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    Title:

    Teaching or Other Services for University of California

    Publication date:

    1/15/2020

    Effective date:

    12/1/2009

    BRIEF

    Policy Summary

    This policy provides information and guidance for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) employees who are considering either teaching or providing any work/service at a University of California (UC) location. Under no circumstances should an employee's combined appointments from Berkeley Lab and UC locations exceed 100 percent.

    Who Should Read This Policy

    • This policy applies to all employees, except for faculty appointment employees, who are considering either teaching a course or seminar or providing any work/service at a UC location.
      • This policy does apply to Lab employees with an adjunct faculty appointment at a UC location.
    • Employees who are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent should refer to their collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

    To Read the Full Policy, Go To:

    The POLICY tab on this wiki page

    Contact Information

    For more information, contact your division's Human Resources Center.

    Feedback on HR policies or procedures is welcomed. Send comments to hrpolicies@lbl.gov. 

    Title:

    Teaching or Other Services for UC

    Publication date:

    1/15/2020

    Effective date:

    12/1/2009

    POLICY

    Details of this policy have not yet been converted to the new format.

    In the meantime, please refer to the table below for a summary of Berkeley Lab's policy on teaching for the University of California:

    Teaching Type

    Time Reporting

    Pay

    Prior Approval

    Comments

    1.  UC Extension courses

    Teaching is outside normal Laboratory work hours:  No requirement to report time as leave without pay (LWOP) or vacation.

    Teaching is during normal Laboratory work hours:  Teaching time must be taken as LWOP or a reduction in Laboratory work hours.

    Employee will receive separate paychecks from University and Laboratory.

    Division director or designee.

    Consult with Laboratory Human Resources Department before signing any agreements with University Extension Division.  Use the Request to Teach at University of California form to obtain approval.

    2.  UC courses where University reports position to an exclusive bargaining agent.

    Requires an adjustment in Laboratory time, based on a specific teaching appointment (unless at a de minimis level, as described below).

    Employee will receive separate paychecks from University and Laboratory.

    Division director or designee.

    Use the Request to Teach at University of California form to obtain approval.

    3.  UC campus courses where University does not report position to an exclusive bargaining agent.

    Requires approval of a multilocation appointment agreement between the Laboratory and the UC campus.

    Employee will receive full pay and benefits from the Laboratory.  The UC campus will reimburse Laboratory directly.

    Division director or designee.

    Arrangements are made through the employee’s Human Resources Center.

    4.  UC campus de minimis course assignment.

    No special time reporting required or reduction in Laboratory hours.

    No University compensation is involved.

    Division director or designee.

    De minimis levels of teaching are allowed during normal Laboratory work hours as long as the employee is fully responsible for accomplishing his or her Laboratory science responsibilities, and the teaching does not exceed the equivalent of one semester or quarter course every other year. Use Request to Teach at University of California form to obtain approval.

    5.  Seminars

    No special time reporting required or reduction in Laboratory hours if no more than one seminar is taught per employee per year.

    No University compensation is involved.

    Division director or designee

    Use the Request to Teach at University of California form to obtain approval.


    Contact Information

    For more information, contact your division's Human Resources Center.

    Feedback on HR policies or procedures is welcomed. Send comments to hrpolicies@lbl.gov. 

    Revision History


    Date

    Revision

    By whom

    Revision Description

    Section(s) affected

    Change Type

    2/26/2013

    0

    M. Bello

    Post Brief with link to old


    Minor
    4/8/2015 0.1 RPM editor Included table from old html RPM page (html RPM site now redirects to the RPM wiki). Updated link to HR contacts. Corrected use of Berkeley Lab name. Brief and Policy tabs Editorial
    1/15/2020 0.1 RPM editor Edits to update broken links. Brief and Policy tabs Editorial

    DOCUMENT INFORMATION

    Title:

    Teaching or Other Services for UC

    Document number

    02.06.010.000

    Revision number

    0.1

    Publication date:

    1/15/2020

    Effective date:

    12/1/2009

    Next review date:

    1/15/2023

    Policy Area:

    Compensation and Work Hours

    RPM Section (home)

    Human Resources

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    Appendix I: Table 10.02 (E)

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    Human Resources, RIIO

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