UCSF is seeking input on a proposal to extend the policy to supplement pay for those who serve in the US military.
Under the Policy on Supplement to Military Pay, the University compensates eligible faculty and academic appointees for the difference between their University base pay and military pay and allowances until the end of an employee's active military duty, or until June 30, 2006, whichever comes first.
Benefits under the policy are subject to a two-year lifetime limit. Effective September 1, 2005, supplemental pay and the UC Contribution to health plan premiums are subject to a two-year lifetime limit, retroactive to the December 14, 2001 start date of the Supplement to Military Pay policy.
The University also continues to pay the UC contribution to employees' health plan premiums while they receive their supplement to the military pay, subject to a two-year lifetime limit.
Employees who are not eligible for supplemental pay because their military pay and allowances exceed their University wages may elect to continue their health plan coverage while on military leave and the University will continue to pay the UC contribution to those plans.
Eligible employees under the policy are those who serve on active military duty during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Noble Eagle (the anti-terrorism and homeland defense campaigns), Operation Iraqi Freedom, or any other active military duty meant to support the President's call for a war on terrorism as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US.
It is the University's desire to assist, to the extent possible, employees who are called to active military duty during these and related campaigns. Therefore, the University has proposed that the policy be renewed for a two-year period, effective July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008.
For employees called to active military duty after July 1, 2006, benefits would be provided until the end of the employee's active military commitment or until the June 30, 2008 end date of the policy, whichever comes first.
Revised implementation guidelines and extended military leave questions and answers reflecting the proposed two-year extension will be posted at the University of California
At Your Service website.
Comments are requested regarding the proposed extension of the Policy on Supplement to Military Pay. Comments should be provided by Friday, May 12, 2006 to
Cynthia Lynch Leathers.
