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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Among all applications, qualified and not qualified, CDCR accepted about 5  percent of applicants. (For context, the academy for the California Highway Patrol accepted 4  percent of qualified applicants in 2022 ‑23.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - To be eligible for the entire $2,400, an employee would need to be employed in every pay period between July 2022 and July 2024. Health Care Facility Retention Payment of $1,500. Upon ratification, each eligible full-time or intermittent employee would receive a one-time bonus payment of $1,500.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Unit 19 consists of roughly 5,600 full-time equivalent (FTE) state employees who provide evaluations and assessments of client counseling and consultation or client follow-up service of a health, social, or employment nature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The most common arrangement is called the “80/80 formula ” where the state pays a dollar amount up to 80  percent of an average premium for the employee and 80  percent of an average for any additional premiums for dependents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Parties Reached Agreement to Successor MOU in December 2022, but Union Membership Rejected Agreement and Relations Deteriorated. On December 22, 2022, our office received a proposed MOU between the state and Unit 10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Jun 24, 2022 - In 2022, the IRS monthly exclusion for qualified transportation benefits is $280. Increases Uniform Allowance for Eligible Employees. The agreement would increase the amount of money that eligible employees receive as a uniform allowance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4607

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - Under the program, Unit 6 members would earn eight hours of non-compensable leave per month from August 2021 through July 2022. Employees would be expected to use the leave “routinely. ” The agreement specifies that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) would be able to mandate usage in reverse seniority order if employees do not voluntarily sign up for the time off.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The reduced amount of money invested in the trust fund will result in higher unfunded liabilities in the long-run. In most of the agreements, the state ’s contributions towards the benefit would be fully restored in 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - As a pension system matures, its cash flow changes from a positive cash flow (more money coming into the system than is being paid out to beneficiaries) to a negative cash flow (more money is being paid out to beneficiaries than is coming into the system).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920