HR Update; April 6, 2007
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- UC Reaches Contract Agreement with Union for Health Care Professional Employees
- Supervisor Curriculum Upgrade
- UC Retirement Readiness Education Programs
- Health Care Facilitator Program Presentations Available on the Web
- Career Development for Your Staff
UC Reaches Contract Agreement with Union for Health Care Professional Employees
University of California officials announced today (Apr. 2) that an agreement has been reached between UC and the University Professional and Technical Employees union on a new five-year labor contract for UC’s roughly 2,200 health care professional employees. A tentative agreement was reached on February 15 and UPTE members have voted to approve the new contract, which takes effect March 30, 2007.
“Our health care professional employees play a critical role in helping UC hospitals and student health centers deliver quality patient care,” said Howard Pripas, executive director for universitywide labor relations. “We are very pleased to have reached an agreement that is satisfactory to the bargaining unit members, and acknowledges the excellent work and many contributions that our health care professional employees make to the university and the state.”
Highlights of the agreement, which runs July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011, include:
Wage increases:
- Effective March 30, 2007, employees will receive wage increases ranging between approximately 4% and 15% depending upon their particular classification and location. In the first three years alone, some employees may receive increases of as much as 32%, depending upon their particular classification and location. Additionally, to complement these increases, employees will transition from an “open-range” wage structure to a step-based structure;
- All health care professional employees will receive a $1,000 one-time lump sum payment within 180 days of March 30, 2007;
- UC and UPTE will meet on a systemwide basis later in 2007 to discuss equity concerns for bargaining unit employees, and again in 2008 and 2010 for local campus discussions.
Health benefits: For calendar years 2007, 2008 and 2009, the university’s maximum monthly rates of contribution for health and welfare benefits for health care professional employees will be the same as those for other staff employees. The parties will engage in bargaining on health benefits in 2009 for calendar years 2010 and 2011.
Pension benefits: At UPTE’s discretion, health care professional employees, with an UPTE representative, will have the opportunity to fully participate in the negotiation process with the other two employee groups represented by UPTE regarding potential pension contributions. Health care professional employees will pay the same contribution to the UCRP as other employees represented by UPTE through June 30, 2009. The parties will engage in bargaining on this issue in 2009 for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011.
Professional development: Employees may request time-off for work-related education, including requests for more than 12 hours of internet/home study. Upon an employee’s request and at UC’s discretion, an employee may be cross-trained on new equipment within his/her department.
No strikes: Clarified contract language that specifically bans sympathy strikes in addition to other forms of strikes or concerted activities.
Duration: The five-year agreement includes bargaining in the Spring of 2009 for purposes of negotiating selected items including wages, health benefits and pension contributions.
Complete details of the agreement will be available on the web.
Supervisor Curriculum Upgrade
Managers and Supervisors will soon be receiving an invitation to take brief online labor relations skills assessment. The purpose of the assessment is to measure supervisor labor relations skill levels to help drive appropriate change to the supervisory curriculum. The assessment should take no more than 5 minutes, and will provide invaluable guidance for Development and Training Curriculum development. Please encourage all who supervise to take the survey when they receive their e-mail invitation, or forward them the following link for direct access: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=222013448668
UC RETIREMENT READINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
UC RETIREMENT PLAN-UCRP
UC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS-403(b), 457(b), and DC PLANS
Ask yourself: “Will I be retirement-ready? Are my ducks all in a row?”
Remember-it’s never too early to start planning for your retirement years.
Please pass this on to your colleagues, circulate invitations, post the actual schedules, or otherwise re-broadcast these weekly reminders about our valuable (FREE) education programs for faculty and staff. Several of these workshops are also featured at this year’s Finance Day-2007.
- UC Retirement Plan (UCRP)-UC’s Defined Benefit Plan
- “The Features of UCRP”
- April 11, Mission Bay, GH - S201, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
- Refer to this schedule for details and future workshops
- The Future of UCRP
- UC Retirement Savings Plans-the 403(b), 457(b) and DC Plans
- “Achieving a Sound Retirement”
- April 12, Laurel Heights, LHts - 376, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
- “Enrolling in Your UC Retirement Savings Program”
- April 12, Laurel Heights, LHts - 376, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
- “Finding the Right Investment Strategy”
- April 12, Laurel Heights, LHts - 376, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
- Refer to this schedule for details and future workshops
- Focus on Your Future!
Usually there can be at least one (or more) workshop(s) per week scheduled at various UCSF locations around town. For more details and listings for upcoming scheduled presentations, please refer to our Workshops and Presentations Schedules menus found at our local UCSF HR/Benefits website.
Health Care Facilitator Program Presentations Available on the Web
The Health Care Facilitator Program offers presentations designed to empower employees to better utilize their medical plans and understand their benefits. Current ongoing presentations include Blue Cross 101, HMO 101 and Medicare 101.
Upcoming dates of presentations are posted on the Health Care Facilitator web site. If you are interested in one of the presentations, but are unable to attend, there are links to each presentation which you can view at your convenience. Additionally, handouts provided at the presentation will also be available.
If you have suggestions for new topics for presentations, please let us know. You can send an email to the UCSF Health Care Facilitator Sue Forstat at sforstat@hr.ucsf.edu
Career Development for Your Staff
Have employees who have a hard time speaking in meetings? Need help for staff development? How about developing your skills in mentoring and leadership?
Since career development is an ongoing, dynamic process, employees may need encouragement and support. Formal training and classes away from the job are effective in providing new information, but adult learners also need to practice new skills. You can contribute significantly to your staff member’s career development by supporting communication and leadership activities through UC Oracles-Toastmasters, the HR Development and Training venue for public speaking and leadership training.
UC Oracles Toastmasters Spring Open House:
April 19, 2007
Laurel Heights room 340
noon to 1 pm
&
April 26, Parnassus
HSW302
noon to 1 pm.
Read more online: http://ucoracles.ucsf.edu/
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