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HR Update; June 29, 2007

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UC Reaches Agreement with Research Support Professionals and Technical Employees’ Union on Wage Increases for Lower-Paid Employees

University of California officials announced today (June 27) an agreement with the University Professional and Technical Employees union regarding special wage increases for lower-paid employees.

The agreement affects approximately 5000 UC research support and technical employees who work in titles that are paid on average less than $40,000 per year, and represents a total cost to the university of approximately $1.2 million.

Effective April 1, 2007, employees represented by UPTE who work in titles that are paid less than $40,000 a year on average shall receive salary increases as follows:

In March 2007, UC reached an agreement with the Coalition of University Employees union regarding special raises for more than 11,800 UC clerical employees, and also provided similar raises to approximately 4,000 non-represented lower-paid employees. In May 2007, UC reached an agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union regarding special wage increases for 14,300 service and patient care employees.

This is not the first time UC has taken special measures to give additional financial support to its lower-paid staff.  In 2000, UC sought and received an additional $19 million in state funding to boost employee salaries, the majority of which went to employees earning $40,000 or less, and in 2002, as it had done several times previously, UC gave eligible employees additional retirement funds to help mitigate disappointing salary increases due to limited state funding

UC President Appoints William E. Johansen as 2007-09 Staff Advisor to Regents

University of California President Robert C. Dynes today (June 27) announced the selection of William E. Johansen, business manager for the life sciences division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as the 2007-09 staff advisor to the UC Board of Regents.

Johansen joins 2006-08 staff advisor Lynda Brewer.  His appointment follows a systemwide, months-long selection process which began with a call for applications in January 2007.

Begun as a pilot program in 2005 and made permanent by the regents in January 2007, the staff advisor program allows for two staff and/or non-Senate academic employees to be selected to participate in open sessions of certain committees of the board.  Staff advisors bring the voice and perspective of staff and non-Senate academic employees to board deliberations on relevant matters that come before the regents.

Johansen received his undergraduate degree in political science from UC Berkeley and has worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory almost exclusively since 1987 when he began his career with UC as a student assistant.  Upon graduating UC Berkeley, Johansen spent three years in Washington, D.C., including with the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation.  In 1996, he returned to LBNL and in 2005 was named business manager.  Johansen has also been very active in staff affairs for many years, both at the local and system wide level.  Most recently he served as 2006-07 chair of the Council of University of California Staff Assemblies.

“Through his work at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as well as with the Council of University of California Staff Assemblies, Bill has demonstrated a clear understanding of the needs and concerns of staff, and the commitment and ability to help the university address them,” said Dynes.  “I think he is a terrific representative of and advocate for all UC employees.”

“I am honored by this appointment and proud to continue to serve the UC community, and staff in particular, in this role,” Johansen said.  “I look forward to working closely with the regents, staff advisor Brewer, the administration, and the entire university community to ensure that the needs, concerns and ideas of staff receive the recognition and attention they deserve.”

For more information about the staff advisor program:

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/staffadvisors/

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. 

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. 

New Employee Orientation Schedule Available

The schedule of upcoming campus staff New Employee Welcome & Orientation Programs and Benefits Orientations is now posted on the web:

http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/files/newop_schedule.pdf

Please note that the New Employee Welcome & Orientation Program requires pre-registration through the Development and Training enrollment system. Registration instructions and program details are included in the downloadable web document.

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