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Upcoming Legal Holiday Reminders

UW-Green Bay observes 9 legal holidays each year (click here for dates), in which the university offices are closed. There are exceptions for instances when a legal holiday falls on an employee’s regularly scheduled day off (i.e. Saturday or Sunday), in which floating legal holiday is granted. If the legal holidays of January 1, July 4, or December 25 occur on a Sunday, university offices will be closed on the following Monday in observance of the legal holiday.

Upcoming Floating Legal Holidays:

Christmas Eve (12/24) – employee’s may use floating legal holiday at their discretion, per supervisor approval.
New Year’s Eve (12/31)- employee’s may use floating legal holiday at their discretion, per supervisor approval.

Upcoming Legal Holidays observed on a Monday:

Christmas Day- will be observed with the campus closed on Monday, 12/26/16.
New Year’s Day- will be obseved with the campus closed on Monday, 1/2/17.

As a reminder, floating legal holiday may be used any time during the year it is earned.

University Staff employees must use the floating legal holidays during the calendar year it is earned, which means that both the Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve floating legal holiday must be used by December 31, 2016.
Academic Staff and Limited employees must use floating legal holiday during the fiscal year it is earned, and will need to use these floating legal holidays by June 30, 2017.

Use of floating legal holiday should be reported as “Legal Holiday” on either your timesheet (University Staff) or absence entry (Academic Staff/Limited). Please review the instructions for entering a floating legal holiday: http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/documents/FloatingLegalHolidayProcess.pdf

Please contact Payroll & Benefits at payrollandbenefits@uwgb.edu with any questions regarding legal holidays.

2017 Student Bi-Weekly Payroll Schedule

The 2017 Student Payroll Schedule is now available on our website:

http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/documents/StudentBiWeeklyPayrollSchedule2017.pdf

As a reminder, the payroll schedule outlines hour limits to ensure compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and UW System policy changes that became effective January 1, 2016 for student employees. As an update for this year, the 2017 calendar includes an additional pay period reduction for July A (6/25/17-7/8/17). Due to further clarification on eligibility requirements for ACA full-time employment, hours must be reduced for these two weeks to 20 hours per week in order to maintain compliance. HR will send out reminders as the July A payroll approaches, but please take into consideration the hour limits as you plan your student’s work schedules.

Please contact Human Resources at 920-465-2390 or hr@uwgb.edu if you have any questions.

Update to MY UW System Portal-Web Browser Issue

UPDATE: CIT has corrected the compatibility issue with Internet Explorer and the new version of the MY UW System Portal. Computers on campus have had their settings updated. If you continue to have an issue accessing the Portal with Internet Explorer, CIT recommends resetting your browser: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17441/windows-internet-explorer-change-reset-settings.

As announced last week, the My UW System Portal has undergone an upgrade that became effective today, September 27, 2016. It has been discovered this morning that the version of Internet Explorer 11 that we run on our campus desktop environment does not support the latest update to the My UW System Portal. CIT is currently looking into options available to fix this issue.

In the meantime, Chrome and Firefox browsers do support the latest version of the My UW System Portal, and we ask employees to use one of these web browsers when needing to access their Portals at this time.

Students may continue to use the direct links we have on our Human Resources homepage to access their timesheests.

Please contact the Human Resources Office with any questions at (920) 465-2390 or hr@uwgb.edu.

2017 Health Insurance Premiums

The Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) has released the 2017 health insurance premium rates. The Uniform Dental Benefits for 2017 will continue to be provided by Delta Dental of Wisconsin. You will once again have the option to select health insurance with or without uniform dental benefits.

2017 Health Insurance Premiums

Please see ETF’s news release for additional information regarding premiums. We will continue to provide more information on the 2017 Annual Benefits Enrollment period as information becomes available. Please contact Payroll & Benefits at x2390 or payrollandbenefits@uwgb.edu if you have any questions.

Campus to Campus Walking Challenge

Campus to Campus Challenge

Monday, October 3 – Friday, November 25, 2016

Ever wonder about how many steps it would take to walk from UW-Green Bay to each UW Campus? The Wellness Committee is sponsoring a ‘Campus to Campus’ Challenge, asking you to track your daily steps and participate so that we can try to get our campus to every campus in the UW System.

Click here or see the poster below for more information on how to participate in this challenge!

MY UW System Portal Upgrade

In an effort to provide a more updated look and feel, the My UW System Portal will be upgraded effective September 27^th. The goal of the My UW Redesign Project is to provide an easier user experience for students, faculty and staff allowing them to work faster, smarter, and safer. The website is designed to fully serve the needs of the UW community, making access the most used services (determined through analysis of the site’s analytics) easier and to improve the user experience on a site also designed to adapt for future use.

The new MyUW makes it easier to access your content. Users can switch between simple icons and more informative widgets using ‘Compact’ and ‘Expanded’ toggles. Each of the icons on the home page links to your MyUW content, and widgets can display a dashboard of information on the home page. If you are having trouble finding what you’re looking for, you can use the top search box to search through all of MyUW’s content, and save it to your home page from there using the ‘Add to home’ button.

Learn more about the new site or view the Quick Start Guide to help with this exciting transition! Please contact HR with any questions or concerns at hr@uwgb.edu or 920-465-2390.

Pharmacy Benefits: Saving on Your Prescriptions

Did you know that not all pharmacies charge the same to fill your prescription? Or, that you can sometimes save money and time by requesting a 90-day prescription from your doctor? Find out how to reduce your out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs by watching this video by the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF): Pharmacy Benefits Video This e-learning provides an overview of the member’s cost-share for generic, brand name and specialty drugs, along with six tips for saving money. Topics include accessing in-network pharmacies and comparing prices, working with your care provider and pharmacy benefit manager, Navitus Health Solutions, to identify effective, low-cost drugs, and the appeals and grievances process.

Legal Holiday Reminder

UW-Green Bay observes 9 legal holidays each year (click here for dates), in which university offices are closed. There are exceptions for instances when a legal holiday falls on an employee’s regularly scheduled day off (i.e. Saturday or Sunday), in which floating legal holiday is granted. If the legal holidays of January 1, July 4, or December 25 occur on a Sunday, university offices will be closed on the following Monday in observance of the legal holiday.

In 2016, Christmas Eve (12/24) falls on a Saturday, in which employees are granted floating legal holiday. Christmas Day (12/25) falls on a Sunday and the university will observe it by being closed on the following Monday, 12/26/16. Likewise, New Year’s Eve (12/31) falls on a Saturday and employee’s will also be granted floating legal holiday for that day. New Year’s Day 2017 will be observed with the university being closed on Monday, 1/2/17.