System Updates & Enhancements

UCPath phone number: (855) 982-7284
Business hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, excluding UC holidays
Callers will be asked to authenticate with their eight-digit date of birth and last four digits of SSN
To ensure UCPath addresses employee questions or issues, callers must inform the UCPath associate if they are calling about an open inquiry

UCPath recently implemented the changes listed below. Refer to the UCPath Changes & Enhancements link on the support site for additional detail.

Benefits

Summary	Date	Change Request Number
Corrected an event that caused the batch process to display two rows for the same short work break-partial year career furlough (SFR) event	11/08/23	UCP-133724
Updated the current language in the benefits submission and confirmation statement to inform employees that supplemental life plans will not be available during open enrollment	11/03/23	UCP-134484
Updated the terms and conditions for the 2024 open enrollment submission and confirmation statements	11/03/23	UCP-134048
Updated the terms and conditions within the UCPath portal open enrollment and life events pages	11/03/23	UCP-133019

Summary

Date

Change Request Number

Created a location role that provides “read-only” access to various pages within the AWE, Benefits, GL, and WFA modules

11/06/23

UCP-120158

Summary	Date	Change Request Number
Prevented under and overpayments by creating a hard stop when compensation rates/frequencies and pay component rates/frequencies are misaligned	11/05/23	UCP-136721
Populated the external system ID on the external system table when a new hire is added to the activity guide	11/04/23	UCP-137633

The UCPath help site was updated to reflect changes in General Ledger, Workforce Administration and Payroll training material.

Updated PHCMGENL202: Direct Retro Funding Updates: Enter Direct Retro Funding Updates and Enter Direct Retro Funding Updates – MCOP simulations with new identification columns, images and text to distinguish direct retro from salary cost transfer
Added simulations and job aids within a new salary cost transfer folder to demonstrate entering salary cost transfers for unrestricted funds, restricted funds, work-study funds and approving salary cost transfer transactions.
Updated the PHCMWFAL100: Employee Data Inquiry job aids:
- How to Add a Person in UCPath (New Hire Pilot Only) was renamed How to Add an Employee In UCPath and new screenshots were created to reflect the label change
- How to Add a New Hire Contingent Worker in UCPath was updated with language to describe how UCPath handles the Expected Job End Date for a contingent worker (CWR) with an End Job Automatically flag.
Updated PHCMWFAL270: PayPath transactions Initiate Position Data + Job Data + Additional Pay Change PayPath Transaction (Acad) and Initiate Position Data + Job Data + Additional Pay Change PayPath Transaction (Staff) simulations with new name fields screenshots for lived name and an update to search results.
Updated the navigation screenshots for the PHCMPAYL200: Additional Compensation and Payroll Requests simulation Submit One-Time Payment Request

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Update for the 2024 UCPath Production Processing Schedule V 11.07.23 is available on UCPath

Beginning with the 231111B2X pay cycle, UCPath has extended the available processing days for locations utilizing the direct entry (previously referred to as “Hire Pilot”) functionality. The new deadlines provide additional processing days for each pay cycle.
The payroll processing schedules posted in UCPath have been updated with a new column to reflect the new deadlines. Additional updates are in progress to make the direct entry blackout dates more clear

Employment service credit is used to determine vacation accrual rate and eligibility for service awards

Monthly employees accrue when they are on a pay status of at least 50% of their monthly working hours based on FTE for six or more months
Biweekly employees accrue on the last pay cycle of each month (B3X or B2X if there is no B3X) when they are on pay status at least 50% of the applicable hours.
Employees do not accrue employment service credit for months in which they are on pay status less than 50% of the time.
Leave with pay or leave without pay due to a work-related injury or illness are counted towards the employment service credit calculation.
Employment service credit calculation does not include other leaves without pay.
Policy-covered staff employees can reference the Absence from Work policy for more details.
Policies for Academic appointees and represented employees covered by Bargaining Unit Contracts may differ.