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<p class="xxmsonormal">Campus HR Partners, MSO’s, Supervisors, and Staff<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Central Human Resources Policy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Temporary Systemwide Wildfire Catastrophic Leave Bank<o:p></o:p></p>
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This communication is to inform the campus community of UC’s decision to create a new, temporary Systemwide Wildfire Catastrophic Leave Bank. The leave bank is to benefit UC employees who have been adversely affected by the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles
region.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Effective, Thursday, February 13, 2025, through Monday, March 31, 2025, eligible UC employees from any UC location may donate accrued vacation or staff PTO hours to this bank. Eligible affected employees from any UC location may receive
donations from the bank according to local procedures. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Additional information on the new temporary Wildfire Catastrophic leave for employees is available on
<a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/systemwide-wildfire-catastrophic-leave-bank/">
UCnet</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">UCR employees should follow the current <a href="https://hr.ucr.edu/employee-resources/catastrophic-leave-sharing-program">
catastrophic leave process</a> to submit employee donations of vacation accruals as well as receipt of donations. UCPath will manage processing of the accrual adjustments across UC locations.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">If you have questions about the procedure(s), send an email to:
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