CONFIRMATION OF LABOR WITHELD DURING UAW STRIKE
The University respects its employees’ right to strike. The University has a concurrent responsibility as a public employer to align compensation with work effort provided to the institution, consistent with the award of federal grant funds and the allocation of State funds committed to the University as a public trust. These obligations are set forth in Uniform Guidance, 2 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 200, Art. IX, Sec. 9 of the California Constitution, and Regents Policy 7303: Policy on the Services Obligations and Leaves of Absence.
You are a member of a bargaining unit that has engaged in a strike at the University. Therefore, it is necessary that you confirm which days or hours, if any, that you withheld your labor during the work stoppage starting on November 14, 2022, through December 23, 2022 (or December 9th in the case of Academic Researcher and Postdoc units), or the end of your appointment, whichever occurred first. This information will be used solely to record leave without pay for those days or times that you withheld labor over the course of the work stoppage, to ensure appropriate payroll processing, and ensure appropriate effort reporting in connection with federal grants. Please access the form here and send to UC Merced Labor Relations at laborrelations@ucmerced.edu by January 23, 2023. Information on this form will be shared with Principal Investigators (PIs) and instructors of record for courses for payroll purposes and effort reporting as required by federal regulations in connection with federal grants. You can print, sign, and drop this form off with your department or email it to your department administrator with an electronic signature inserted below.
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