Author: sipiorsk@uwgb.edu

Many financial planners recommend that you should be saving 15% of your annual income for retirement – are you? If you are, great! If not, 15% may seem a little intimidating, but don’t worry, there are easy ways you can begin increasing how much you save for retirement without breaking the bank. Consider increasing your…

UW employees now have the option of receiving all future W-2 and 1095-C forms each January via electronic-only distribution, thus eliminating paper form distribution via U.S. mail. The W-2 form states an employee’s compensation and tax withholding amounts for the previous calendar year. The 1095-C form documents that an employee who worked full-time for all…

Register now to attend these informative webinars about the UW System Tax-Sheltered Annuity 403(b) Plan, hosted by a T. Rowe Price representative. Achieving Financial Goals Explore your personal financial goals for retirement and how to balance them with life’s other financial priorities, such as building emergency savings, paying down debt, or saving toward a college education.…

The University Insurance Association (UIA) Life Insurance annual $24.00 premium will be deducted from October monthly earnings, paid November 1, 2018. Participation in the UIA Life Insurance plan is a condition of employment for UW System Faculty/Academic Staff/Limited Appointment (FA/AS/LI) employees. Additionally, eligible employees must meet the minimum monthly salary threshold which is $2,658.00 for…

Join us on Tuesday, November 20 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at University Union, in Room 1965 for a presentation designed to help you understand your UW Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) 403(b) Program options. It’s a lot easier to spend than save. But getting into a saving mindset now could make a big difference later.…

The Statewide Employees Combined Campaign (SECC) annual workplace campaign has begun! You can make a pledge anytime between now and November 30, 2018.  The SECC Campaign is available for state and university employees outside of Dane, Milwaukee and Waukesha counties. SECC raises money to support a wide range of charities doing important work like protecting…

Effective January 1, 2019, there will be changes to the supplemental benefit plans. Most of the changes are specific to the supplemental dental insurance plans; therefore, this article focuses on the supplemental dental plans. How do the upcoming supplemental plan changes affect current participants? Dental WI and EPIC Benefits+ will no longer administer any supplemental…

As a reminder, all leave-eligible faculty and instructional academic staff are required to submit a 2018 Summer Leave Report if they work any summer service or summer session appointments between 5/21/18-8/19/18.  Similar to last year, summer leave reports need to be processed via a paper form, instead of the standard academic year online process.  2018…

Fidelity, one of the UW TSA 403(b) providers, will be presenting two online workshops in July — Invest Confidently for Your Future on July 24 and Be in the Financial Front Seat on July 25. See below for workshop details. Both workshops are approximately one hour, and there will be time for questions at the…