The 2017-18 Budget: Funding Public Works Labor Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - Specifically, the administration estimates that expenditures from the SPWEF in 2016 ‑17 will be $13  million, while revenues coming into the SPWEF from the contractor registration fee will be only $10  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3603

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - In 2018-19, the state expects these taxes to raise $4.4 billion. By 2020-21, when all the taxes are in effect and the inflation adjustments have started, the state expects the taxes to raise $5.1 billion each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Consequently, under these estimates, the budget likely would not have the capacity to absorb this policy change without reductions to other expenditures. Given the heightened economic uncertainty at this time, this provision of the agreement is particularly risky.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - During the career of employees in Social Security, both the employer and employee pay taxes on earnings. In 2017, both the employee and the state pay 6.2  percent of the employee ’s pay. Payroll taxes are not applied to earnings above a wage limit —$127,200 in 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2022 - In this post, we provide a projection of state and employer costs to repay the federal Unemployment Insurance loan under two economic scenarios, assess the effects of the Governor's proposed $3 billion General Fund payment toward the outstanding loan, and present an alternative to the Governor's proposal that could provide more immediate tax relief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4543

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Reimbursements are funded by the Employment Training Tax, which is a special tax paid by California employers. Members of ETP decide which businesses to award these training funds. To receive reimbursement for training costs, a business must pay trainees an ETP-determined minimum wage after the training is completed and must retain employees for at least three months after the training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Historically, a small statewide payroll tax provided funding for ETP grants but, in recent years, the state has supplemented this longstanding funding source with General Fund monies for targeted training grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency [Publication Details]

Sep 30, 2016 - In this series of four online posts, we (1) examine the current condition of the UI trust fund and how it may change in the near future, (2) provide context on who pays UI taxes and how much they pay, (3) assess the extent to which the UI trust fund is prepared for the next economic downturn, and (4) look at potential steps the Legislature could take should it wish to increase reserves in the trust fund as a means to address the fiscal impacts of the next economic downturn.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3503

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - In 2015 ‑16, about 12  percent (more than $13  billion) of the state ’s $115  billion of General Fund expenditures paid for state employee salaries and benefits. If approved by the Legislature and affected employees, the agreements now before the Legislature would direct state employee compensation policies and costs for years to come.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

State Employee Compensation Issues for 1994-95 [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 1994 - A major portion of state government expenditures is for compensation of state employees. Expenditures for state employee compensation (excluding higher education employees) will approach $10 billion in 1994-95. In this reprint from the Analysis of the 1994-95 Budget Bill, we discuss the employee compensation issues and options the Legislature should consider in enacting a Budget for 1994-95.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1933