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Notice:

The University of California is encouraging all employees to go paperless by enrolling in direct deposit and consenting to receive their W-2 and 1095-C statements electronically through UCPath. This initiative aims to provide a more convenient, secure, and environmentally friendly way to manage financial documents.

To ensure you receive your 2023 tax statements electronically, be sure to sign up before the following deadlines:

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to inform you about a slight change in how QCU cases will be identified and submitted, effective July 15, 2024. This change aligns with the updates to the UCPath Case Submit on Behalf of (SOBO) process communicated in the July CalPath Connect Newsletter.

Key Changes:

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As of today, Monday, May 6, 2024, UCPath Center has changed the "Submit an Inquiry" process to make it easier and speed issue resolution. Employees will no longer be required to manually select a topic and category when submitting an inquiry via Ask UCPath.

What's changed?

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As part of UC’s commitment to the well-being and security of our community, a University-paid Identity Theft Protection Program through Experian will be provided for all benefit-eligible faculty, staff, and retirees beginning April 1, 2024.

In this Issue

• UCPath Upgrade and Blackout Dates
• Ask UCPath Case Updates
• March Training Schedule
• Experian ID Theft Protection

On March 11th UCPath will update how employees submit cases. The new upgrade will simplify the case submission form by increasing the accuracy of how a case is auto-routed.  

Current State

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** UC Berkeley is continuing to pilot this functionality at this time**

UCPath identified an issue affecting the display of year-to-date (YTD) balances on employee pay statements for the biweekly pay period ending January 6, 2024.

Impact 

Employees may notice negative YTD earnings totals on their pay statements. This issue is limited to the display of information and does not affect actual earnings or hours worked.

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** UC Berkeley is continuing to pilot this functionality at this time**

** UC Berkeley is continuing to pilot this functionality at this time**

Dear PayPath and HR Templates users,

We are writing to inform you about a significant enhancement coming to UCPath Job Data management—introducing the 'Manage Job' functionality, slated to replace the current PayPath and select Smart HR Templates pages.

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Due to recent phishing attempts, UCPath is introducing a new security measure to enhance the protection of employee information.

UCPath will send email notifications to employees whose direct deposit information has been updated as a proactive measure to safeguard employee data.

Email Content Overview

The email will confirm their recent direct deposit changes and provide contact instructions if the employee did not authorize the change.

Action Required

In this Issue

There are now only two weeks left before all General Ledger pages in UCPath are taken down for a week as a part of cut over activities for the new Salary Cost Transfer pages. With that in mind, this communication highlights:

• Required training for all existing Direct Retro transactors

• The timeline for implementation, including deadlines to submit and approve Funding Entry and Direct Retro transaction

We are now one month away from the start of cutover activities for the new Salary Cost Transfer pages. In this communication, we highlight:

• Required training for all existing Direct Retro transactors

• Implementation dates, during which all GL pages in UCPath will be unavailable*

*This includes Funding Entry, Funding Upload, Direct Retro, Benefits Cost Transfers, and Budget Entry