All applicants for employment are covered by laws, regulations, and UCSD policies in the areas of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, information practices, eligibility to work, background checks, and conflict of interest.
UCSD does not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or seeking employment on the basis of:
This policy applies to all employment practices, including recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, merit increase, salary, training and development, demotion, and separation, consistent with the provisions of applicable state and federal laws and university policies.
UCSD undertakes affirmative action consistent with its obligations as a federal contractor for:
UCSD commits itself to apply every good faith effort to achieve prompt and full utilization of minorities and women in all segments of its workforce where deficiencies exist. These efforts conform to all current legal and regulatory requirements, and are consistent with university standards of quality and excellence.
When UCSD asks individuals to supply personal information, UCSD must inform the individual of the following:
UCSD may employ only individuals who are legally eligible to work in the United States as established by providing documents specified in UC policy supporting the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
UCSD may require job-related background information on final candidates (non-employees) for critical positions and employees who are promoted, reclassified, or transferred into critical positions.
Background checks may include, but are not limited to:
The Political Reform Act requires individuals hired into Designated Official positions to file a Statement of Economic Interests. Additionally, employees in Designated Official positions, as identified in the university’s Conflict of Interest Code must file financial disclosure statements each year.
The UCSD Annual Campus Security Report as mandated by the "Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998," contains crime statistics and outlines security-related policies and practices. The Notice of the Annual Clery Report (PDF) can be viewed online.
Notice: The information on this page summarizes provisions of university policies and/or collective bargaining agreements. Refer to the Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) or applicable collective bargaining agreement for full text of referenced information.