SUBJECT:

Formal Review of the Proposed Employee Initiated Reduction in Time (ERIT) Program

The Office of the President is proposing an Employee Initiated Reduction in Time (ERIT) Program as a tool that campuses may choose to offer employees during the continuing serious budget environment.

The proposed program allows career staff, with the exception of Senior Managers, to voluntarily reduce their percentage of appointment and pay in order for the University to achieve salary savings. For exclusively represented employees, participation in the program is subject to agreement by the applicable union.

For details on ERIT, click on "Proposed Policies and Programs" at the following At Your Service website:

http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/employees/policies_employee_labor_relations

Employees who wish to provide comments on the proposed program may submit them to employeerelations@ucsd.edu no later than Friday, April 29, 2011.

Thomas R. Leet Assistant Vice Chancellor - Human Resources