Assembly Bill 2561 (AB 2561) is a law that mandates public agencies conduct a public hearing each fiscal year prior to budget adoption to present information on the status of their job vacancies, recruitment, and retention efforts.
The essential purpose of this new law is to increase transparency regarding staffing issues within the public sector and to address persistent vacancies by requiring annual updates on workforce data; this allows employee organizations and the public to participate in the discussions about staffing shortages.
RGS held a webinar on March 4, 2025, discussing the components to comply with AB 2561, including guidance on workforce data and a strategic process to support successful outcomes beyond the initial information that public agencies are required to communicate in 2025.
Materials from the webinar can be found linked below.
