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

Feb 15, 2022 - Under the low ‑cost scenario, employment quickly returns to pre ‑pandemic levels and interest rates remain historically low for the entire period. Under the high ‑cost scenario, the state ’s full economic recovery is delayed several years, and interest rates paid on the UI loans increase gradually over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages

Feb 10, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages The 2021-22 Budget Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages The Governor ’s budget for 2021 ‑ 22 p roposes to consolidate state workforce programs under a new Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4361

The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

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The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - State jobs are categorized into more than 4,500 specific classifications. Each classification establishes the minimum qualifications necessary for the job and the salary ranges available to employees in the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - A similar approach could identify SIBTF claimants with profound disabilities or extreme hardship and move their cases forward  quickly. Taken together, these options would better align the state ’s SIBTF program with its original purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

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The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - In December 2020, EDD hired Pondera, an investigation consulting firm owned by the Thompson Reuters news service, to review nearly 10  million claims issued during the pandemic, but before ID.me came online, for potentially fraudulent characteristics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

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MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The administration indicates that this JLMC improved communication between the union and the department to better assist inju red employees seek proper medical aid and return to work as quickly as possible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Workers and Employers

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4587