- Author: Michael L. Poe
Proposed Revisions to Staff Policy 60 - Layoff and Reduction in Time from Professional and Support Staff Career Positions
Dear Colleagues,
UC is proposing to revise the system-wide layoff policy for staff employees. As with all such policy revisions, UC invites employees to comment on the proposed changes.
The main focus of the revised policy is to clarify that performance is one of several key factors to be considered when deciding employee layoffs and/or reductions in time. The previous version of the policy took employee performance and skills into account under certain circumstances, but it emphasized seniority as the dominant factor in layoff decisions. This revised policy continues to allow seniority to be a factor, but it clarifies that employee performance and ability should also be carefully considered, which is consistent with UC's overall effort to build a stronger, performance-based workforce culture.
For example, under the revised policy, if two employees in the same layoff unit are being considered for layoff and they have the same skills and have performed equally, the more senior employee would remain. If there were differences in performance then those factors would also be considered.
If you'd like more information, there are answers to some frequently asked questions about the proposed changes, along with a copy of the proposed policy itself, on the At Your Service website:
http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/employees/policies_employee_labor_relations/
proposed_policies/prop_staff_policies.html
The deadline for employee comments is September 2, 2011. If you'd like to comment, please send your comments to your local human resources office at anrstaffpersonnel@ucdavis.edu and make the subject of the message “Policy 60.” Union represented employees may submit comments through their union representatives.
Linda Marie Manton
Executive Director
UC ANR Staff Personnel
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This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.