What are different appointment types? (PPSM-3 Types of Appointment)
Limited Appointment: A limited appointment is an appointment established at any percentage of time, fixed, or variable, during which the appointee is expected to be on pay status for less than 1,000 hours in a 12-month period.
Limited One Year Appointment - similar to the limited appointment list above, with prior proper approval, there is the ability to hire a limited appointment for 12-months and over 1,000 hours. Prior approval must be received ahead of time.
Contract Appointment: A contract appointment is an appointment established at a fixed or variable percentage of time for a defined period. Terms and conditions of employment are specified in a written employment contract. These appointments are non-represented.
Career Appointment: A career appointment is an appointment established at a fixed or variable percentage of time at 50 percent or more of full-time, which is expected to continue for one year or longer. (Insert language about layoff notification 90 days)
What is the difference between non-represented and represented positions?
The campus has employee organizations that have won the right to exclusively represent certain groups of employees, and also organizations which have indicated an interest in representing employees but do not have exclusive rights.
For more information about collective bargaining visit the UC Merced Employee & Labor Relations website.
What is the difference between exempt and non-exempt?
Employees are classified as exempt or non-exempt according to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which governs minimum wage and overtime provisions.
Non-exempt: are employees who, based on the duties performed and the manner of compensation, are required to account for time worked and sick leave, vacation, and other leaves on an hourly or fractional hourly basis. The FLSA requires that these employees be paid overtime at the premium (time-and-one-half) for actual time worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
Exempt: are employees who, based on the duties performed and the manner of compensation, are exempt from the FLSA minimum wage and overtime provisions. Exempt employees are paid an established monthly or annual salary and are expected to fulfill the duties of their positions regardless of the hours worked. They do not received premium overtime, straight overtime or compensatory time for working more than 40 hours in a work week.
UC-PPSM 30 - Policy on Compensation
UC Merced HR website - More information on the Fair Labor Standards Act
What is the difference between a Laboratory Assistant and Staff Research Associate?
Laboratory Assistants perform or supervise the performance of standardized and recurring technical procedures in the natural, physical, or social sciences in a teaching and/or research laboratory; perform or supervise a variety of business operations related to management of a laboratory; and perform other related duties as required.
Incumbents typically perform duties ranging in level from unskilled to skilled in one more academic fields. Incumbents perform duties which include preparation of media for research activities; participation in the construction, assembly, testing and/or operation of laboratory equipment; preparation of tissues for microscopic examinations; setting up research and teaching laboratories; ordering, and receiving and distributing laboratory supplies to faculty, TAs and students; cleaning and maintenance of equipment and supplies; and the maintenance of safety procedures in teaching and research laboratories. More information about this classification series can be found at https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/system_series/i/20/aa6-31.html
Staff Research Associates (SRAs) perform or supervise the performance of laboratory and/or field experimental procedures in support of academically-supervised research and teaching in the natural, physical or social sciences; and perform other related duties as required.
Incumbents perform technical determinations and/or make technical observations in one or more fields of scientific endeavor that usually yield technical data about he phenomena under investigation. The technical determinations include, for example, biochemical, radiochemical, physical, and biological preparation, examination, and analysis of specimen materials. Installation, operation
