SUBJECT:

UC Personnel Policies for Staff Members

The UC Personnel Policies for Staff Members were implemented on
July 1, 1996, for Professional and Support Staff (previously A&PS and
SPP), Managers and Senior Professionals (previously MAP), and the Senior
Management Group (previously the Executive Program). The new policies
simplify personnel administration by consolidating the current four-tier
personnel program into a single personnel program covering all levels of
non-represented staff. Unless otherwise indicated, the main body of the
policies sets forth the basic rights and terms of employment for all
university employees.

The new policies have undergone extensive review by the UCSD community,
including opportunities for comments by faculty and staff focus groups,
staff associations, and individual employees. Many of the comments and
recommendations received were submitted to the Office of the President
and a number of the UCSD recommendations have been incorporated into the
final document. The UCSD Implementing Procedures have been developed to
augment the UC Personnel Policies. During the past several months, the
UCSD Implementing Procedures have undergone an intense informal and formal
review process. The final set of UCSD Implementing Procedures are being
printed and prepared for distribution to the campus.

The UC Personnel Policies will be distributed soon by the Office of the
President to the campuses. The distribution of the UC Personnel
Policies and UCSD Implementing Procedures will be distributed to the
campus during the next two weeks in a collaborative effort coordinated
by the Human Resources Office of Policy Development and Quality of
Work/Life and the Office of Administrative Records. All current Staff
Personnel Manual Holders will receive a set of the UC Personnel Policies
for Staff Members, a set of the UCSD Implementing Procedures, and a three
ring view binder with a cover page.

A supply of pocket-size manuals of the UC Personnel Policies for Staff
Members has been ordered for UCSD. As soon as they are received, an
appropriate distribution process will be initiated.

The final version of the UC Personnel Policies for Staff Members will
be updated on the World Wide Web soon. The UCSD Implementing Procedures
will be updated on the Policy Development and Quality of Work/Life Home
Page by Monday, July 15, 1996. The Implementing Procedures are available
at http://www-hr.ucsd.edu/online/qwl. Then go to the section entitled
documents related to UCSD Implementation Procedures of IMI and select
UCSD Implementing Procedures. Until the new UC Personnel Policies and
UCSD Implementing Procedures are distributed and updated on the Web,
please continue using the May 1996 drafts of the policies.

Exclusively represented employees in the Technical Unit and the Research
and Support Professional Unit will continue to be covered by the
provisions of the Staff Personnel and Administrative and Professional
Staff Programs, whichever program is applicable, until labor contracts are
negotiated. Employees in the Police Officer title (5323) will continue as
members of the Staff Personnel Program pending the results of an upcoming
election.

Questions about the UC Personnel Policies for Staff Members and the UCSD
Implementing Procedures should be directed to Jonnie Craig, Director,
Policy Development and Quality of Work/Life, at extension 49659, mail code
0922, or jcraig@ucsd.edu.

Rogers Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor - Human Resources