Month August 2008

Information about HCRA and COBRA accounts

UCOP continues to make changes to our benefits programs. See the notice below that was received by CUCFA. Begin forwarded message: Re: Administration of Flexible Spending Accounts and COBRA  Administration. For your information, the University of California is assessing proposals…

CUCFA letter to Yudof on Natural Reserve System

Earlier this year the DFA and CUCFA (Council of UC Faculty Associations) apprised President Yudof of our concerns about the proposed changes to management of the UC natural reserve system. CUCFA sent him a letter expressing our concerns. We have…

UC payroll

by Terence Murphy, DFA Board member You probably received the e-missive from Office of the President on the comparison of the 2006 and 2007 budgets.  I thought that the analysis was incomplete, not including the relative increases in the various…

UC Outsourcing Management of UCRP

UC has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that asks for bids to manage our Defined Benefits program. This has been managed up until now from UCOP in Oakland. It indicates that privatization of the functions of UCOP continues. The…