Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - With Influx of Claims Driving Backlog, Today ’s SIBTF Claimants Might Expect to Wait Ten Years. Injured workers must finalize their subsequent injury workers ’ compensation case before proceeding with their SIBTF claim for additional benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jul 14, 2025 - While the growth in psychiatry positions could be a contributing factor to the 46  percent vacancy rate today, the vacancy rate among authorized psychiatrist positions has consistently been above 40  percent since 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Lower Costs Today in Exchange for Higher Costs Later. Suspending both the employer and employees ’ contributions to prefund OPEB reduces costs today but contributes to a significant and growing unfunded liability and creates substantial risk that the benefit will not be fully funded by 2047.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Using the total employer contribution rate towards pension benefits is problematic when trying to evaluate the value of the pension benefit earned by employees today. This is because the total contribution rate paid by employers (1)  might include a single blended contribution rate towards normal cost and not distinguish between
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Pay Increases Unit 7 Average Base Pay Slightly Lower Today Than 20 Years Ago. As Figure  2 shows, after controlling for inflation, the average Unit 7 base pay has fluctuated significantly over the past two decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Though much lower than statewide vacancy rates, the vacancy rate among Unit 6 classifications also has fluctuated from 8  percent in 2019 to 13  percent in 2023 to 9  percent as of May 31, 2025. Overall, current Unit 6 vacancy rates seem within the range of normal and do not signal extreme challenges in filling positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - Vacant Positions Unit 16 Vacancy Rate Higher Today Than in 2006. While the receiver characterized a 20  percent vacancy rate as “huge ” in 2006, the Unit 16 vacancy rate (as of August 31, 2023) is about 32  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - After Unit 6 salaries were decoupled from Unit 5 salaries in 2006, the salary growth moderated and today is in line with inflation growth. In contrast, after 2006, Unit 5 average base pay continued to grow much faster than inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The first is payment towards the “normal cost, ” which is the amount of money that actuaries determine (based on actuarial assumptions like expected investment returns on assets) must be contributed to prefund the benefit earned by employees today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - The Legislature today cannot bind the hands of a future Legislature. As such, the Legislature approving this agreement today should not be seen as the Legislature acquiescing to whatever proposal the committee puts forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621