Committee moves to comply with AB 2561, seeks reconciliation of vacancy data in Workday

The Los Angeles City Council Personnel Committee voted unanimously on Feb. 12 to move a motion requiring the city to review and present information required by Assembly Bill 2561, the new state statute that increases public reporting and transparency about job vacancies in public agencies.

Malaika Billups of the CAO's office told the committee AB 2561, which took effect Jan. 1, 2025, adds obligations to present vacancy counts, recruitment status and retention efforts at a public hearing. The law also requires additional reports if vacancies in a single bargaining unit reach 20% of authorized full‑time positions.

"This new law took effect January first of this year," Billups told the committee, noting the city must reconcile vacancy and authority data — a task complicated, she said, by discrepancies introduced during the Workday transition. She said the CAO and personnel staff have already started meetings with labor representatives under a letter of agreement and that city attorneys are assessing interpretation and compliance requirements.

The committee approved the McOsker‑Hutt motion by roll call (McOsker: yes; Monica Rodriguez: aye; Hutt: yes). Committee members asked staff to include vacancy reporting in upcoming budget discussions and to prepare the public presentation required by the statute so labor representatives and the council can review recruitment metrics, average days to fill positions and potential policy remedies.

Committee members emphasized the need for reconciliation between pre‑migration records and Workday data to ensure accurate reporting. Staff cautioned that some reconciling work will be required before the city can provide the statutorily required counts and metrics, and that the effort overlaps with other personnel and payroll fixes already underway.