Policies & Procedures

General Policies and Procedures

• Academic Personnel Manual (APM) — Universitywide academic personnel policies are published by the Office of the President.
• Academic Personnel Procedures (APP) — Local campus academic personnel policies and procedures specific to UC Irvine.
• UCI Administrative Policies and Procedures — UC Irvine’s Administrative Policies & Procedures are maintained by the Manager of Administrative Policies and published on the Official University Policies & Procedures website to ensure access by all employees.
• Academic Delegations of Authority — This page lists Irvine Delegations of Authority (IDA) for those authorities which the Chancellor has choosen to redelegate.
• New Policies and Revisions

Collective Bargaining Agreements

• Academic Researchers
  • On or around October 31, 2019, the University and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract for UC’s academic researchers. This contract was ratified by the UAW membership on November 8, 2019. This is a multi-year agreement, effective from November 8, 2019 through September 30, 2022.
  • Series affected by this ratification are the Specialist series, Project Scientist series, and Researcher series. Click here for current contract information.
• Academic Student Employees
  • For University policies concerning academic student employees, refer to the UC Irvine Agreement Between the Regents and the UAW (AFL-CIO)
• Graduate Student Researchers
  • UCI graduate student employees appointed as graduate student researchers are covered by a collective bargaining agreement 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 agreement between the Regents and the UAW (AFL-CIO) can be found here.
• Librarians
  • For local academic personnel policies and procedures concerning librarians, please refer to information at Library – Human Resources.
  • Members of the Librarian Series who are managers and supervisors are covered by the APM. For University policies concerning members of the Librarian Series in the bargaining unit, refer to the Memorandum of Understanding, University Federation of Librarians.
• Non-Senate Instructional Unit
  • For University policies concerning those appointed in the Non-Senate Instructional Unit, refer to the Memorandum of Understanding, Non-Senate Instructional Unit.
• Postdoctoral Scholars
  • For University policies concerning the Postdoctoral Scholar Unit (PX), refer to the Agreement Between the Regents and the UAW (AFL-CIO)

Other Policies and Procedures

• Career Equity Reviews — A Career Equity Review is an examination of a faculty member’s personnel actions from the initial hiring at UCI onward in order to determine if the actions have resulted in the appropriate rank and/or step.
• Disruption of University Activities — The campus’s new guidance regarding disruption of University activities.
• Open Search Process – Senate — Overview of Department and School Responsibilities when initiating a Search Process.
• SVSH Policy — Peer Review Committee — The UCI Peer Review Committee has been constituted since February 2017 and provides a recommendation of discipline in all Sexual Violence/Sexual Harrassment cases involving a faculty respondent in which an OEOD investigative report results in a finding.
• Permanent Residency Instructions
• Search Waiver Guidelines
• Search Exemption Guidelines