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

Jun 27, 2025 - The Unit 12 lead in total compensation ranged from 3  percent above market in the case of highway maintenance workers to 32  percent above market in the case of stockers and order fillers. Wages Less Competitive Among Local Governments and Certain Regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Following a recommendation from our office, Chapter 39 of 2023 (AB 130, Committee on Budget) amended Section 19826 of the Government Code to establish a regularly occurring cycle so that a new compensation study for each bargaining unit would be released every two years, regardless of the status of its MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test [Publication Details] The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test Format: HTML Description: The 2020‑21 Governor’s budget includes two labor proposals related to Chapter 296 of 2019 (AB 5, Gonzalez), a new law that limits what types of work businesses can hire independent contractors to do.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4151

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - Analysis Predicting AB  5 Workload Difficult at This Early Stage . . . As we noted earlier, at this time we cannot predict how many contractors will be reclassified and hired as employees due to AB  5.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - One such program is the DRE certification that requires the completion of a 72-hour classroom course and 32-hour field certification course. The administration ’s fiscal estimates indicate that 550 rank-and-file and 30 excluded employees have a DRE certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Federal Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 - H.R.  6201 does not affect the availability of sick leave under AB  1522. Instead, H.R.  6201 provides additional paid leave benefits on top of those currently provided by AB  1522 or employer policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4212

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - While the receiver characterized a 20  percent vacancy rate as “huge ” in 2006, the Unit 16 vacancy rate (as of August 31, 2023) is about 32  percent. This is substantially higher than the statewide average vacancy rate that currently is about 20  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - In addition, the budget package includes $3.4  million General Fund and 24 positons at EDD to implement AB  5. The department requested resources for AB  5 because its payroll tax auditors must determine if a worker is an independent contractor or an employee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

Labor Agreements: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21

Jun 25, 2020 - The proposed agreement would reduce the number of classroom training hours by 32 hours —from 48 hours to 8 hours. The 32 hours of training would become nonclassroom, on-the-job, or online training. The administration indicates that this will result in nearly $60  million in savings because the administration will not need to backfill officers who are attending classroom training with other officers who receive overtime payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4257

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions

Oct 12, 2020 - The California State Teachers ’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Funding Plan, Chapter  47 of 2014 (AB  1469, Bonta), gave the CalSTRS board limited authority to increase the state ’s contribution rate to the pension system ’s Defined Benefit program by up to 0.5  percent of payroll annually, beginning in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4279