[February 3, 2010]

Want to share your views about UC pension and retiree health benefits? You can do so via a short, confidential, online survey.

Just go to the Future of UC Retirement Benefits website between February 5 and March 1 and select the survey button. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and all answers are confidential.

Your responses will help the President’s Task Force on Post-Employment Benefits better understand employee preferences about financially sustainable options for future retirement benefits.

UC and the Unions are currently discussing how represented employees might participate in the survey. In the meantime, represented faculty and staff should direct their comments and opinions to their union leadership.  

The independent consulting firm Towers Watson in partnership with UC Human Resources developed the survey. Towers Watson is hosting the online survey and will compile the results for UC.

Additionally some faculty and policy-covered staff will be randomly selected to voluntarily complete a more in-depth survey about their workforce behavior and preferences. The longer survey will also help the Task Force determine whether different segments of the UC workforce have different views and preferences regarding post-employment benefits.  Please complete the survey, if you receive an invitation, so that we can get statistically valid results.

The Task Force will share survey results with faculty and staff when the analysis is complete which is expected to be in time for the Task Force forums planned for April at all UC locations. The Task Force will consider the survey results as they craft their recommendations, which will be presented to UC President Mark G. Yudof in the summer.

If you have technical difficulties in completing the survey, please contact Koki Mori of Towers Watson at 703-258-7436 or send an email to twsurvey@towerswatson.com.  If you have questions about the content of the survey, please submit them via the Future of UC Retirement Benefits website feedback form.

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