Starting July 1, 2017, UO began using nine separate blended OPE rates for different categories of employees based on prior year actual costs. To arrive at these employee categories, a review was done of the OPE eligibility for each class of UO employees.
Employee Rate Groups by EClass and Account Code
| Employee Group | EClass Code | Account Code | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | All Athletic department employees | 10921 | 
 All employees under the Level 3 Organization code – 480000.  | 
| Faculty/Staff A | AA, AB, AL, AQ, AR, FB, FE | 10922 | The Faculty/Staff A Employee Class consists of a majority of salaried staff employees and faculty members that are on a twelve-month schedule. Most of these employees are all eligible for sick leave and vacation leave. | 
| Faculty/Staff B | FA, FK, FM, FN, FO, FQ, FR, AM, AN, AO, AP | 10923 | The Faculty/Staff B Employee Class consists of faculty members that are on a nine-month schedule that are sick leave eligible but not eligible for vacation leave, all post-doctoral scholars, and employees coded as Executives. | 
| Faculty/Staff C | AC, AD, AS, AT, AW, AX, FS, FT, FC, FD, FW, FX | 10924 | The Faculty/Staff C Employee Class consists of all employees on summer term employment excluding students; and also includes faculty and staff on less than .5 FTE. | 
| Classified Service | CF, CG, CH, CI | 10925 | The Classified Service Employee Class consists of hourly employees that are coded as service/maintenance such as groundskeepers, custodians, laborers, and food service workers | 
| Classified Skilled/Clerical | CA, CB, CD, CE, CN | 10926 | The Classified Skilled/Clerical Employee Class consists of hourly employees that are coded as skilled and clerical. | 
| Classified Technical | CJ, CK, CL, CM, GG, GJ | 10927 | The Classified Technical Employee Class consists of hourly employees that are coded as technical and professional. | 
| Temps | TS, AV, FV | 10928 | The Temps Employee Class consists of hourly faculty and hourly staff less than .5FTE, and temporary support staff employees. | 
| Student | XA, XB | 10929 | The Students Employee Class consists of graduate employees, fellows, and undergraduate student employees. | 
For descriptions on individual EClass Codes see HR's EClass Code Matrix.