After more than a year of study, consultation and discussion, the Post-Employment Benefits Task Force has presented its recommendations for pension and retiree health benefit changes to University of California President Mark Yudof.  Go to the Future of UC Retirement Benefits website to learn about the recommended changes, submit a question or comment, follow the process, find resources and stay involved.

The Office of the President will host the Council of UC Staff Assemblies’ (CUCSA) quarterly meeting Wednesday, September 1 through Friday, September 3. This is a meeting that all UCOP staff are welcome to attend. The agenda is posted in the Franklin building lobby case.

If you would like to attend any portion of the meeting, please contact Assembly Chair Andrea Gerstenberger at (510) 287-3807 or by e-mail at andrea.gerstenberger@ucop.edu by COB Wednesday, Sept. 1.  Please note: Seating at the CUCSA meeting is extremely limited.

More about CUCSA

The Council of UC Staff Assemblies is comprised of all UC Staff Assemblies, including OP Staff Assembly (OPSA). CUCSA maintains and enhances communication within the UC community on matters of interest to staff employees; researches and assesses systemwide staff issues via workgroups and reports its findings and policy recommendations annually to the Regents. Click here to learn more about CUCSA.

More about OPSA

The OP Staff Assembly, formerly known as UCOPA, represents UCOP employees to the larger UC employee community through CUCSA.

All UCOP career staff employees are members of the OP Staff Assembly. You’re welcome to attend the monthly meetings, held the third Wednesday of each month in Franklin 10325. If you would like to attend and add an item to the agenda, please contact Assembly Chair Andrea Gerstenberger at (510) 287-3807 or andrea.gerstenberger@ucop.edu. Click here to learn more about OPSA.

OPSA is led by a steering committee, comprised of 5–11 employees from across UCOP’s units and departments. The steering committee champions staff interests; provides opportunities for networking and career and leadership development; works with colleagues on behalf of the OP community and builds ties with other UC campus staff assemblies through CUCSA. Click here to read more about the Steering Committee in Link.

The California Telehealth Network (CTN) is a digital highway that brings health care to even the most remote areas of the state. CTN, the largest venture of its kind in the U.S., officially launched on August 17 in a ceremony attended by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, federal officials, state partners and university leaders at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento.

Just three short years ago, Gov. Schwarzenegger asked UC to lead an initiative on behalf of the state to create a digital highway that would expand health care access to all corners of California. The UC Office of the President, together with the UC Davis Health System, serves as the legally and financially responsible partner for the project. Funded by the Federal Communications Commission and several major California investors, the $30 million network is a public-private collaboration with extraordinary reach. From urban residents to low-income, underserved populations in rural areas, the CTN benefits all Californians and may very well serve as a model for the nation.

Read more about CTN on the UC newsroom.

UC has launched an online reporting mechanism in response to bias-related incidents on some UC campuses last spring. The new campus climate reporting website offers an electronic, systemwide intolerance report form, developed to capture acts of intolerance on all of the campuses and at the labs and the Office of the President.

You can use the form to report the following issues, anonymously or by name:

• Expressions of Bias
• Hate Speech/Hate Crime
• Graffiti/Vandalism
• Intimidation, Bullying or Physical Violence
• Bias Incidents
• Hostile Climate
• Other Campus Climate Issues

In addition to definitions of the aforementioned issues, the new site also has information about campus Principles of Community and the various ways you can report a concern, including campus bias reporting forms and campus police.

You also have the option to complete a campus-based form. Standard, baseline questions are noted on both the systemwide and campus forms to ensure accurate data collection and reporting. The proper campus officials are automatically notified once a complaint has been filed using the systemwide form. Then the appropriate campus office will conduct a review and, as needed, an investigation.

Call the 24-hour, toll-free University Whistleblower Hotline at 1-800-403-4744 if prefer to speak with a customer service representative. Reporters are also welcome to use the hotline.

Modeled after the University Whistleblower Hotline website, the new systemwide campus climate reporting website allows administrators to track the number and types of reported incidents. To report acts of intolerance, go to: https://ucsystems.ethicspointvp.com/custom/ucs_ccc/default.asp.