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UCPath and Financial Affairs

UCPath is the University of California's Payroll and Human Resources system. It serves all 230,000 employees of the University of California at all ten campuses, five medical centers, UC Office of the President, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC Hastings College of the Law and the Associated Students of UCLA.

Payroll and related activities account for over 75% of the University's financial transactions. UCPath has introduced many changes to the way we transact payroll financial business, and how payroll transactions appear in our local UCSC ledger (FIS) and financial reports. Implemented at UCSC in January 2020, we continue to gain proficiency and understanding of UCPath financial data and processes.​​​
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Schedules & Calendars

FIS Banner Payroll Posting Schedule

Payroll Production Processing Schedule:

2025 | 2024

Training

UCPath Financial Training Google Slides ​

Resources

UCPath Financial GuideGeneral UCPath Help:​ ucpathhelp@ucsc.edu UCSC's UCPath WebsiteUCPath Financial Help:​ucpath-fin-help@ucsc.eduSalary Cost Transfer (SCT) Redesign FAQ Additional Resources​
UCPath Financial GlossaryComposite Benefit Rate InformationVacation Leave Accrual Assessment InformationGeneral Automobile and Employee Liability (GAEL) InformationUCRP Supplemental Assessment Interest (RPNI) Information UCSC HR Department List ​
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UCPath Announcements

UCPath Announcements Archive
Nov52025

​UCPath Downtime November 22-23, 2025
In order to implement the upcoming November Release, UCPath General Ledger (GL) pages will be unavailable Saturday, November 22 – Sunday, November 23.
During the scheduled downtime, UCPath will be available, but the following GL pages will be unavailable: Budget Distribution (BDP), Funding Entry, Funding Entry Inquiry and Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) and Review Salary Cost Transfer.

Access should be restored when updates are complete on Monday, November 24, 2025. 

Oct22025

​Copy/Paste functionality on Salary Cost Transfers (SCTs)
A recent update to UCPath has added a copy/paste option in the Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) page.
To the right of each distribution row, in the C column, will be a 'C' button. Clicking it will copy that row's FAU/FOAPAL and place it in the "Copy/Paste Buffer" at the top of the page.

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Newly added distribution rows will display a 'P' button. Clicking it will paste the FOAPAL from the Copy/Paste Buffer into this row.
This Copy/Paste Buffer works across earn periods within each Salary Cost Transfer.

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The UCPath Financial Guide will be updated with more details soon.

Nov222024

​Changes coming to GL Assessments
On November 25, 2024, UCPath will update the way benefit assessments are calculated. Previously, assessments used the rate effective as of the Pay End Date of the paycheck. Going forward, assessments* will use the rate effective as of the Earn End Date of the paycheck. This will mainly affect retro pay, and pay in arrears that crosses fiscal years.

For example, a Staff employee paycheck with a Pay End Date in FY25 and an Earn End Date in FY24 would previously have used the FY25 Staff CBR rate of 47.6%. The new method would use the FY24 Staff rate of 43.0%.

*This change affects all assessments except RPNI, which will continue to use the rate effective as of the Pay End Date until further notice.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions as you navigate financial transactions in UCPath. We're here to help at
ucpath-fin-help@ucsc.edu.

Aug132021
Effective December 2019, UCSC payroll activities transitioned from PPS to UCPath. At that time, PPS employee information was archived. For users with an ongoing business need to access this PPS History, data will continue to be available in InfoView.

Users who would like more information on using InfoView reports with PPS data should start by visiting the InfoView Help & Training website. Budget Analysis and Planning Data Services can also help with questions regarding obtaining or modifying InfoView accounts at data-services@ucsc.edu. For any additional questions regarding PPS History data needs, please don't hesitate to contact us at pps_office@ucsc.edu.