HR Update; July 27, 2007
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- Minimum Wage Posters
- Special Fee Reduction Program for Nursing Employees
- August Development & Training Courses include Many Computer Software Classes - Register Now
- UC Retirement Readiness Education Programs
Minimum Wage Posters
The Department of Labor has updated the federal minimum wage poster to reflect the increase to $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007. The current state minimum wage remains higher than the federal at $7.50 and will further increase to $8.00 effective January 1, 2008.
The legislation will continue to increase the federal minimum wage in stages over the next two years. Please replace any outdated federal minimum wage posters with the updated notice. A direct link to the updated poster is available at the Department of Labor’s website at:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/minwagebwP.pdf
For questions, please contact the Labor and Employee Relations Analyst assigned to your department.
Special Fee Reduction Program for Nursing Employees
The State of California continues to experience a severe shortage of qualified nurses in all health care settings, and the University of California medical centers continue to be greatly affected by the shortage. In 2003, in response to the critical need for more well-trained nursing staff, President Atkinson instituted a five-year exception to the reduced fee policy for nurses employed by the University of California who wish to complete their education. By this exception, career-status employees in nursing titles on the enclosed list were able to complete their graduate-level programs in a more timely fashion.
August Development & Training Courses include Many Computer Software Classes - Register Now
For August Development & Training offers a broad range of computer applications training, provided by our new vendor, AcademyX. You will also find space-available supervision/management courses as well as courses for IT Professionals and others providing technical support to their departments.
Please share this announcement with co-workers and those you supervise.
Register now. Click on the course name below to link to that class in the Development & Training enrollment system. Or learn more and register for all our courses at http://training.ucsf.edu/.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE COURSES
- ACCESS 1 (Two day class)
In this training course you will learn general database concepts and the main features of Access: tables, fields, forms, queries, and reports.
Mon & Tue, Aug 6 & 7, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $255 - ACCESS 2 (Two day class)
Continuing where the Access 1 course left off, this 2-day training course will delve further into forms, queries, and reports in more detail.
Wed & Thu, Aug 8 & 9, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $255 - MICROSOFT PROJECT 1
The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments. You will create a project plan file containing tasks, organize these tasks in a work breakdown structure containing task relationships, create and assign resources, and finalize the project to implement the project plan.
Fri, Aug 10, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $135 - EXCEL INTRODUCTION
In this course, attendees learn basic spreadsheet concepts and core MS Excel features including worksheets, workbooks, cells and formulas.
Mon, Aug 13, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $135 - EXCEL INTERMEDIATE
Continuing where the Excel Introduction training course left off, this one-day class delves further into the use and design of worksheets and workbooks. Course attendees also learn advanced functions. Topics include data validation, charts, lists, styles and templates.
Tue, Aug 14, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $135
Mon, Aug 27, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $135 - EXCEL ADVANCED
This course helps students master the application, offering comprehensive instruction in the use of macros, pivot tables, vlookup/hlookup and more.
Wed, Aug 15, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $135
Tue, Aug 28, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $135 - DREAMWEAVER 1
Students will learn how to define a Web site, format text, apply images, tables, and styles, create and format links, and publish a Web site.
Fri, Aug 17, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $135 - HTML 1
This Introduction to HTML, XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets training class will equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary to develop a multi-page website with links, images and style effects. Emphasis is placed on transitioning to the XHTML Standard.
Mon, Aug 20, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $135 - POWERPOINT INTRODUCTION
Learn how to create, design and edit individual presentation slides, format textual content, create bulleted lists, use spell check, and work with WordArt, clip art and AutoShapes. Course attendees also learn how to show their presentation to an audience.
Wed, Aug 29, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $135 - POWERPOINT INTERMEDIATE
Continuing where the PowerPoint Introduction course left off, this class delves further into its features including common font and color schemes, notes and handouts, animation, customized design, charts and data tables.
Thu, Aug 30, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., $135
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP COURSES
- EMPOWERING THE SUPERVISOR
Learn to appropriately exercise your management authority to maintain or regain control of situations involving an employee’s non-compliance or insubordination.
Thu, Aug 9, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m., $35 - RECRUITING & HIRING
This course equips supervisors to hire the best people and to do so in a way that is within legal parameters.
Wed, Aug 22, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., $35
TECHNICAL SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP COURSES
- INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY & PRIVACY PRACTICES
This course is intended to help IT professionals understand security regulations and policies along with their UCSF roles and responsibilities. It is strongly recommended for any individual who has system administrator privileges.
Wed, Aug 8, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., $0 - DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SUPPORT AT UCSF
This course is for people who have a role in supporting the computing needs of their departments. It introduces the model for computing support at UCSF and provides information about responsibilities and resources.
Wed, Aug 22, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m., $0
UC Retirement Readiness Education Programs
- UC RETIREMENT PLAN-UCRP
- UC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS-403(b), 457(b), and DC PLANS
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. Bring your lunch; your questions; your spouse/partner. . .
Are your ducks all in a row? Start planning now. It’s never too early.
- UC Retirement Plan (UCRP)-UC’s Defined Benefit Plan
- “The Features of UCRP”
- Returning Soon-Stay Tuned
- Refer to this schedule for details and future workshops
- The Future of UCRP
- “The Features of UCRP”
- UC Retirement Savings Plans-the 403(b), 457(b) and DC Plans
- “Enrolling in Your UC Savings Program”
- August 1, Parnassus Hgts, HSW - 301, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
- “Finding the Right Investment Strategy”
- Returning Soon-Stay Tuned
- “Achieving a Sound Retirement”
- August 1, Parnassus Hgts, HSW - 301, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- “Understand the How-to’s of FITSCo’s NetBenefits Website”
- August 1, Parnassus Hgts, HSW - 301, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- Refer to this schedule for details and future workshops
- Focus on Your Future!
- “Enrolling in Your UC Savings Program”
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.
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