UCI Graduate Student Employees appointed as Teaching Assistants, Associate Instructors, Readers, Tutors, and Graduate Student Researchers are covered by a collective bargaining agreements between the Regents of the University of California and the Student Workers Union, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) AFL-CIO. The agreements between the Regents and the UAW (AFL-CIO) can be found below.

For any questions regarding academic student employment, please use the projected positions table (https://ap.uci.edu/ase/positions/) for department contact information.

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Nondiscrimination Policy

Definitions

The academic student employee titles related to instruction currently used at UCI are:

Classification is determined by assigned duties.

Within the limits imposed by law or University regulations, the University shall not discriminate against or harass any Academic Student Employee (ASE) on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, HIV status, status as a covered veteran, age, citizenship, political affiliation and Union activity. Medical condition means any health impairment related to or associated with a diagnosis of cancer, or health impairments related to genetic characteristics.

Teaching Appointment Periods and Limitations

The maximum academic student employee appointment limitation is 50% time (220 hours of assigned workload) during any academic year quarter. The assigned workload determines the percent of time of the appointment.

If a graduate student has more than one appointment, the combination of all campus-wide appointments (including By Agreement Appointments) may not exceed 50% time during any academic quarter. This workload includes specific required training (with the exception of pedagogy courses for which enrollment of the Teaching Assistant or Teaching Associate may be required), time in the classroom, preparation time, grading, proctoring and office hours. Readers and Tutors are compensated on an hourly basis. Assigned workload is measured by how many hours the University could reasonably expect an ASE to satisfactorily complete the work assigned.

NOTE: When hiring a student from another academic unit, it is the hiring unit’s responsibility to coordinate with the student’s home department to determine eligibility for the appointment and to ensure that the student is not precluded from accepting employment because of other support, academic ineligibility, or other employment limitations.

Exceptions to Policies Affecting Appointment Eligibility

Requests for any exceptions to academic and personnel policies affecting a student’s appointment eligibility must be requested in advance by the department chair/head or advisor. The request must be submitted in writing and addressed to the Graduate Dean via the Graduate Student Employment Analyst (120 Aldrich Hall) for consideration/approval. A complete justification and provision of all relevant facts must be included. Always provide the graduate student’s name and student ID number. Prior to being forwarded to the Graduate Student Employment Analyst in the Graduate Division, exception requests must also be recommended (and signed) by the respective school’s Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.

Please refer to the Exception Request Template and Exception Checklist for exception requests.