Care resources

Up-to-date information on child care resources for UCLA faculty, staff, and students is available on UCLA's early care and education website. 

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Sick leave policy updated 

Eligible employees now have until June 30, 2021 to use their paid COVID administrative leave hours. Find more details in UC President Drake’s executive order.

Additionally, non-represented, policy-covered staff employees also have until June 30, 2021 to use all their accrued sick leave if they are unable to work or telework due to a need to care for their children who are not attending school (or who cannot be at their places of care or with their child providers) because of COVID-19 precautions. Find more details in UC President Drake’s update. 

Child care and online learning resources for parents

• Internet resources: EveryoneOn (low-cost internet and computers); LA County Hotspot Locator; Comcast (extended payment plans), AT&T (waiving home Internet data overage charges for internet customers through September 30), CA Department of Education “Internet for All Now,” Verizon (payment arrangements), and more.
• National Center for Learning Disabilities: Parent’s Guide to Virtual Learning
• LAUSD resources
• Free educational resources (LAUSD & PBS)
• UCLA Health back-to-school blog

Working parents: mitigating career impacts

500 Women Scientists, a global nonprofit network of women scientists, outlines a number of ways faculty, staff, leaders and principal investigators (PIs) can offer immediate support and mitigate long-term career impacts for working parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A few examples include:

• Engage with your staff members to understand their unique needs and work collaboratively to develop potential solutions or accommodations.
• Accommodate flexible hours and deadlines to the extent feasible.
• Consider how team-based assignments might provide support, flexibility, accountability, and professional social connections.
• Be cognizant of assignments that may be challenging, such as lengthy or last-minute meetings.
• Expect and create an environment that is welcoming to parents who may need to step away.
• Model stepping away and taking vacation time and communicate with your team about the value of self-care and recharging, especially when their productivity is diminished.
• PIs should consider the barriers post-doctorate academics face, such as challenges obtaining data for their projects; the cancellation of conferences, networking and job interviews; and uncertainty in funding.
• Be creative in designing data collection procedures to minimize the impact of lost productivity.
• Look for opportunities to promote the intellectual contributions of women, especially women of color. In particular, look at your co-authorship, acknowledgment, and citation practices critically.