News

In this Issue

• New Ask UCPath Landing Page 
• Student Employees Changing - no longer Optout from Equifax
• 2023 Benefits Billing Calendars
• Payroll Adjustment Form now in the UCPath Forms Library

Highlights from this Newsletter:

• UCPath Improved Navigation Go-Live and Webinars
• UCPath will be unavailable from 10/15 at 6:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
• Open Enrollment Coming soon: 8 a.m., Oct. 27 to 5 p.m., Nov. 18, 2022
• UCPath Fax number has changed

UCPath will begin the first phase of its transition to a new phone system provider, Talkdesk.

Beginning July 13, 2022, employees calling UCPath will experience the following changes:

Top 3 Search Phrases: 

• "Position Number"

  • More information on position numbers can be found in the slide deck for the UCPath: Position Management/Position Control class. This can be found on the Training Page in the Position Management section.

Did You Know:

Recently, clarifications were given around Benefits Billing for employees on leaves without pay, furlough, and short work break. 

New FAQ Questions: 

When will employee billing notices be sent out; are these on the same schedule as employees on all other leaves?

Did You Know:

When an employee is rehired, UCPath has logic to reinstate sick hours

Did You Know:  Employees on leave without pay will be enrolled in benefit billing depending on when they go on leave and how long they are out

UC benefits premiums are paid in advance, with the exception of disability premiums.

If you are having trouble since the upgrade this past weekend, please clear your browser cache. Many issues which have arisen are resolved with this step. For additional information, please see the communication which went out on 12/13/21. 

Noticed anything different when you login to UCPath lately? Perhaps you have noticed that the Oops error is no longer appearing when you login.

The UCPath Center believes they have resolved this problem. If you do have further issues, or see this error pop up again, please reach out to UCPath via an inquiry or by phone at (855) 982-7284 (Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m).

With travel plans put on hold due to the pandemic, the vacation accrual maximum in UC’s Absence from Work policy (PPSM-2.210) was temporarily lifted last year to allow policy-covered staff more time to use their accrued vacation leave to bring their accrual below the maximum.

Update your email address

All employees should check to make sure their contact information is up to date in UCPath. 

UC Office of the President (UCOP) has announced that Calvin Turner will be joining Office of the President as UCPath Executive Director effective March 1, 2021. 

Calvin’s appointment follows an extensive national search led by Heidrick & Struggles in collaboration with a systemwide search committee chaired by Stephen Whelan, Executive HR Director, UCI People Services and UCPath Steering Committee co-chair.

Beginning on January 26, 2021, employees can access their 2020 UCPath W-2 online. For employees who requested an electronic version of their W-2, they will receive an email notification when it becomes available. For employees who did not select an electronic version, a printed W-2 will be mailed to the home address on file on Friday, January 29, 2021.

New year, new paycheck! Paid bi-weekly? Your December paychecks covered your January health insurance premiums, so they may have looked different, too.

Here are a few changes to look out for on your first paycheck of the new year.

There has been a delay in issuing some Discovery Benefits WEX debit cards for Flexible Spending accounts, due to the vendor receiving incomplete address information from the UCPath Center.