The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - Compensation studies are the best tool available for the Legislature to assess the state ’s compensation policies and to oversee the state workforce at a high level. (In addition to the compensation studies themselves, CalHR recently released a dashboard tool that provides a more user-friendly way to assess the information contained in the studies.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Thompson Reuters software tool used to flag potentially fraudulent claims. Same tool used in January 2021 to suspend 1.1  million claims. Identity Risk Analytics. Thompson Reuters software contract to allow EDD to review new UI claims daily instead of weekly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2025 - The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool. Choose your language:
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5058

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Maintaining regular and full payments to prefund the benefit is the best option to meet the policy goal of fully funding the benefit. Budget Three-Party Budget Deal Assumes Savings from State Employee Compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Training state executives, managers, supervisors, and other staff in leadership positions on best practices in the delivery of government services. Other activities related to the delivery of government services including (1) the consideration of changes to how the state procures technology, and (2) the evaluation of possible common platforms, services, and tools for state agencies and departments to use in the delivery of government services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Furloughs, referred to as Personal Leave Program (PLP) when established through the state ’s collective bargaining process, are the most common tool adopted by the state to reduce state employee compensation costs in times of budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Furloughs, referred to as Personal Leave Program (PLP) when established through the state ’s collective bargaining process, are the most common tool adopted by the state to reduce state employee compensation costs in times of budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - Furloughs, referred to as Personal Leave Program (PLP) when established through the state ’s collective bargaining process, are the most common tool adopted by the state to reduce state employee compensation costs in times of budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - For much of the late 1990s and 2000s, the yield averaged around 6  percent, although it fell after the dot-com bust and ensuing recession in the early 2000s. After the rate fell in 2008, it has remained near zero as inflation and U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - While these data are the best available for statewide vacancies and position authority, we did identify one significant glitch in the data when we spot checked them. Specifically, the data suggest that the Secretary of State (SOS) has a vacancy rate of 49  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888