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General Policy

General Policies will include information on the direction and authority regarding personnel policies applicable to staff members, UC personal policies for staff members, types of appointments, as well as an introduction to UCOP Human Resource procedures.  
General Policy
Personnel Policies for Staff Members


The General Policy contains the University wide personnel policies that apply to staff members at the University of California.
UC PPSM Policies
Universitywide personnel policies that apply to staff members at the University of California.
Types of Appointments

The following policies describes the types of appointments covered by personnel policies applicable to employees in the Professional & Support Staff and Managers & SeniorProfessionals personnel groups, and Senior Management Group Members.

UC Policy

This systemwide policy describes the types of appointments covered by personnel policies applicable to employees in the Professional & Support Staff and Managers & SeniorProfessionals personnel groups, and Senior Management Group Members.
UCR Local Procedure
 This local procedure is to provide specific guidance and inform the campus of the procedures for appointing individuals into contract appointments. A contract appointment is established at a fixed or variable percentage of time for up to a four-year duration.
This local procedure provides guidance for a Limited Appointment – an appointment established at any percentage of time, fixed or variable, during which the appointee is expected to be on pay  status for less than 1,000 hours in a period of 12 consecutive months.

This local procedure provides guidance for:

  • Furlough: The scheduled periods during which employees in partial-year career positions are not at work are designated as furloughs.
  • Partial Year Career Appointment: An appointment established at a fixed or variable percentage of time at 50 percent or more of full-time, which is expected to continue for one year or longer, and with regularly scheduled furlough periods.
This local procedure provides guidance on the employment of UCR  students. Student employment is intended to provide financial support and practical experience in the pursuit of the student’s education - work is secondary to the student’s academic and student life.
This policy provides guidance for the use of non-employees (e.g., volunteer services, temporary agency workers).