office has ten calendar days after receiving the MOU to issue a fiscal analysis to the Legislature. Pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code, the MOU shall not be subject to legislative determination until either our office has released its analysis or ten calendar days have elapsed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4206

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Section 19829.5 of the Government Code specifies that our office has ten calendar days from the date we receive a proposed MOU to review the agreement and issue an analysis of the agreement. The proposed Unit 5 agreement was submitted after the close of business for the purposes of determining our ten-day review period on August 20, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - Despite being older than the average state employee, the average Unit 16 member has ten years of service compared with the average state worker having 12 years of service. This difference in part reflects differences among occ upational groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The payment also could reduce employer payroll tax costs in roughly ten years. Should the Legislature instead wish to provide immediate tax relief, one option to consider would be to provide employers state UI tax credits to offset their upcoming costs to repay the federal  loan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Recent budgets have allocated or planned tens of billions of dollars for one ‑time or temporary spending purposes in 2021 ‑22, 2022 ‑23, and 2023 ‑24. The Legislature can select an entirely different set of spending solutions to address the budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Sep 7, 2023 - By 2025- 26 —the last year of this agreement —General Fund revenues could be tens of billions of dollars higher or lower than current estimates. There is significant uncertainty about economic conditions by the end of this agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

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

Sep 1, 2023 - By 2025 ‑26 —the last year of this agreement —General Fund revenues could be tens of billions of dollars higher or lower than current estimates. There is significant uncertainty about economic conditions by the end of this agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798