Category: News & Updates

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

Dear Chief Personnel Officers, The Office of Academic Personnel will centrally identify and update the UCPath system with merits and promotions effective July 1, 2024, that have been completed in ScholarSteps for senate and non-senate academics. If your departments have already entered the data into UCPath, we will not apply changes to those appointments. A…Continue Reading UCPath Mass Update for Merits and Promotions

Dear Colleagues, Since the Zero Interest Supplemental Home Loan (ZIP loan) program was first offered in Fall 2022, my office has reviewed the program and has determined to continue the program for the immediate future. The Zero Interest Supplemental Home Loan (ZIP loan) program provides faculty with down payment assistance to purchase a home, outside…Continue Reading Zero Interest Supplemental Home Loan (ZIP loan) Program

DEANSASSOCIATE DEANSDEPARTMENT CHAIRS/DIRECTORSASSISTANT DEANSCHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICERS The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has issued revised regulations regarding the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The revised rule increases the minimum salary threshold for overtime-exempt employees in tiers: IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE FOR TRANSITION OF EXEMPT TO NON-EXEMPT STATUS, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024: No later than June…Continue Reading Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) – Increasing the Minimum Salary Threshold

ACADEMIC DEANSDEPARTMENT CHAIRSALL APM COVERED FACULTY AND ACADEMIC APPOINTEES On January 24, 2023, the Office of Academic Personnel issued a campus communication regarding the revised APM 025, Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Faculty Members and Designated Other Academic Appointees, and APM 671, Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Health Sciences Compensation Plan Participants. These…Continue Reading Revised Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 025 and 671: Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities

DEANSASSOCIATE DEANSDEPARTMENT CHAIRS/DIRECTORSASSISTANT DEANSCHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICERS United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents Academic Student Employees (Teaching Assistants, Readers, and Tutors), Graduate Student Researchers, Academic Researchers, and Postdoctoral Scholars, has called on its members at UC Irvine to strike beginning Wednesday, June 5. UAW-represented employees have received notices reminding them of their obligation to complete…Continue Reading UAW Absence/Leave Reporting Reminder