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

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 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

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - 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/4942

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Effects of PLP Furloughs a Common, but Imperfect Tool. Although furloughs and PLP are established through different means (imposed versus bargained), the two policies functionally are the same: reduced pay in exchange for time off.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064