MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

May 30, 2018 - Leave is cashed out based on employees ’ current hourly pay rate and is subject to Medicare payroll taxes but does not affect employees ’ pension benefits. To date, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has always determined that there were insufficient resources to offer a leave cash out.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3847

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 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - Second, the state must set aside a portion of capital gains tax revenues that exceed a specified threshold (we refer to this as “excess capital gains taxes ”). The state must split these totals between debt payments and reserve deposits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673

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 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 8 (Firefighters)

Jan 23, 2017 - These allowances still would be subject to Medicare payroll taxes paid by the state and employees. In total, the adm inistration estimates that this provision will increase annual state costs by $5.7  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3534

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

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - UI Program Is Financed Through Employer Tax Contributions. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI tax revenues are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay for benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - UI Program Is Financed Through Employer Tax Contributions. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI taxes are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay for benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/3

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - UI Program Is Financed Through Employer Tax Contributions. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI taxes are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay for benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/2