UCPath Quarterly Connect: Let Us Know What You Think! Did you attend our previous UCPath Quarterly Connect on August 28, 2025? If so, we would love to hear your feedback. Please take a minute to complete a quick survey to provide your feedback. Your input will help us tailor future sessions to better meet your needs. The survey will close on September 19, 2025. Our next UCPath Quarterly Connect will be held on November 20, 2025. Register here!
New Benefit Cost Transfer Tool Coming in October The newly redesigned Benefit Cost Transfer (BCT) tool is launching on Thursday, October 2, 2025. Please approve or deny all pending BCT transactions by Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
Features of the new BCT tool include:
- BCTs will use the familiar Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) interface.
- The new tool improves functionality to allow adjustments on a per-transaction basis.
- You can filter transactions by chartfield elements, expense types, and deduction codes.
- The new tool will optimize processing for faster transaction execution.
- Paychecks prior to October 31, 2021, are not eligible for the new BCT tool. You will need to follow local processes (e.g., journal writebacks) to correct these transactions.
Action Items: Please approve or deny all pending BCT transactions by Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
- Attend an Office Hour session with our subject matter experts.
- For errors or defects: Submit a Services & Support ticket to the Payroll Financial Management team.
- For Health Sciences Departments: Submit a Hypercare Transactional Support Request through the VCHS Business Service Hub.
Freeze Periods for Academic Range Adjustments The following dates are freeze periods for academic range adjustments:
- Postdocs (PX): 09/15/25 – 09/19/25
- Graduate Student Researchers (BR unit): 09/26/25 – 09/30/25
- ASE Titles – TA, Associate In, Tutor, Reader (BX unit): 10/06/25 – 10/10/25
Do not make job updates to impacted employees during these periods. You may process hires, rehires, concurrent hires, terminations, and leaves during the freeze.
UCPath Job Aid Updates as of 08/06/25:
- How to Request Severance and Settlement Pay
- Added information on mass layoff processes
UCPath Center Job Aid Updates as of 07/23/25:
- New: Disable Adobe Acrobat Extension for Chrome
- This job aid instructs employees who use the Chrome browser how to disable their Adobe Acrobat Reader so that they can view PDFs on the UCPath system.
- This issue was discovered last week, and this is the recommended solution to resolve the inability to view PDFs such as paycheck receipts.
- ACA Employer Shared Responsibility Compliance, SMP Ineligibility Report
- This updated job aid contains 2025 timeline dates for reviewing and submitting the Standard Measurement Period (SMP) Ineligibility Report.
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