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Quick Guide for Employees
This guide provides campus faculty and staff employees with the key information that they need to conduct their work as safely and successfully as possible.
Faculty members can find additional information on the Academic Affairs FAQ page.
Campus staff can find additional information on the Human Resources FAQ page.
Health Sciences and Health System employees can contact Health Human Resources for guidance.
Daily Symptom and Exposure Screening
Required each day for employees who are reporting to work at a UC San Diego location. Recommended for those working remotely to monitor for symptoms.
Asymptomatic Testing
- All employees (staff, faculty, research, clinical) who report to work on campus are required to conduct a daily symptom screening and participate in a COVID-19 test on a weekly basis, if they have not been fully vaccinated.
- Remote-only employees are recommended to test weekly on a voluntary basis, if they have not been fully vaccinated.
- For on-site campus employees who are completing their first-ever UC San Diego COVID-19 test, you must login to MyChart using your AD credentials and make an appointment at the Price Center clinic or the drive thru testing sites. Vending machines can be used for subsequent testing.
- Tests are offered at no cost if completed at a UC San Diego Health location. Results will usually be delivered within 24 hours.
- If you develop symptoms, complete the symptom screener and you will be contacted by a UC San Diego Health Testing Support representative.
Symptomatic or Exposure Testing
- Weekly asymptomatic testing is no longer required for employees coming to campus who are fully vaccinated (two weeks after final dose of vaccine).
- All UC San Diego employees in the San Diego region can receive symptomatic COVID-19 testing.
- Tests are offered at no cost if completed at a UC San Diego Health location.
- Test results will usually be delivered within 24 hours.
- Exposure testing is offered between day 5-10 after the last date of exposure.
Exposure Notification
Add the California COVID Notify app to your phone to receive an alert if you’ve potentially been exposed to COVID-19. This program has the potential to help stop the spread of the infection and its use is highly encouraged, but it is completely voluntary.
Chancellor’s Supplemental Leave
UC San Diego employees are eligible for up to 80 hours of paid leave. This can be used as recovery time for those who have tested positive, those who are fulfilling isolation requirements and those who cannot work remotely. Note: this leave option is not available to Health System employees.
Additional Leave Options
UC Expanded Paid Administrative Leave
Up to 128 hours, which may be used in blocks or intermittently based on need.
Emergency Paid Sick Leave
Up to 80 hours, which must be taken in blocks. Each block is comprised of one workday.
Emergency Family Medical Leave
Up to 12 weeks. Must be taken in blocks of a minimum of two weeks.
Parent Resources
Working and studying remotely can alter family schedules. Resources to support families at home, including financial assistance, child care services, opportunities to connect with other UC San Diego parents and more.
Remote Work
With supervisor approval, employees can take home their monitor stand, desk chair, keyboard and other individual equipment to better support their work-from-home environment. Additional equipment is available through UC San Diego Surplus Sales.
Support
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program offers campus faculty and staff confidential, one-on-one counseling sessions conducted via phone or Zoom. In addition, educational workshops and support groups are available on a variety of topics. To learn more, contact fsap@ucsd.edu.
