Policies & Procedures

Carrie Ann Colton

Title: Employee & Labor Relations Director

Phone: 510-384-3927

Email: cacolton@berkeley.edu

Reports of Discrimination, Harassment, or Retaliation

University Policy

It is the policy of the University of California, Berkeley not to engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or seeking employment with the University of California on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or service in the uniformed services. Furthermore, University policy prohibits retaliation against any member of the University...

Telecommuting Policy

Telecommuting Policy for Staff Employees

Telecommuting is one of many flexible work arrangements that campus departments may establish for their staff in order to enable them to achieve a more successful balance between work responsibilities and family life. (Other examples include flexible schedules, part-time and partial-year appointments, job sharing, alternate workdays, and alternate work weeks.)

Departments are urged to carefully review both the advantages and the disadvantages before entering into a new telecommuting agreement, to explore the wide variety of arrangements...

Background Check

All university employees may be subject to a background check as part of the terms of their employment. For more information, please read our Applicant Resources page on Background Checks.

Here's a quick overview of when a background check is required:

After we review an applicant’s qualifications for a staff job, and as a contingency of a final offer, we are required to do a background check on candidates for designated positions.

Appointment to or continued...

Personnel Policies & Procedures

There are many policies that govern the way we work and our relationship with the University; some are systemwide, and are implemented on all the UC campuses throughout the state. Others are specific to UC Berkeley.

Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) applies to all staff employees systemwide whose positions are not otherwise governed by a collective bargaining agreement (i.e., labor contract). There are additional...

Model Telecommuting Agreement

This agreement specifies the conditions applicable to an arrangement for performing work at an alternate work site on a regular basis. The supervisor/manager and employee should go over the model agreement together and keep copies for departmental and employee records.

Forms & Sample Letters for Background Check

Notification process Sample notification letters: New hires (Word) Reclassification or Assignment of new duties (Word) ...

Telecommuting Safety Checklist

Safety Checklist for Telecommuters

The following checklist is recommended for use by each telecommuter in organizing an alternate work site. The telecommuter should review this checklist with his/her supervisor prior to the start of telecommuting, and they are encouraged to work together to ensure the safety of the alternate work site.

Work Site Telecommuter has a clearly defined work space that is kept clean and orderly. The work area is adequately illuminated with lighting directed toward the side or behind the line of vision, not in front or above it. Exits are free of obstructions...

Background Check: Notification Process

This page describes the sequence in which departments and subjects will be notified by the University of California Police Department (UCPD) of the results of background checks for sensitive positions.

When the background check finds no record of convictions: UCPD notifies the relevant department at once so that the hire or other personnel action may be completed. UCPD notifies the individual that he or she has passed the background check and is cleared for employment in the position. When the background check finds a record of convictions: UCPD first...

Developing Telecommuting Proposal

Developing a Proposal for a Telecommuting Agreement Determine what arrangement would best meet your needs: Where do you propose to work (home, alternate site)? What schedule would you like (days and hours on campus, days and hours at telecommuting site)? Which of your duties do you propose to perform at the telecommuting site? Which do you propose to perform in the department? If only a minor adjustment can be made to your work arrangements, what adjustment would be most valuable to you? (Examples: telecommute one day a week; be available to come in on short notice; suspend telecommuting...