Guidance for Academics
Guidance Reguarding Return to Onsite Work for Academic Appointees
Quick Guide to COVID Protocols for Instructors and TAs
Guidance for Faculty
Recommendations from Senate/Admin Task Force
UC Merced Interim COVID-Related Dependent Care Modified Duties
Leave Guidance
Guidance Documents from UCOP
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Extended Emergency Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19 relief available to UC employees for 2021-2022 (Updated October 06, 2021)
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Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Related Leaves (Updated October 06, 2021)
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Letter from Provost Michael T. Brown - Third Year Tenure Clock Extension (May 27, 2020)
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Third-Year Tenure Clock Extension FAQs (May 29, 2020)
COVID-19 Forms
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Extended Emergency Paid Sick Leave Notice and Request Form (Rev. 10.6.2021)
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Special COVID-19 “Stop the Clock” Certification Form (Rev. 9.22.2021)
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*AY 2021-22 Request are due by June 30, 2022
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Certification of Health Care Provider For an Immunocompromised Household Member (Rev. 10.14.21)
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Overseas Telework Exception Request Form for Academic Appointees - Overseas Telework FAQs
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UC Merced Interim COVID-Related Dependent Care Modified Duties Application Form (Rev. 10.4.2021)
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Third-Year Tenure/Security of Employment Clock Extension Request Form (Rev. 5.29.2020)
Requesting Extended Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL)
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In recognition of the many challenges UC employees continue to face in connection with the disruptions and difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University has decided to offer University employees, including exclusively represented employees, additional time to use any remaining hours from their 2021 allotment of Emergency Paid Sick Leave (2021 EPSL). The University’s 2021 EPSL expires on September 30, 2021, but eligible employees can use any remaining hours as Extended Emergency Paid Sick Leave (Extended EPSL). Extended EPSL is available for use October 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
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Under 2021 EPSL, full-time employees could take up to 80 hours of paid leave, while those who are part-time could take up to the two-week equivalent. Employees who have not used all of their hours under 2021 EPSL can use the remaining hours as Extended EPSL. Employees will receive their regular rate of pay during Extended EPSL.
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An employee may request Extended EPSL by speaking to their supervisor or by submitting a completed Extended EPSL Request Form to their supervisor. Completed forms should be routed to Esmeralda Martinez from the Academic Personnel Office: emartinez35@ucmerced.edu.
Resources
COVID-19 Related Leaves Programs Powerpoint Presentation 4.14.2021
Questions
Please contact Esmeralda Martinez from the Academic Personnel Office: emartinez35@ucmerced.edu for questions regarding:
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Extended Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) - Extended through June 30, 2022
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Interim COVID-Related Dependent Care Modified Duties
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COVID Stop the Clock- AY 21-22 Requests due by June 30, 2022
Please contact the Academic Personnel Office: academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu for all other general COVID-19 related questions.
Archived Communications, Resources, and Forms
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COVID-19-Related Leave for Academic Appointees: Guidance for Supervisors (Updated March 31, 2021)
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Guidance from VPAP Re: Current Recruiting Efforts (March 11, 2020)
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Academic Personnel Guidance Related to COVID-19 (March 30, 2020)
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COVID-19 Stop the Clock Option (April 9, 2020)
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UCOP Executive Order on Paid Administrative Leave (March 16, 2020)
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COVID-19 Related Guidance for Unit 18 (Updated April 17, 2020)