STAFF BROWN BAG LUNCH MEETING FurloughSalary Reduction Plan Wednesday, August 26th HUB 302

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STAFF BROWN BAG LUNCH MEETINGFurlough/Salary
Reduction Plan Wednesday, August 26th HUB 302
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• Background
• Unprecedented 813 million systemwide deficit in
  state support
• At UC Riverside, the deficit is in excess of 50
  million
• July 2009 UC Regents
• Declared an extreme financial emergency
• Approved a 12-month systemwide furlough plan
• At UC Riverside, the Furlough plan will result in
  13M in salary savings

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• Furlough/Salary Reduction Plan Summary
• Effective September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
• Employee salaries to be reduced, based on a
  graduated scale, in even increments each month
• Employees receive a specified number of furlough
  days aligned with their respective salary
  reduction
• Some furlough days will be taken during the
  campus closures
• Remaining furlough days will be discretionary
  based on department need

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• Key Facts
• Participation
• Policy-covered (non-represented) career, limited,
  and partial year career staff
• Regular status and probationary employees
  (full-and part-time)
• Academic non-senate faculty
• Non-senate academics
• Senior Management Group Members
• Represented staff and academic employee
  participation is subject to collective bargaining
  agreements

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• Exclusions
• Academic and staff employees whose pay is
• funded entirely by research and extramural funds
  
• partially funded from extramural funds, the
  portion of pay that is funded from extramural
  funds
• Student employees, including postdoctoral,
  graduate and undergraduate employees
• Employees working reduced hours under the START
  program if their voluntary reduction is already
  equal to or exceeds the percent reduction for
  their respective pay band
• Foreign national employees working pursuant to H
  visas
• Employees whose participation is precluded by law.

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• Salary Reduction
• 4 - 10 graduated scale
• Note Salary Band Determination -- Based on
  employees full-time salary rate, including
  administrative stipends, as of January 1, 2009,
  or the hire date, if later
• Note Senior Management Group members will
  receive a maximum of 10 furlough days, regardless
  of pay scale

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• Furlough Day Accrual Usage
• Accrual hours are added to a furlough bank each
  month
• Usage
• Campus Proposed Closure Days
• December 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30, 2009
• March 25, 2010
• Furloughs may also be taken throughout the
  duration of the Plan, with supervisor approval.
• Intent is to use days as they are accrued,
  however, with supervisor approval, furlough days
  may be
• Saved up and used in blocks prior to the end of
  the furlough term
• Used before they actually are accrued to cover
  the furlough/closure days
• Used as early as September 1, 2009
• All furlough days must be used by August 31, 2010
• Furlough time will expire at the end of the
  Furlough Plan term

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• Additional Information
• A Frequently Asked Questions resource can be
  found on the UCR Budget News Website
  http//budget.ucr.edu/furloughs/
• For questions specific to
• Furlough/Salary Reduction Plan
• Heidie Rhodes, heidie.rhodes_at_ucr.edu
• Cynthia Seneriz, cynthia.seneriz_at_ucr.edu
• Marilyn Voce, marilyn.voce_at_ucr.edu
• Payroll
• Gabe Nwandu, gabe.nwandu_at_ucr.edu
• Roberta Nardico, roberta.nardico_at_ucr.edu
• Bargaining unit/represented employees
• Jadie Lee, jadie.lee_at_ucr.edu
• Thank You