Policies & Procedures

Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM)

Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) are systemwide policies and procedures issued by the Office of the President. PPSM apply to all staff employees whose positions are not otherwise governed by a collective bargaining agreement (e.g., labor contract).

Many PPSM have supplemental procedures that are specific to the Berkeley campus. Each PPSM should be read in conjunction with the corresponding...

Expanded Paid Sick Leave

Welcome to the information hub for Expanded Paid Sick Leave at People & Culture, UC Berkeley. This page serves as your comprehensive resource for understanding the policy, key dates, and updates, with links to relevant UCNet pages and campus-specific communications.

Dual Appointments - UC Berkeley Local Procedures

Dual Appointments - UC Berkeley Local Procedures

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Dual appointments are rare; they are only permitted on an exception basis, provided that all the required criteria are met, including approvals coordinated through People & Culture Policy and Practice.

Dual appointments (on the Berkeley campus) occur when a staff employee who holds a staff position and:

Takes on additional time in the employee's home department, but in a different job than the employee's primary appointment; or Takes on an additional appointment in another...

University Policies

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PPSM 70 Complaint Form

Eligibility

All employees covered by the Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) are eligible to file a formal staff complaint pursuant to PPSM 70, except employees in current and former per diem positions, Managers and Senior Professionals (MSP) appointed to salary grades VIII and IX, and employees who voluntarily separate or retire from the University. A former PSS employee separated by layoff who is eligible for recall or preference for reemployment as provided in PPSM 60 (Layoff and Reduction in...

Employee-Initiated Reduction in Time (ERIT) Program

The Employee-Initiated Reduction In Time (ERIT) Program provides an opportunity for employees to voluntarily reduce their current appointment percentage and corresponding pay so that the University can achieve temporary salary savings. Savings from the ERIT program are captured by the employee's home department.

Program Information Eligibility: All career staff employees (regular status and probationary), except Senior Management Group members. Participation for exclusively represented employees is dependent upon agreement by applicable union. Reduction in time...

PPSM Layoff Resource Information

The following material provides key information regarding Policy 60, Layoff and Reduction in Time from Professional and Support Career Positions July 1, 2003 covering non-represented employees. Please remember to read this entire policy as well as the Berkeley Campus Implementing Procedures Policy 60, which supplements Policy 60 when you are considering a layoff or reduction in time. Remember to contact your Department Human Resources Manager and...

Telecommuting Policy Statement

Telecommuting Policy for Staff

Definition: Telecommuting is a work arrangement in which some or all of the work is performed at an off-campus work site such as the home or in office space near home. (Field stations are not telecommuting locations because they are established permanent work sites for groups of employees within a department.) Communication may be by one of several means, such as phone or laptop. Equipment may be owned and maintained by the employee or by the university.

Authority: Department heads or their designees have the authority...

PPSM: Compensatory Time Off Form

Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) describes how overtime will be compensated. Policy 32, Overtime (Non-Exempt Employees Only), Section C.4 states that overtime will be compensated either by pay or by Compensatory Time Off (CTO) if the department offers CTO.

For more information and to request CTO, please see the...

Carrie Ann Colton

Title: Employee & Labor Relations Director

Phone: 510-384-3927

Email: cacolton@berkeley.edu