The UAPD contract guaranteed lump-sum payments for student health center doctors, giving retroactive raises for the period during which contract negotiations took place. The ten campuses issued these payments at various times in the months after bargaining concluded. Soon after, UAPD heard from members at several campuses who were concerned they had not received the full amount they were due.
To address that concern, UAPD first reached a common understanding with UCOP on the correct methodology to calculate the retroactive payments. The Union eventually secured spreadsheets from the payroll departments on each campus showing the methodologies they used and the results. The Union did a detailed audit of those calculations, which showed that while a few campuses had calculated the payments correctly, most campuses had made mistakes resulting in underpayments to doctors. Those underpayments ranged from $3.82 (for people who were first employed late in the retroactive period) to $8,737 (for someone whose retroactive payment and a subsequent raise were completely missed).
The last corrective payment was issued earlier this month, bringing the long process to a close. UAPD is now confident that all retroactive lump sum payments have been paid in full in accordance with the contract’s terms. Student health center physicians and dentists with questions about their payments should contact the UAPD representative for their campus.