UCPath Changes & Enhancements: July 16, 2021 - July 23, 2021

UCPath recently implemented the changes listed below.

Job configuration changes and location specific configurations are available on the support site.

Benefits

Payroll & Compensation

Other Updates & Reminders:

• UCPath is moving the Reporting Instance (RI) to a new environment in July:
  • Locations will receive their last RI production files from the existing environment on Thursday, July 29.
  • Production files will be sent from the new environment (SCI) beginning Friday, July 30.
  • Additional details have been shared with location project team members.
• The HR Primary Job rewrite (UCP-97560) is now available in UAT and is on schedule to be in production on 9/7. This change will improve performance and resolve several defects. View the Visio diagram and additional details in JIRA.
• Beginning 7/27, specific pages in UCPath will appear as “read only” between the “stop” and “resume” dates/times on the UCPath Production Processing Schedule.
  • PayPath transactions will be displayed as “read only” for any employee being processed in the current pay cycle.
  • The Mass PayPath Approval page will be displayed as “read only” for all employees.
  • Review the Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

Did You Know? “UCRP Service Credit” and “Employment Service Credit” (sometimes called Vacation Service Credit) are different:

• UCRP Service Credit: used to calculate UCRP benefits (retirement, disability, survivor, and retiree health) for eligible appointments.
  • UCRP Service Credit counts time worked as a UCRP member in an eligible appointment:
    • An eligible appointment is generally working at least 50% or more with an expected duration of at least 12 months.
    • Overtime or time worked as a student, per diem or visiting appointee are not usually eligible for UCRP Service Credit.
    • No UCRP Service Credit is earned for unpaid leave periods, however this time may be eligible for purchase (refer to UCRP Service Credit Purchase Guide).
  • Part-time or variable-time work in UCRP eligible appointments results in a proportionate amount of service credit earned.
    • Example: an employee who works 50% time for one year, will receive ½ year of service credit
  • Accruals are updated on a monthly basis and can be viewed on UCRAYS.
  • Additional details on how UCRP works can be found on UC Net.
  • Savings Choice participants also earn service credit in the same manner as a UCRP member earns UCRP service credit.
    • Savings Choice service credit can count towards eligibility for retiree health benefits, if eligible.
  • Upon the effective date of a Second Choice Election to Pension, Savings Choice service can count towards vesting in UCRP but not in the calculation of UCRP Benefits.
• Employment Service Credit: used to determine vacation accrual rate and eligibility for service rewards.
  • Monthly employees accrue when they are on pay status at least 50% of their monthly working hours based on FTE for six or more months.
  • Biweekly employees accrue on the last pay cycle of each month (B3X or B2X if there is no B3X) when they are on pay status at least 50% of the applicable hours.
  • Employees do not accrue Employment Service Credit for months in which they are on pay status less than 50% time.
  • Periods of leave with pay and leave without pay due to a work-incurred injury or illness are included when calculating Employment Service Credit.
  • Other leaves without pay are not included when calculating Employment Service Credit.
  • For Policy-covered staff employees, reference the Absence from Work policy for more details.
  • Policies for Academic appointees and represented employees covered by Bargaining Unit Contracts may differ.