February 2023 Updates from SHARE

February 24, 2023
Ana Sanchez

Dear SHARE Region,

I hope you are all doing well! Below are some important HR updates, we would like to share with you.

Staffing Changes:

We have recently made some changes to our organizational structure and we have promoted Ana Chavez to Operations Supervisor. As a result, we have been working diligently at finding her replacement and have promoted Nicole Villagran-Tartari to HR Partner.

In addition to this Jason Sharpe will now be reporting to Veronica Potts and some of his allocations will be changing in an effort to include primarily ORUs.

We acknowledge that these changes are oftentimes difficult to communicate as not every unit we support is affected, but given the volume of our ORUs and departments, the simplest method is that we publish all of the changes to our website. Be sure to expand on HR Partner/HR Generalist contacts.

All of these allocation changes are effective 3/1/2023. However, our website will be updated as of 2/27/2023 so that departments and ORUs can review the changes beforehand. We will also be asking our HR Partners and HR Generalists to reach out to their new units within a couple of weeks of the transition to introduce themselves and get acquainted.

UAW Resources:

We want to let you know that we are doing all we can to prepare for the implementation of the UAW contracts and will have more concrete information by our annual Spring meeting to provide to you. In the meantime, we wanted to check in with you to ensure that all department staff have had the opportunity to attend ELR training and sign up for office hours. ELR recently informed us they have added additional sessions and we want to share the most updated information and available resources.

Berkeley International Office(BIO) Updates:

There are new upcoming changes from Berkeley International Office (BIO):

  • Effective 3/15/23 the BIO recharge fees for a J-1 DS 2019 Visa will increase from $600 to $650. Please note that you may be asked to provide an updated IOF if the visa case is submitted to BIO after 3/15/23.

  • Effective 3/15/23 BIO will begin to require that their new DocuSign IOF be used to pay for their recharge fees. If you are initiating this DocuSign IOF, you will receive a PDF copy once all signatures are collected. Please attach that PDF copy to your ServiceHub case if the appointment you are requesting requires visa processing.

Thanks,

Ana

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