TO: All Staff Employees (represented and non-represented) This communication is to inform you of recent guidance on University of California’s (UC) COVID-19 Related Leaves for policy-covered and represented staff employees. On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law, which give employers the...

Dear UCR Campus Community, The UC Office of the President (UCOP) issued the Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Interim Policy on July 24, 2020 to clarify the process with which all UC campuses will implement the Federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the California NAGPRA (CalNAGPRA). NAGPRA...

Dear Colleagues, A second community meeting on the STEM Education Center (previously called STEM High School) project is scheduled for April 21, 2021, starting at 6 p.m. This will be a zoom/virtual public meeting (see details below). The first of the project’s community meetings was held in November 2019, prior to COVID-19. This project’s schedule...

UPDATE: Frequently asked questions about the Accellion data breach and how to protect yourself TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY We are writing to provide you additional information about a data security incident affecting the UC community and what you should do to protect your personal information. As was announced on March 31st, UC is one...

UC Riverside has created five campus working groups to plan for the fall and the transition to returning to campus. See below for the latest updates from the working groups: Research Ramp-Up Undergraduate students at UC Riverside will again have the opportunity to conduct laboratory research on campus — invaluable educational experience that COVID...

Dear Highlanders, Thank you for your continued patience and flexibility over the past year as we navigated through an unprecedented pandemic. During this time, many of our campus facilities remained closed due to safety and health protocols. However, I’m happy to announce the opening of the Student Recreation Center (SRC) beginning Monday, March 29...

Dear UCR Campus Community, Until now in the pandemic that COVID-19 spawned, only graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, their faculty advisors, and key personnel were permitted to work in labs at 25% occupancy capacity. The improvement on the pandemic situation in Riverside County (now officially in the red tier) and the availability of more...

New resources are available to help students, faculty, and advisors understand which IT tools and services are available to University Extension (UNEX) students who are concurrently enrolled in courses at UCR. Those interested in learning more about concurrent enrollment policies and procedures should visit the UNEX website, which provides...

Dear colleagues, As the campus continues to prepare for a Fall 2021 reopening, Facilities Services is happy to announce the return of our Resource Management staff. This return also marks the ability for our department to continue providing necessary moving services to the campus. We are now offering the following services: • Equipment moves •...

Dear Campus Community, One year ago, I stood among the blooming orange trees on campus to record a video message to students. We were in the process of preparing for our first remote quarter and managing through rapid change and great uncertainty, unsure of what would come next. As we finish our fourth remote quarter, and move toward the next, it’s...

Dear UCR Colleagues, On April 1, 2020, at the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, we announced the following interim practices: *Review, postpone, or suspend all open faculty and staff searches, with exceptional approval required by the cognizant Vice Chancellor, Dean or organizational head to move forward. Human Resources and Academic...

Dear Campus Community, For many years, we have been striving at UC Riverside to redefine campus safety in a way that addresses the needs of our diverse community. Through the Black Student Task Force (BSTF), we began important conversations across campus in 2015. Then, following the UC Presidential Task Force on University Policing 2019...

This communication is to provide an immediate update on information that may impact supervisors, managers, staff employees and you. UCOP issued further clarification on paid time off for hourly employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and the use of UC Expanded Paid Administrative Leave (PAL) if an employee gets sick from side effects of the...

Please note that the “blackout period” described in the March 8, 2021 scotmemo – New Pandemic Relief for Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) Participants, a pplies to claims for expenses incurred in the 2020 plan year only. During the transition of data from the Wage Works system to the Discovery Benefits/Wex system occurring from April 16 to no...

Facilities Services is offering hand Sanitizer and disinfecting kits to staff who are on-campus and supported by UCR main campus Facilities Services operations. All sanitizers and disinfecting kits are available at no charge. Customers will be contacted for delivery once supplies become available. Please email facilities@ucr.edu with questions. To...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has defined childcare and education workers as those who are at risk of occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 through their work in any role in the following childcare and education settings: • All formal and informal childcare workers, including day care providers • All staff in colleges...

Dear Campus Community, We are pleased by the recent announcement from Governor Newsom and legislative leadership that the state will restore permanent funding to the University of California to its levels from July 1, 2019. This funding restoration, which is subject to full legislative approval, would take effect July 1, 2021. As a result of an...

Colleagues, this communication is to provide an immediate update on information that may impact supervisors, managers, staff employees and you. Sick Leave for Child Care Reasons due to COVID-19 – Extended through 06/30/2021 On Monday, March 1, President Drake has temporarily approved extending the time for expanding the reasons for which policy...

All UC Riverside employees are now eligible to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine under Phase 1B of the State of California’s vaccine allocation guidelines, which allows for those working in the education sector to receive a vaccine. This message contains important information about employment verification and vaccine availability. We encourage you to take...

Dear Campus Community, In early February, UCR faculty and students were surveyed to better understand their preferences for fall quarter instruction, assuming Riverside would then be in the state’s Yellow tier. Overall, respondents were strongly split on their instructional mode preferences. Written comments expressed both support for returning to...