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

Jul 14, 2025 - The agreement would make Unit 16 members subject to PLP 2025 in 2025-26 and 2026-27. Specifically, effective the first day following ratification, the agreement would make Unit 16 subject to PLP 2025 for 16 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The Legislature has ratified labor agreements with 18 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units to make employees subject to PLP 2025. As Figure  1 shows, the exact terms of PLP 2025 varies by bargaining unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - The Legislature could instead require that pre ‑existing conditions make the new injury worse or render the worker substantially less employable than they would have been without the pre ‑existing condition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - (Under the policy, the state continues to make pay-as-you-go payments for benefits received by retirees.) The money contributed by the state and employees to prefund the benefit is put in a trust fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Furloughs can make the state a less attractive employer to possible new hires by making the state ’s compensation package less competitive compared with compensation offered by other employers and by demonstrating a lack of predictability in the state ’s terms of employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - There is no requirement in the agreement for the state to make a subsequent contribution to make up for the loss of funding to the prefunding trust fund. Modifications to Existing Location-Specific Payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - The Legislature has ratified labor agreements with 18 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units to make employees subject to PLP 2025. (An agreement with Bargaining Unit 8 is pending legislative approval to establish PLP 2025 for that unit.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - If the Legislature concludes that reductions in employee compensation are necessary, we make recommendations about how to structure budget bill language authorizing such a reduction in a way that would preserve legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - The final 2025-26 budget package approved by the Legislature maintained the May Revision level of savings in employee compensation and set an expectation for the administration and the state’s 21 bargaining units to meet and confer in good faith in order to achieve those savings through the collective bargaining process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings [Publication Details]

Jul 11, 2025 - The final 2025-26 budget package approved by the Legislature maintained the May Revision level of savings in employee compensation and set an expectation for the administration and the state’s 21 bargaining units to meet and confer in good faith in order to achieve those savings through the collective bargaining process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5063