Summer Session Hiring Activities

2026 Summer Session Hiring

Berkeley Regional Services (BRS) HR/APS teams continue to partner with the Summer Sessions, Study Abroad & Lifelong Learning (SSALL) team to coordinate summer instructor hiring.  The teams are currently working on the components for the 2026 program and deadlines and details are outlined below.

Campus departments can expect instructions from SSALL beginning on March 11, 2026 with the full details. Here are the important dates and deadlines:

2026 Sessions

2026 Session

terms

Last date Offer

Letter to be

signed/returned

Deadline to complete

DocuSign packet and

I-9 Section 1 

for ontime pay

Date I-9 verification

needs to be completed

by an Authorized

Representative

2026

Pay dates

A

May 20 - July 7

April 15

April 26 May 24 June 5*, July 1
12W

May 20 - Aug 18

April 15 April 26 May 24 June 5*, June 1, July 31
B June 3 - Aug 18 May 1 May 2 June 7 July 1, July 31
C June 16 - Aug 18 May 10 May 13 June 20 July 1, July 31
D July 1 - Aug. 18 May 31 June 17 July 5 July 31
E July 25 - Aug. 18 June 24 July 9 July 29

July 31

F July 1 - July 28 May 31 June 17 July 5

Continuing employees - July 31

Separation check - July 28

Target date (no later than) for off-cycle payments. Those with continuing Academic Year (AY) appointments may receive their Summer Sessions pay on a separate pay date. Their regularly scheduled monthly payment will not be affected.

See this page on Berkeley's CalTime website for all timecard deadlines each pay period.