COVID-19 Guidance for Academics

Guidance for Faculty

Faculty Announcements

UC Merced Interim COVID-Related Dependent Care Modified Duties

Personnel Exception to APM-710 sick leave and paid medical leave for COVID-19

Leave Guidance

COVID-19 Information & Resources for Academic Employees & Supervisors

Guidance Documents from UCOP

• COVID-19-Related Leave for Academic Appointees: Guidance for Supervisors (Updated March 31, 2021)

• Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Related Leaves  (Updated March 31, 2021)

• UCOP Executive Order on Paid Administrative Leave (March 16, 2020)

• COVID-19 Related Guidance for Unit 18 (Updated April 17, 2020)

• COVID-19 Researcher Guidance from RPAC

• Letter from Provost Michael T. Brown - Third Year Tenure Clock Extension (May 27, 2020)

• Third-Year Tenure Clock Extension FAQs (May 29, 2020)

COVID-19 Forms

• EPSL Request Form (Rev 3.30.2021)

• UC Merced Interim COVID-Related Dependent Care Modified Duties Application Form

• Leave of Absence Request Form - Paid Medical Leave (APM 710) for Childcare

• Special COVID-19 “Stop the Clock” Certification Form (Rev 8.25.2020)

• COVID-19 Sabbatical Cancellation Request Form (Rev 6.17.2020)

• Third-Year Tenure/Security of Employment Clock Extension Request Form (Rev. 5.29.2020)

Requesting Expanded Paid Administrative Leave (EPAL)

• Use of Paid Administrative Leave is at the request of the appointee in consultation with the supervisor.

  • For additional information regarding (EPAL), please reference the Academic Employee Leave section from the Payroll Services website.

Questions

Please contact Esmeralda Martinez from the Academic Personnel Office: emartinez35@ucmerced.edu for questions regarding: 

• Paid Administrative Leave for Academic Appointees (EPAL)

• Emergency Paid Sick Leave(EPSL)

• Sabbatical Cancellations due to COVID-19

• Stop the Clock due to COVID-19

• Interim COVID-Related Dependent Care Modified Duties

• Paid Medical Leave (APM 710) for Childcare

Campus Resources

Campus Website for Covid-19

Please contact the Academic Personnel Office: academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu for all other general COVID-19 related questions

Archived Communications and Resources

• Guidance from VPF Re: Current Recruiting Efforts (March 11, 2020)

• Academic Personnel Guidance Related to COVID-19 (March 30, 2020)

• COVID-19 Stop the Clock Option (April 9, 2020)

• Guidance from VPF Re: Current Recruiting Efforts

• COVID- Related Leaves Programs Powerpoint 10.15.2020

• Summary of COVID-19 Related Paid Leaves

• Families First Coronavirus Response Act

• FFCRA Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL)

• COVID-19 April 2 Letter and FAQs

• COVID-19 UC FFCRA Leave Obligations