University of California, Santa Barbara
PA-11: Employee Compensation

There are nine collective bargaining units at UCSB representing non-academic employees. Pay rates for each collective bargaining unit are determined through UC system-wide bargaining and negotiations. The minimum rate for each collective bargaining unit differs. As of January 1, 2016, the minimum step rate for incumbents in each bargaining unit ranged between $15.01/hour to $55.15/hour. For policy-covered (non-represented employees), beginning October 1, 2015, UC’s Fair Wage/Fair Work Plan will guarantee a minimum rate of $13/hour, which will increase to $14/hour on October 1, 2016, and to $15/hour on October 1, 2017 for all UC employees hired to work at least 20 hours a week. Regular, part-time employees in career, academic, limited, partial-year career and contract appointments, working at least 20 hours per week (i.e., 50% time) are eligible for Full Benefits. • Choice of medical plans • Choice of dental plans • Vision • Legal • Disability, life & accident insurance • Tax-savings programs: o Tax Savings on Insurance Premiums (TIP)PDF o Health Flexible Spending Account PDF o Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account PDF • Family care resources

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced on July 22, 2015 that the minimum wage for its workers — both direct and service contract employees — will be raised to $15 an hour over the next three years. In addition, she directed that all contractors doing business with UC comply with government and university workplace laws and policies. The Fair Wage/Fair Work Plan, unveiled at today’s Board of Regents meeting, requires that all University of California employees hired to work at least 20 hours a week be paid at least $15 per hour over the course of the next three years. The mandated minimum will increase to $13 an hour on Oct. 1, 2015, to $14 an hour on Oct. 1, 2016, and to $15 an hour on Oct. 1, 2017. The California state minimum wage currently stands at $9 an hour, and is set to increase to $10 an hour on Jan. 1, 2016. “Through its education, research and public service missions, the University of California’s students, faculty and staff have made us into a world-renowned institution,” Napolitano said. “And our community does not exist in a vacuum. How we support our workers and their families impacts Californians who might never set foot on one of our campuses. “This is the right thing to do — for our workers and their families, for our mission and values, and to enhance UC’s leadership role by becoming the first public university in the United States to voluntarily establish a minimum wage of 15 dollars.” The University of California is the state’s third largest employer — behind the federal and state governments — with some 195,000 employees at its 10 campuses, five medical centers, three national labs, the Office of the President, the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and other locations. The University of California is the first public university in the United States to voluntarily establish a $15/hour minimum wage.