Nearly 100,000 California state workers will have their return-to-office mandate delayed by a year, under a new agreement between the state and SEIU Local 1000 announced on Sunday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this year mandated that all state workers must return to the office at least four days a week beginning on July 1, 2025. State employees have only been required to be in-office two days a week.

The new agreement applies only to state employees represented by SEIU Local 100, which is the state's largest labor union, and pauses Newsom's return-to-office order for them until July 1, 2026.

Additionally, the agreement protects a 3% raise negotiated in a 2023 contract that is set to kick in this July 1, SEIU Local 1000 said. A second 3% raise was negotiated and locked in for July 1, 2027.

"Earlier this year, Governor Newsom and the State Legislature asked all unions to return to the table to address the state's budget crisis. When they canceled our negotiated raise, SEIU Local 1000 pushed back. Through tough negotiations, we secured an agreement that defends what we won and limits the impact on workers," the union said in .

The union also noted that, in an effort to meet California's "demand for cost savings," a 3% personal leave program would be implemented from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027. This would mean that take-home pay would be reduced by 3% but state employees would be granted five hours of personal leave each month "that can be used just like vacation or annual leave, and can also be cashed out," the labor union said.

During those two years, no additional personal leave programs or furloughs can be adopted.

The labor union noted that despite the two-year deal, both parties can return to negotiations in 2026.

Similar deals were announced between the state and unions representing engineers and state prison guards.

CBS Sacramento reached out to the Governor's Office for comment but did not hear back.

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