What is UCPath?

• UCPath stands for UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping and Human Resources.
• UCPath will support an active payroll of 190,000 UC employees.
• PeopleSoft Human Capital Management replaced the old payroll system (PPS) and provides the University with opportunities to conduct business in better ways. PeopleSoft is an industry standard tool.
• Payroll, Human Resources, and Academic Personnel business processes are being re-engineered.
• The UCPath Center, a shared service center in Riverside, is being staffed to service all UC employees.

Why UCPath?

• Consistent, quality data enables us to make better decisions.
• Efficient, accurate payroll leads to less time spent identifying and correcting pay and benefits errors and greater confidence among faculty and staff in the accuracy of pay and benefits.
• Employees can feel confident that their pay and benefits will be correct and they will receive quality service.
• Reduced time and effort to bring new staff up to speed on the systems and processes.
• We have achieved excellence in academics and research. We need administrative operations that are excellent as well.
• By increasing the quality of our business systems and operations, we are better able to support our faculty in delivering unparalleled excellence in academics and research.
• UCPath changes how we do our work; it is not just a system change. It is a transformation of how we do our work.
• This is an opportunity to develop new, efficient business processes. Rather than making small, piecemeal adjustments, we can take a comprehensive approach.
• Electronic timekeeping, bi-weekly pay, and UCPath are all part of a comprehensive effort to elevate the quality of our business operations.