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

Jun 27, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - The largest factors driving these cost increases have been (1)  the rapid growth in health premiums and (2)  the growing number of people receiving the benefit as more employees retire and people live longer in retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Unplanned overtime is difficult to predict because it is dependent on a variety of unknown factors. For example, in the case of Unit 8, the severity of wildfires in any given year has a direct effect on the number of unplanned overtime hours worked.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Background Elements of State Employee Compensation The compensation earned by a state employee varies as the result of a number of factors, including the type of job that they do for the state, where they work, the date they were hired, special skills they possess, and the bargaining unit that represents them in the collective bargaining process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Under current law, the state ’s costs for highway patrol salary are determined by factors over which the Legislature has no control: decisions made by five local governments. The extent to which these decisions are based on changes in the cost of living or other factors is not readily known to the Legislature or the administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - We note that, although the agreement would hold employees ’ take-home pay harmless, because of how salary-driven benefits and other factors are calculated with payroll, this provision would result in a net increase in ongoing state costs of $14  million by the end of the agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Retirement Security Factors That Affect Retirement Security. The amount of money that a person can expect to need in retirement depends on a variety of factors that are unique to the individual ’s circumstance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The agreement outlines specific factors that CalHR would be required to use to determine if reviewed positions are consistent with the classification specifications . In the event that CalHR issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) to contract out the review, the agreement specifies that the parties would mutually agree upon the language of the RFP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918