As part of the University of California’s commitment to being transparent and publicly accountable for its conduct, including the way it compensates its faculty and staff, UC has released its annual disclosure of systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2015. This disclosure parallels last year’s payroll disclosure and is consistent with similar practices at many other public institutions.
The 2015 payroll data, along with a summary and analysis, is available online here. The data is also available to news media upon request.
Because UC is a public institution, employee compensation is considered a public record under the California Public Records Act and is reflected in UC’s Personnel Policies for Staff Members, which states: “Information which is public information and which should be released upon request includes name, date of hire, current position title, current salary, organizational unit assignment, date of separation, office address and office telephone number, current job description, full-time or part-time and appointment type.”
UC’s academic personnel policy also states that any “non-personal” information “is public information and is available upon request to any person or entity without limitation.” It defines non-personal academic personnel information as including name, date of hire or separation, current position title and current rate of pay.
For questions about access to the payroll data, contact UCLA’s Information Practices/Public Records Offices.