HR Update; July 31, 2009

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Furlough Plan Questions & Answers

Our campus leaders, including the chancellor, vice chancellors, deans and medical center chief executive officer, are aware that faculty and staff have many questions about the system-wide furlough plan the University of California Regents approved in July and how it will be implemented.

Check out the updated list of questions and answers. Please distribute this information to employees who may not have access to email.

Workers’ Compensation Claims Reporting Hotline

No one plans to be injured on the job, but if a work-related injury or illness does happen, follow these three steps:

Report the injury to your supervisor as soon as possible.
Get medical treatment.
Report your injury to Sedgwick CMS by calling this toll free number: 1-877-682-7778.

Prompt reporting of an injury or illness helps expedite authorization for needed medical treatment and prescriptions. This toll free reporting hot line is staffed 24 hours per day. Help us help you.

English as a Second Language Training begins Aug. 18

Does your unit have entry level staff who would benefit from basic training in English as a Second Language? ESL training is available now at UCSF. Working together, the Campus and Medical Center have partnered with City College of San Francisco to create a 10-week basic ESL course tailored to meet on-the-job needs of UCSF employees. Class participants will improve their conversational English comprehension, pronunciation, and task-specific phrasing and vocabulary. Log into the UC Learning Center to view the full course description.

ESL - English as a Second Language
Aug. 18 – Oct. 15 (Tuesdays & Thursdays), 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., $0
Location: Mt. Zion Campus & Med. Ctr. HR, 3360 Geary@ Stanyan

Registration is open until August 13. Managers will register approved employees who are committed to completing the 10-week program. Prior to registering employees, managers are encouraged to speak with Linda Gregory, Workforce Outreach and Diversity Coordinator, at 353-7735 or .

UC Retirement Readiness Education Programs

Please pass this on to your colleagues, circulate invitations, post the actual scheduled workshops happening near your location, or otherwise re-broadcast these weekly reminders about our valuable (FREE) education programs for faculty and staff. Bring your lunch; your questions; your spouse/partner.

UC Retirement Plan (UCRP)-UC’s Defined Benefit Plan

“The Features of UCRP”

Schedule this workshop for your department—click here
The Future of UCRP

UC Retirement Savings Plans - the 403(b), 457(b) and DC Plans

“Enrolling in Your UC Retirement Savings Program”

August 10, Mount Zion, Hellman Conf Ctr, 11 a.m.
August 18, Mission Bay, Genentech Auditorium, 9 a.m.
August 31, Mission Center, MCB – 126, 10 a.m.

“Determining Your Right Investment Strategy”

August 10, Mount Zion, Hellman Conf Ctr, 12:30 p.m.
August 13, Parnassus, N – 217, 9 a.m.
August 18, Mission Bay, Genentech Auditorium, 10:30 a.m.
August 31, Mission Center, MCB – 126, 11:30 a.m.

“Quarterly Market Perspective”

August 10, Mount Zion, Hellman Conf Ctr, 2 p.m.

“Achieving a Sound Retirement”

August 13, Parnassus, N – 217, 10:30 a.m.

“Understand the How-tos of Fidelity’s NetBenefits Website”

August 13, Parnassus, N – 217, 12 p.m.
August 18, Mission Bay, Genentech Auditorium, 12 p.m.
August 31, Mission Center, MCB – 126, 1 p.m.

Refer to these schedules for details and future workshops

Arrange to have these workshops at a meeting in your department

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.

Serving You: Temporary Employment Program

Our “serving you” series reminds you and your staff about the comprehensive selection of services the Human Resources department provides to the University community. We want to keep you informed about the services we provide, as well as reacquaint you with the people who administer them. We encourage collaboration with your department and our office, and welcome the opportunity to meet with you and your staff at any time.

Featured this week:

Temporary Employment Program: The UCSF Temporary Employment Program (TEP) provides temporary employees to assist Campus and Medical Center departments during times of staffing shortages, such as vacation and extended sick leaves, recruitment period, special projects, and furloughs. Our temporary employees are fully screened by our professional staff to provide our clients with the most qualified temporary assistance available for clerical and administrative positions. Our screening process includes a face-to-face interview with one of our TEP Analysts, skill evaluations, reference checks, and, when required, fingerprinting and background checks.

Last May, TEP implemented a new information management system (IMS) to streamline our ordering process and to enhance our client interactions with our program. The TEP IMS offers such features as online DPA/Fund verification, timesheet, invoice review, resume sharing, and, combined with our Job matrix, efficient order placement.

The goal of the TEP is to provide our clients with the most cost effective, efficient temporary service possible. Your continued feedback and support has assisted us in enhancing our program and providing a much needed service. We look forward to continuing our partnership. If you need temporary assistance, please call TEP at 476-4486 or email . We are here to serve you.

Learn more about TEP services and the people who provide them.

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