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The University of California, Berkeley (“Campus”), the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (“Lab”) (collectively, “University”), and the Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council (“Union”) will negotiate a successor collective bargaining agreement for the Skilled Trades Unit (KB). Local bargaining may begin following completion of the public notice meetings scheduled below. 

Please note that the following PERB Order AFSCME Feb 2025 Ruling can be read via this PDF attachment.

NPD Breach

In April, a hacker began selling stolen data from National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker. The successful access was not acknowledged by NPD until August 12th. The website of the data broker had contained a zip file with the back-end passwords needed to access the database.

As a consumer data broker, the NPD database contained names, addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers for people going back decades.

Dear Colleagues,

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder to all University employees who submit timesheets in local time and attendance systems to submit your time worked, absences, and/or acknowledge you have no absences to report by the deadline established at your campus/location. Accurate and complete time and leave reporting ensures that you are paid accurately, that the university meets its obligations to pay for work performed and helps ensure the responsible use of public funds. 

Dear HR Colleagues,

In another step forward for UC’s support of work-life balance, UC will significantly expand access to paid sick leave effective Jan. 1, 2025.

If you’re taking a well-deserved vacation out of town this summer, we wish you safe travels! If you do need medical attention while you’re away, here are a few tips shared by UC’s medical plans about how to access care.

On June 3, 2024, randomly selected faculty, staff, and retirees (as well as their spouses or domestic partners) will begin receiving requests to participate in the annual medical plan satisfaction survey. The survey takes roughly 20 minutes to complete, and all responses are anonymous and confidential.

About 1 in 5 Americans experience at least one microaggression daily. While not usually overt, microaggressions are subtle acts of racism. And, despite their name, there’s nothing small about their impact.

Reflecting its commitment to fair and competitive employee pay, UC will begin increasing minimum hourly wages for health care workers, beginning June 1, 2024. The hourly minimum wage for designated health care employees will increase to $23/hour effective June 1, 2024, $24/hour effective June 1, 2025, and $25/hour effective June 1, 2026, with further increases thereafter.