Category: News & Updates

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the second call for the Dependent Care Travel Award (DCTA) for travel during the period from January 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025. This award is designed to subsidize childcare expenses related to travel for conferences, research meetings, or conducting research, as well as daycare costs during a…Continue Reading Dependent Care Travel Award Second Call for AY 2024-2025

We are excited to announce the release of an enhanced faculty user interface for the UC Outside Activities Tracking System (UC OATS). When you log into UC OATS, you will notice the enhancements, which are the results of your valuable feedback. We would like to highlight a few illustrations of the Faculty workspace below. For…Continue Reading UC OATS Release of Enhanced Faculty Interface

We are excited to announce the release of an enhanced user interface for the UC Outside Activities Tracking System (UC OATS). When you log into UC OATS, you will notice the enhancements, which are the results of your valuable feedback. We would like to highlight a few illustrations of the Reviewer workspace below. For a…Continue Reading UC OATS Release of Enhanced Reviewer Interface

The University of California is expanding access to paid sick leave for employees effective January 1, 2025. Policy and Collective Bargaining Changes The policy revision to Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 710, Leaves of Absence/Paid Sick Leave/Paid Medical Leave was issued on May 31, 2024, and will take into effect on January 1, 2025.  Key revisions include: Systemwide…Continue Reading Implementation of Expanded Paid Sick Leave

Dear Colleagues, I am writing to inform you about two new pieces of legislation recently signed into California state law, which will impact our hiring processes at the University. Senate Bill (SB) 791 On October 7, 2023, Governor Newsom signed SB 791 into law, which mandates the following actions: Assembly Bill (AB) 810 On September…Continue Reading Implementation of New California State Laws: SB 791 and AB 810

In accordance with California Senate Bill 791 and Assembly Bill 810, which take effect on January 1, 2025, the following academic hiring procedures will be implemented to ensure compliance with the new legal requirements, as outlined in our earlier communication. Effective December 12, 2024, in AP Recruit: Effective January 1, 2025: Academic Personnel Procedures (APP)…Continue Reading New Academic Hiring Procedures

On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in the Eastern District Court of Texas has ruled against the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime final rule. This ruling invalidates all aspects of the rule, including the salary thresholds for July 2024 and January 2025, and also cancels the triennial automatic updates. The decision is applicable…Continue Reading Update on Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) Overtime Rule and Implementation Pause

UC and UC-AFT reach agreement for Professional Librarians contract The University of California is pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with UC-AFT on a contract for Professional Librarians. The union membership voted to ratify the agreement on September 30, 2024. This agreement represents the culmination of twenty-one bargaining sessions over nearly eleven…Continue Reading UC-AFT Bargaining Update, 10/01/24

DEANSCHAIRSCHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICERS To help streamline the preparation and process for all levels of review during a Career Equity Review (CER), we have made some key changes highlighted below. Criteria The CER may be initiated by any Ladder Rank faculty or Professor of Teaching who is a member of the Academic Senate. It may only…Continue Reading Career Equity Review Process Changes

Effective immediately, please implement the following processing change for UAW and AFT notices. If a union contract requires a notice to the employee and the union (e.g. layoff/reduction in time, PX release) the office sending the notice will send it to the employee and Union, and forward to Academic Personnel using the following guidelines: If…Continue Reading UAW and AFT Union Notices – Processing Change