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<span class="" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b class="">From: </b></span><span class="" style="">Esmeralda Martinez <<a href="mailto:emartinez35@ucmerced.edu" class="">emartinez35@ucmerced.edu</a>><br class="">
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<span class="" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span class="" style=""><b class="">Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Related Leaves</b><br class="">
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<span class="" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b class="">Date: </b></span><span class="" style="">April 2, 2021 at 1:39:58 PM PDT<br class="">
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<span class="" style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b class="">To: </b></span><span class="" style="">Betsy Dumont <<a href="mailto:edumont@ucmerced.edu" class="">edumont@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Jeffrey Gilger <<a href="mailto:jgilger@ucmerced.edu" class="">jgilger@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
Mark Matsumoto <<a href="mailto:mmatsumoto@ucmerced.edu" class="">mmatsumoto@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Tom Peterson <<a href="mailto:twpeterson@ucmerced.edu" class="">twpeterson@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Stefano Carpin <<a href="mailto:scarpin@ucmerced.edu" class="">scarpin@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
Thomas Harmon <<a href="mailto:tharmon@ucmerced.edu" class="">tharmon@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Jian-Qiao Sun <<a href="mailto:jsun3@ucmerced.edu" class="">jsun3@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Christopher Viney <<a href="mailto:cviney@ucmerced.edu" class="">cviney@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
Paul Maglio <<a href="mailto:pmaglio@ucmerced.edu" class="">pmaglio@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Mayya Tokman <<a href="mailto:mtokman@ucmerced.edu" class="">mtokman@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Anne Kelley <<a href="mailto:amkelley@ucmerced.edu" class="">amkelley@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
Teamrat Ghezzehei <<a href="mailto:taghezzehei@ucmerced.edu" class="">taghezzehei@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Jennifer Manilay <<a href="mailto:jmanilay@ucmerced.edu" class="">jmanilay@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Nestor Oviedo <<a href="mailto:noviedo2@ucmerced.edu" class="">noviedo2@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
Ajay Gopinathan <<a href="mailto:agopinathan@ucmerced.edu" class="">agopinathan@ucmerced.edu</a>>, David Noelle <<a href="mailto:dnoelle@ucmerced.edu" class="">dnoelle@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Jayson Beaster-Jones <<a href="mailto:jbeaster-jones@ucmerced.edu" class="">jbeaster-jones@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
David Torres-Rouff <<a href="mailto:dtorres-rouff@ucmerced.edu" class="">dtorres-rouff@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Christina Torres-Rouff <<a href="mailto:ctorres-rouff@ucmerced.edu" class="">ctorres-rouff@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Katie Brokaw <<a href="mailto:kbrokaw@ucmerced.edu" class="">kbrokaw@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
Jessica Trounstine <<a href="mailto:jtrounstine@ucmerced.edu" class="">jtrounstine@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Heather Bortfeld <<a href="mailto:hbortfeld@ucmerced.edu" class="">hbortfeld@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Nancy Burke <<a href="mailto:nburke2@ucmerced.edu" class="">nburke2@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
Laura Hamilton <<a href="mailto:lhamilton2@ucmerced.edu" class="">lhamilton2@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Greg Wright <<a href="mailto:gwright4@ucmerced.edu" class="">gwright4@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Rebecca Smith <<a href="mailto:rsmith7@ucmerced.edu" class="">rsmith7@ucmerced.edu</a>>,
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Academic Personnel Office <<a href="mailto:academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu" class="">academicpersonnel@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Esmeralda Martinez <<a href="mailto:emartinez35@ucmerced.edu" class="">emartinez35@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Kevin Velazquez <<a href="mailto:kvelazquez4@ucmerced.edu" class="">kvelazquez4@ucmerced.edu</a>><br class="">
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">The<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/special-announcements/academic-personnel-guidance-regarding-covid-19-leaves.pdf" title="https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/special-announcements/covid-19-leaves-and-job-protection-guidance.pdf" class="" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline">Guidance
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">The most notable change is the<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">new 2021 allotment of Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) available for use immediately.<span class="" style=""><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>An
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly for questions relating to:</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Please feel share the guidance with others you see fit.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Thanks very much and I hope everyone is well,</span></div>
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