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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2025 MINIMUM WAGE UPDATE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The results of Proposition 32 have been officially certified.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Effective 1/1/25 the new minimum wage in California will increase to $16.50 per hour. The adjustment of any student earning less than the new minimum wage will automatically
increase to $16.50 effective 12/22/2024 for bi-weekly paid employees in accordance with UC mandate.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No action is required by the department.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">An adjustment above the new minimum rate requires the submission of a
<strong><span style="color:#323336"><a href="https://bfs.ucmerced.edu/form/student-rate-change" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0F2D52">Student Rate Change and/or Job Extension</span></a></span></strong> request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2025 Student Assistant Pay Schedule is attached for your review.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you,<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;mso-ligatures:none">JULIE MORGAN</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">UCM PAYROLL SERVICES</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><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>
studentjobs.ucmerced.edu </span><span style="color:#DAAC00">|</span><span style="color:#999999"> 209.743.0572</span></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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