As 2025 comes to a close, here are some important reminders and announcements related to your pay, taxes and benefits. Some items may require action on your part, so please note these upcoming deadlines.
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Veterans Day | On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, your UCLA Payroll Partner office will close to observe the university holiday.
UCPath recently identified a system error that is affecting Manage Accruals. Please monitor transactions and report resubmissions to CRU, if applicable.
Effective January 2026, UCPath will deduct benefits premiums from bi-weekly paychecks during the the current month of coverage. To adjust to the timing, UC will take no premium deductions from the December 3 and December 17 paychecks for the certain benefit plans.
For questions, please contact UCPath Center (UCPC) directly at (855) 982-7284 or Create a UCPC Case.
Due to a vendor issue, UCPath's phone system is down today, October 20, 2025. Learn more.
Effective January 2026, UC will deduct voluntary disability premiums, from monthly paychecks, during the current coverage month.
For questions, please contact UCPath Center (UCPC) directly at (855) 982-7284 or Create a UCPC Case.
Adjustment requests for overpayments occurring January 1 through October 1, 2025, must be submitted by October 17, 2025.
UCPC provides guidance on an annual basis for payroll adjustment requests that must be processed by the end of the current calendar year.
UCLA Health Sciences Compensation Plan (HCOMP): Retroactive transactions that include a decrease to their Y component and result in a retro amount due to the employee. These transactions will now be processed on-cycle. Learn more.
Employees received an alert from the UCPath Center advising of employee records and contingent worker records with an "Expected Job End Date" of September 30, 2025.
To avoid unintended impacts, employees are asked to review job records with upcoming end dates and determine the required action by September 30.
A special protocol is required for submitting off-cycle pay requests near quarter-end for monthly paid employees to ensure wages are captured accurately in UCPath for requests that span two quarters.
As of September 22, UCPath launched an enhanced version of our Live Chat feature, bringing meaningful improvements to the employee support experience. Employees will find a more reliable, accessible and user-friendly way to connect with UCPath agents. Learn more!
During office hours on Tuesday, August 26th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Academic Affairs and Personnel Office will answer Expanded Paid Sick Leave questions.
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The UCPath Center identified a W-2 Form Summer Salary Defined Contribution (DC) Plan 403(b) contributions reporting error for the tax years 2022, 2023, and 2024.
In September 2025, UCPath will begin issuing corrected W-2 forms (W-2c) to the 21,000+ UC employees by this issue.
Some payroll adjustments for Run ID 221214M0Y, processed in September 2024, posted to the Labor Ledger (LL) but did not post to the General Ledger (GL). Learn more.
Biweekly and monthly off-cycle payroll requests submitted July 22-25 will confirm on July 31, with a payment issue date of August 1, 2025.
On July 29 at 2:00 p.m., UCPath has completed monthly pay confirm (250731M0X) for PPE 7/31/2025.
Location teams may resume PayPath, manage job and position management transactions for monthly employees and mass PayPath and Manage HR entries for both biweekly and monthly employees.
UCPath’s monthly pay confirm (250731M0X) process was delayed by approximately 7 hours. It is now complete.
Following the July 2025 release, some users are experiencing a UCPath service disruption.
On July 14 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., UCPath will be temporarily unavailable to perform system maintenance and improve performance.
The General and Employment Liability (GAEL) premium fee structure and rates were significantly updated for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Multiple premiums and their associated rates have been consolidated into a singular rate for most of campus; the Composite GAEL Rate or CGR. Here are ways this change will affect the General Ledger and related processes.
The final submission an approval date for Direct Retro transactions is July 1, 2025.
