Paid administrative leave categories and permissible usage:
Pursuant to President Napolitano's Executive Order Dated March 16, 2020, effective immediately, employees will be eligible to receive up to 128 hours paid administrative leave in order to cope with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This particular leave may only be used for the following reasons, all of which relate to COVID-19:
- When the employee is unable to work because the employee or a family member has a COVID-19 related illness.
- When an employee is unable to work because the employee has been directed not to come to workforCOVID-19 related reasons (including shelter in place orders) and it is not operationally feasible for the employee to work remotely.
- UCANR is highly encouraging finding creative ways to allow employees to work remotely wherever possible.
- When an employee is unable to work from home due to operational feasibility, the supervisor/director must notify HR. Please email both Jodi Rosenbaum(jrosenbaum@ucanr.edu) and Bethanie Brown (brbbrown@ucanr.edu) with the employee's name, your location and a general statement about the operational needs prior to placing the employee on leave.
- When an employee is unable to work because of a COVID-19 related school or daycare closure that requires the employee to be at home with a child or dependent.
If directors, supervisors or employees have questions regarding the application of this emergency leave provision please review these FAQs or contact Human Resources. Jodi Rosenbaum (jrosenbaum@ucanr.edu) and Bethanie Brown (brbbrown@ucanr.edu) are both ready and available to assist.
Extension of supervisor review period for annual evaluations and advancement cases:
Given the unusual circumstances facing the nation and UC ANR, we are extending the annual performance review periods for UC ANR-based personnel in order to accommodate the abrupt changes to schedules and working conditions.
Academic reviews. We have extended the supervisor review period for supervisors and secondary reviewers conducting academic reviews. Supervisors and secondary reviewers are asked to complete reviews by March 31, 2020 (from March 20, 2020). We ask that you proceed with conducting the evaluation with your academics using Zoom or some other virtual communication tool. The extended schedule will enable the peer review process to move forward, as scheduled. If you are unable to complete a review within this timeframe, please contact Tina Jordan attljordan@ucanr.edu to discuss and determine an alternate deadline.
Staff reviews. UC ANR is using a new system this year. At present, there is a suggested "soft deadline" of March 22, 2020 for staff to complete their self-evaluations. March 22, 2020, is a recommended target and not a hard deadline. The system won't cut people off; they can take more time to work on the self-evaluations. Staff unable to complete their self-evaluation by March 22, 2020 should work their supervisor to arrive at an agreed upon timeline. The evaluation from the supervisor, with second level supervisor sign-off, is due to HR by May 6, 2020. This deadline remains unchanged at this point so please consider the system deadline of May 6, 2020, when determining deadlines for the self-evaluation submission. If you have any questions regarding the Staff ePerformance process, please contact Mary Vlandis at maryvlandis@ucanr.edu or Jodi Rosenbaum at jrosenbaum@ucanr.edu.
All hands meeting:
The March All Hands meeting will be conducted by Zoom tomorrow from 1:30-2:30 pm, with an optional Q&A session to follow. Join us for leadership updates, wellness tips and more.
Please use the Q&A feature for questions, use the chat for sharing, and use one device (phone or computer, not both) so that we don't exceed our participant cap.
Zoom info: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/530365395 or (669) 900-6833 or (646) 558-8656. Webinar ID: 530 365 395.
Glenda Humiston
Vice President