Three human resources design forums earlier in the week brought large crowds from the campus community to hear updates on the plan’s implementation, which will begin July 1.
HR design team leader Bob Lavigna said he expected large turnouts because there has been continual interest in the project since its release last fall from campus stakeholders.
According to Lavigna, many forum attendees asked how the change will affect them directly, but he said the team will be in a “better position” to answer these questions as they continue work on the plan.
“Everyone is quite interested in what this new system is going to look like and how they will be able to continue to learn about it and become engaged in the process,” Lavigna said.
The project team will take input from the forums to a recently created committee consisting of representatives from all shared governance groups, including labor and non-represented classified employees, Lavigna said.
“We are making sure the governance groups are represented, and we are directly communicating with them,” he said.
According to Lavigna, the project team will continue to provide updates to the campus community and is constantly adding content to its website about the project.
Lavigna said the system is a “big challenge” because it impacts many people, but his team is excited about the level of campus engagement and the opportunity to create a system “uniquely suited to the talent needs of a world class research institution.”
Lavigna said the next key steps are receiving policy approval from the Board of Regents and the Joint Committee on Employment Relations, and ensuring a timely implementation.
