Friday, January 29 2016
TO: Campus Community
FR: Cynthia Señeriz, Acting Director, Human Resources
RE: General reminder concerning staff leave requests due to natural or other emergencies
In the event of winter storms and flooding in the coming months, the following guidance is applicable to staff employees and requests for time off due to natural and other emergencies.
Staff employees who are unable to travel to the campus due to road closures, flooding or related storm emergencies, should contact their supervisors as soon as possible to coordinate requests for time off from work. Staff employees may consider using compensatory time off and vacation leave or request unpaid administrative leave due to natural or other emergencies. If applicable to their particular circumstance, policy-covered employees may utilize sick leave, family and medical leave, and unpaid personal leave consistent with PPSM 2-210 Absence from Work (http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010406/PPSM%202.210), Section III.F.1., and local procedures. Please refer to the applicable collective bargaining agreement for represented employees. When considering employee requests, we strongly encourage supervisors to make every effort possible to help their staff in identifying available options, consistent with policy and collective bargaining agreements. For questions pertaining to staff, please contact one of the following:
Amy Arnold, Senior Human Resources Analyst, amy.arnold@hr.ucsb.edu
Farfalla Borah, Employee & Labor Relations Manager, farfalla.borah@hr.ucsb.edu
For questions pertaining to academic appointments, please contact Karen Moreno in the Academic Personnel office, karen.moreno@ucsb.edu
Thank you.