MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The proposed agreement specifies that overtime would not be authorized in order for a Unit 5 member to participate in a civil service examination. Continuation of Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed agreement would increase the amount of money the state reimburses licensed veterinarians and licensed veterinarian specialists from $1,000 to $1,500 per year to cover continuing education costs for tuition, registration fees, association memberships, books, training materials, transportation, lodging, and all other work-related expenses for courses directly relate d to licensure or certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed agreement would make a number of changes to the seven shift patterns that delineate when specific types of firefighters are on duty versus standby over the course of the 28-day work period in order to maintain the average 66 hours per duty week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The proposed agreement would reimburse employees for the application and/or examination fees from successfully completing the examination for the Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control, the Qualified Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Developer certificate, or the Qualified SWPPP Practitioner certificate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Additionally, UC states that the funds primarily would support the development of new UC extended education certificate programs and student work study and internship opportunities. UC further indicates that it expects broad participation in these certificate and work ‑study programs, including among existing students and alumni from the state ’s three public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - If an employer wants to maximize savings, given the option, a supplemental payment likely would be applied to the unfunded liability with the longest remaining amortization period —essentially , paying down the principal in order to minimize the interest costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Under PEPRA, employees hired after 2013 receive a lower pension benefit that require employees to work additional years in order to maintain the same level of benefit as employees who were hired before 2013.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - To the extent that the state is required to reimburse teleworking employees for incurred telework costs —either as the result of labor agreements or court orders —any savings from eliminating the telework stipend would erode.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - The parties signed the first pages of the tentative agreement in 2020, with some relatively minor provisions of the agreement related to pay being signed during the summer of 2022 (including adjusting the pay range for specified classifications at CDCR, the educational pay differentials, and the industrial hygienist certification differentials); the final provisions were not si gned until mid-December 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 7, 2023 - In order to be eligible for a pay differential, employees must meet the specific requirement for each pay differential. Reduction in State and Employee Contribution to Prefund Retiree Health Benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799