Unemployment Information

All part-time lecturers on contingent appointments are eligible for UI benefits during all semester/quarter breaks. The best day to apply for UI benefits is the day after the last official day of your most recent academic term (see dates below). Even if you haven’t finished grading by the official end date of the term, you can nonetheless file for UI benefits as your employment has legally ended and you are no longer earning wages.

You must open a claim with California’s Employment Development Department to receive benefits.

NOTE: Claims are not retroactive. They begin ONE WEEK after you file. So, the sooner you file the better.
Use this CFT presentation for assistance; important USF-specific information is available below.

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Last Employer Details & Last Employer Information

EDD automatically lists an address in Missoula, MT as USF’s mailing address. Go figure, but don’t fight it. Instead, list USF’s main campus address for the physical address (See screenshot of EDD “Last Employer Details” page.):

2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco CA 94117

Phone Number of Last Employer:
List your Dean’s Office Phone #
College of Arts & Sciences: 415-422-5939
School of Education: 415-422-5467
School of Management: 415-422-6771
School of Nursing and Health Professions: 415-422-6681

Full Name of Immediate Supervisor:
List the Dean of the school you work for — (See screenshot of EDD “Last Employer Information” page.)

CAS: Eileen Fung
SONHP: Eileen Fry-Bowers
SOE: Shabnam Koirala-Azad
SOM: Otgontsetseg Erhemjamts

Last Date Worked:

Fall Semester: the final day of classes

Fall 2024: Dec 4, 2024

Spring Semester: the final day of final exams.

Spring 2024: May 16, 2024

Reason No Longer Working

Category: Laid off/ No Work
Explanation: School employee between semesters, NOT likely to return
(In California, the The Cervisi decision by the CA Supreme Court legally states that part-time faculty do not have reasonable assurance of re-employment. Regardless of whether or not we are listed in the course catalog, our jobs are not secure until we receive a contract, which is usually issued after census date — roughly three weeks into each semester.)

Update Employer Information

You will need to calculate your quarterly pay. Sign in to my USF and use Workday to see your pay history. Watch this handy video on how to access your pay from MyUSF.

Recommendation: Calculate your gross pay before logging on. You may get timed out and kicked off the system if you take too long. It’s no fun to have to start over! Record this information, so you have it for future filing periods.

The “Update Employer Details” page provides you with a second opportunity to correct the address EDD has for USF. Don’t forget to do that. (See screenshot of EDD “Employer Details” page.)

First Day you worked for this employer:

List the first day of classes 2 semesters back (the question is asking for history within the last 18 months)
• If applying after Spring 2023, list the first day of classes in Spring 2023: January 23, 2023.

Hourly Pay
Calculate as: 1 unit = 2.5 hours of work. You can enter amounts as fits your schedule in the daily entry. For example, teaching 4 units, you work 10 hours. At 8 units, claim 20.

2024 Spring - 2025 Intersession
Per unit minimum pay rates:
Regular: $2,185
PHP 1: $2,619
PHP 2: $3,066
Summer 2024: $2,185

Employment History

See screenshot of "EDD Employment History" page

2b: Select the industry that best describes this employer: Private Employer

2c: Add Business Type — select “Services” and then “Education”

2d. What kind of work — search for “Faculty” and select appropriate subcategory.

School Employee Information

The Cervisi Decision states that part-time higher education instructors are legally laid off at the end of each teaching term due to no reasonable assurance of employment. Many at USF do not receive contracts until after the semester begins. We may lose our teaching assignments for a number of reasons – bumping from a full-time instructor or someone with higher seniority, low enrollment, financial issues, or other factors.

(See screenshot of EDD "School Employee Information" page)

• Did you work for or provide services on behalf of any educational… YES

• Are you applying for UI benefits because you are currently in a recess period or school break? NO

• Has your employer given you reasonable assurance that you will return to work after the recess period or school break ends? NO

• Are you a member of a union: YES

Availability Information: (See screenshot of EDD Availability Information page.)

Has your employer given you reasonable assurance that you will return to work after the recess period?

NO (As part time “contingent” faculty, you do not have reasonable assurance of being assigned a class, even if you have been listed in the course catalog. We do not receive a contract until census date, and classes can be cut or re-assigned to more senior faculty).

• Is the type of work you normally perform seasonal: NO (Academics are not seasonal workers.)

• Do you expect to return for a former employer: NO (Even if you are the schedule, you do not officially have a job offer until you receive your contract.)

• Do you have a date to start work: NO

• Are you ready and willing to accept work: YES

Union Contact Information

Name: AFT/CFT Local
Local #: 6590
Phone: (628) 261-2912
(We have been told that some folks require the additional information below. We have not been able to experience this for ourselves.)
Address: PO Box 590483, San Francisco, CA 94159
Contact: Michael Hammond, president
Your union does not do any of the following: