Faculty

The University invites your comments on the formal review of the policy on Senior Management Group Salary and Appointment, which was approved by The Regents on September 18, 2008. The policy is intended to provide clear, comprehensive direction for setting salaries and delineates responsibility and accountability for salary and appointment-related actions. Specifically, the policy provides…

The University of California Office of the President has recently released information regarding 2008-09 systemwide salary increases and an announcement regarding Open Enrollment. Salary information may be found at: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/general/0810_salary.html Open Enrollment information may be found at: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/health/0810_oe_h&w_ben.html We appreciate that both of these announcements are of utmost importance and concern to all campus employees.…

The University recently revised its Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy to provide consistency with recently published regulations for implementation of the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002 and to make explicit retaliation provisions and protections of the University policy. Please discard and refrain from distributing the prior policy issued in 2004 and replace it with…

This is to announce that our 2008-09 Campus Closure is scheduled for the time period of Wednesday, December 24, 2008, through Thursday, January 1, 2009. In all, the campus will be closed for nine days of which four days are scheduled holidays (December 24, 25, 31, 2008 and January 1, 2009), two days are weekend…

The University invites your comments on the proposed policy on Re-employment of UC Retired employees into Senior Management Group and Staff positions. This policy governs the reemployment of all former UC employees (Senior Management Group (SMG) members, staff personnel and academic appointees) who have separated from University employment and have elected monthly retirement income or…

The Santa Cruz City Public Works Department has notified the campus that the final phase of the Bay Street Resurfacing Project, from Mission Street to Escalona Drive, is scheduled to begin by Monday, October 20th and continue through Friday, October 31st. Drivers, bicyclists and transit riders should anticipate traffic delays when traveling to campus, as…

2009 health insurance rates have been released by the UC Office of the President.

Many UC employees and retirees are wondering about the effects of the recent volatility in the financial markets on their UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) benefits and the UC Retirement Savings Program. UC’s Office of the President provides the following information in response to these questions: atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/general/0810-ucrp_financial.html

Please join your fellow staff as the Staff Advisory Board hosts the Chancellor’s Staff Forum on Tuesday, October 14 from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m. in the Stevenson Event Center. This is the first Open Staff Forum of the 2008-09 Academic Year. Chancellor Blumenthal will address campus staff by speaking on the following areas: Updates for…