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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As we quickly move towards curtailment and the new year, Student Employment Services would like to share some important updates and reminders. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">UCPath DOWN TIME</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">UCPath will be offline starting on Friday, December 10<sup>th</sup> at 12 pm through Monday, December 12<sup>th</sup> at 6 am for maintenance. During this time, employees will not have access to the portal. Additionally,
Payroll Services will be unable to process new/re-hire student actions, thus initial access to TRS may be delayed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">TRS (timesheet submission/approvals) and Handshake are not impacted by UCPath down time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">EARLY TIMESHEET SUBMISSION FOR BIWEEKLY EMPLOYEES</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To accommodate processing of the bi-weekly checks that will issue on January 5, 2022, it is necessary for bi-weekly paid employees to submit timesheets for the period of 12/12/21-12/25/21 earlier than the regular
submission date. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Timesheets for the above indicated period will be due for submission by employees no later than 12 pm on Saturday, December 18<sup>th</sup> and should include predicted hours of work through December 25<sup>th</sup>.
Supervisors should approve timesheets no later than 10 am on Monday, December 20<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Additional campus wide communication will be distributed during the week of the early submission deadline. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">MINIMUM WAGE</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Effective 1/1/21 the new minimum wage in California will be $15.00. The adjustment of any student earning less than the new minimum wage will be automatically increased effective 12/26/2021 in accordance with
UC mandate. No action is needed by the department. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Adjustment above the new minimum requires submission of a
</span><a href="https://bfs.ucmerced.edu/form/student-rate-change">rate change request</a><span style="color:black">. An updated 2022 student job pay scale can be found </span><a href="https://studentjobs.ucmerced.edu/sites/studentjobs.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/student_assistant_pay_schedule_-_2022_3.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a><span style="color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">JOB EXTENSION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://bfs.ucmerced.edu/form/student-rate-change">Extension requests</a><span style="color:black"> for jobs ending during the curtailment period must be received no later than December 10, 2021 to avoid auto termination during
the break. Please work with your department representative to determine student job end dates.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Note: Job extension and rate change may be submitted as a single request via the
</span></i><a href="https://bfs.ucmerced.edu/form/student-rate-change" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:black;background:white">Student Rate Change and/or Job Extension</span></i></a><i><span style="color:black;background:white"> form.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you for your continued patience and support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase">MICHELLE SNYDER</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase">DIRECTOR, PAYROLL SERVICES & STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">UCM PAYROLL SERVICES</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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<span style="color:#999999">5200 Lake Road </span><span style="color:#DAAC00">|</span><span style="color:#999999"> Merced, California 95343<br>
bfs.ucmerced.edu/payroll-services </span><span style="color:#DAAC00">|</span><span style="color:#999999"> 209.259.8871</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EEEEEE;letter-spacing:1.9pt;background:#092F44">BUILDING THE FUTURE IN THE HEART OF CALIFORNIA</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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