- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
Flexible Work Agreements
Employees and supervisors should review Flexible Work Agreements annually to ensure the agreement is still meeting the needs of the employee and unit, including organizational goals, establish performance expectations and compliance considerations.
Now is the time to re-review and evaluate those agreements that are about to expire! Please be sure to submit your Flexible Work Agreement Form updates by June 14, 2024.
To submit your Flexible Work Agreement, go to wfa.ucanr.edu
- To Initiate/Submit a Form: Left menu -> Click the plus (+) sign, next to Human Resources
- Select “Flexible Work Agreement” Form
- Forms will route based on the selections on the appropriate fields including supervisor and type of agreement. Employees seeking to work in the office less than 3 days a week will require exceptional approval. The form will automatically route to the appropriate AVP.
Staff Performance Evaluations
Staff Performance Appraisals are due to Human Resources May 10. By that date, the following should have taken place:
- Employee Completes ePerformance self-evaluation in UCPath
- Supervisor meets with employee to discuss the self-evaluation
- Supervisor completes and submits their evaluation in UCPath
- Second-level reviewer approves
Evaluation Resources
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
Vice President Glenda Humiston and UC ANR employees gave UC President Michael Drake, the UC ANR Governing Council and the President's Advisory Commission members a tour of the Salton Sea area and Desert Research and Extension Center in Holtville on April 25 and 26.
The tour started with visit to Aziz Farms in the Coachella Valley. At the date farm, they met Rita Clemons, director of UC Cooperative Extension for San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties; Philip Waisen, UCCE vegetable crops advisor; and Yu Meng, UCCE youth, family and community advisor. Grower Mark Tadros gave an overview of the benefits and challenges of operating a small farm.
At Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, Jim Turner, president of Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings, Inc., gave a talk about geothermal energy and lithium extraction. Hoori Ajami, UC Riverside associate professor and member of the Salton Sea Task Force, and Ali Montazar, UCCE irrigation and water management advisor for Imperial, Riverside and San Diego counties; described the area's ecological and agricultural challenges.
On the second day of the tour, Darren Haver, director for the REC System and interim South Coast REC director, gave the group an overview of the Research and Extension Center System.
Desert REC Director Jairo Diaz and the Desert REC team presented an overview of the community and youth education activities and field studies at Desert REC. The tour included drone and robotics demonstrations by Gabe Youtsey, chief innovation officer, and Ali Pourreza, UCCE digital agriculture specialist at UC Davis.
Ricardo Vela, manager of News and Information Outreach in Spanish, explained how UC ANR is connecting Latinos in California with information.
To wrap up the tour, Oli Bachie, UCCE Imperial County director and agronomy and weed management advisor for Imperial, Riverside and San Diego counties, and Clemons described local UC Master Gardener, 4-H and CalFresh Healthy Living, UC programs.
The tour was coordinated by Kathy Eftekhari, chief of staff to the vice president, and the Program Support Unit.