SUMMER PREPAY DEDUCTIONS: SUMMER EMPLOYMENT/FAMILY STATUS CHANGES

If you are a nine-month Faculty, academic staff, limited appointee, student assistant, or employee-in-training who had summer prepay insurance premiums deducted from your spring, 2024 paychecks, and you have had an employment or family status change, reach out to your benefits contact for information on how your insurance benefits and deductions may be affected.

What are Summer Prepay Deductions?

Summer prepay insurance premiums are deducted from spring paychecks to cover the cost of continuing insurance coverage through the summer months (i.e., contract break) and are in addition to regular biweekly insurance premium deductions.

What if Your Employment/Family Status Changes Over the Summer?

Employment Status
: If your summer or fall 2024 employment status changes after summer prepays were deducted, you may receive deduction refunds. If you will be terminating employment and will not return in fall 2024, reach out to your benefits contact to determine your employment termination date and insurance coverage end dates.

Family Status: If you experience a family status change such as marriage, birth of a child, or divorce, reach out to your benefits contact for information on how your insurance benefits may be affected.

Note: Nine-month employees’ insurance premium deductions will resume on the September 5, 2024, paycheck.

Review the Universities of Wisconsin Employee Benefits Summer Prepay Insurance Premiums web page for information on:

  • Employee eligibility for summer prepay deductions
  • Which insurance plans have summer prepay deductions
  • How employment or family status changes may affect deductions

Questions
If you have questions after reviewing the web page, reach out to your benefits contact.

Source: Universities of Wisconsin Office of Human Resources

New MyUW Portal Look

Welcome

While you may notice a new look, all of the information you are looking for is still available.

Navigating Help and Resources

  • Help Resources: visit the UW Shared Services home page,  https://uwservice.wisconsin.edu/ and pick a topic from the ‘for employees and manager’ section.
  • On page Help: From any page within a tile, click the three dots in the upper right corner and select ‘Help’
  • Contact us: If you need further assistance, please email serviceoperations@uwss.wisconsin.edu

Manager Self Service

If you are a manager performing approvals or manage team performance, click the Employee Self Service drop down in the upper left and select Manager Self Service.

Tile Name Changes

Below is a list of the old tile name and their corresponding new name.

Old Tile Name New Tile Name
Personal Information My Information
Benefit Information Benefits and Well-Being
Payroll Information Payroll
Performance Management Performance
Benefit and Payroll Resources Benefits and Well-Being or Payroll (based on content)
SFS, ShopUW+, Canvas, etc Campus Dashboard
Manager Time and Approval Manager Self Service > Manager Time and Absence
HRS  Approvals Manager Self Service > Approvals

Source: Shared Services

Welcome Cassidee Guthrie!

Cassidee Guthrie started on Monday, June 3rd 2024 as a Counselor for the Wellness Center!

Cassidee received her BA in Psychology with a Minors in Criminal Justice and Communication from UW-Milwaukee. She then went on to receive her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Marquette University!

Welcome Cassidee!