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Title & Total Compensation Project eLearning Module

The University of Wisconsin (UW) is embarking on a complete redesign of its current classification and compensation structure. The goal of the Title and Total Compensation Project is to develop new systems that will enable institutions to continue to attract and retain the best talent.

As a part of comprehensive communication efforts, UW System has recently released an eLearning module for employees and managers. Please click below to access the module, which will take about 30 minutes to complete:

To access available videos related to the T&TC Project, please see this blog post.

For up-to-date information about the Title & Total Compensation Project, please see the UW System Title & Total Compensation Project website and the UW-Green Bay October 2019 blog post. Answers to frequently asked questions can be found on the UW System FAQ page.

Aim for 10,000 Steps!

You know that physical activity is good for you, and that walking is an easy, low-impact way to get moving. But how far do you need to walk before you start seeing benefits? And what exactly are the benefits of walking?

The National Institutes of Health recommend you take about 10,000 steps a day, which shakes out to roughly 5 miles. That may sound like a lot, but remember, you don’t have to do it all at once.

If 10,000 steps a day seems daunting, it’s OK to ease into it. First, use a step tracker for a few days without trying to change anything. This gives you a baseline for your fitness. If you currently take 5,000 or fewer steps a day, aim to increase by about 3,000 at most. Start working toward 10,000 steps today!

Article from the StayWell Company, LLC

Shrimp Scampi Pizza

(Gout-friendly)

Ingredients

Cooking spray
1 13.8-ounce package refrigerated pizza dough or a precooked pizza crust
1 tablespoon cornmeal
1/2 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
1 pound cooked and peeled shrimp, sliced lengthwise
6 cloves roasted* garlic
2 cups shredded part-skim, low-moisture mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon crushed dried basil

Directions

*If you don’t have time to slow-roast garlic in a 325°F oven for an hour, microwave on high for about 30 seconds to soften cloves, then slice them.

Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly spray 10-1/2-by-15-1/2-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle cornmeal evenly over pan. Stretch refrigerated pizza dough across pan. Bake dough for 8 minutes. Skip this step if using a precooked pizza crust.

Mix garlic into ricotta and spread over pizza base. Add a layer of shrimp. Cover pizza with mozzarella and sprinkle with basil. Bake on the bottom rack of an oven heated to 400°F for about 12 minutes, until cheese is bubbling. Cut into 12 pieces and serve immediately.

Makes 12 slices

Each piece contains about 175 calories, 14 g protein, 5 g fat, 69.5 mg cholesterol, 18 g carbohydrates, less than 1 g fiber, and 448 mg sodium.

This recipe is gout-friendly because it contains food moderate in purines. Meat, poultry, and fish intake should be limited to 1 to 2 servings per day.

Recipe from the StayWell Company, LLC.

Title & Total Compensation Training Sessions for Managers

The University of Wisconsin (UW) is embarking on a complete redesign of its current classification and compensation structure. The goal of the Title & Total Compensation Project is to develop new systems that will enable institutions to continue to attract and retain the best talent.

Initial job mapping has been completed on the UW-Green Bay campus, and the next step will be employee-manager conversations between December 1, 2019 and February 15, 2020. During these meetings, employees will discuss their updated job title and job description with their manager. Employees will receive their updated job title information prior to their meeting with their manager, and the full title library will also be posted publicly at this time. Employee feedback and questions are appropriate, valid, and expected during the Employee-Manager conversations.

To support managers in this process, HR is holding training sessions which will cover the following topics:

Overview of the new title structure
Process information and timeline
Manager-specific resources
Best practices for promoting effective employee-manager conversations

All managers who supervise academic staff and/or university staff employees are strongly encouraged to attend one of these sessions. The same information will be covered in each session:

Monday, November 4 – 1:00-2:00 p.m. in the 1965 Room
Wednesday, November 6 – 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Alumni Room (UU 103)
Wednesday, November 6 – 1:00-2:30 p.m. in the Christie Theatre
Thursday, November 7 – 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Christie Theatre

We will have a Skype option available for the Wednesday morning session. The link for that skype session will be sent out to Wednesday morning registrants. Therefore, if you are planning to attend via skype, please register via the link below for the “Wednesday, November 6 – 9:00-10:00 a.m. in the Alumni Room (UU103)” session.

Please register here and indicate which session you will be attending.

The Office of Human Resources will also be holding open forums for all employees on November 13th and 14th. Please watch the HR Connect blog for more information about the upcoming forums.

Title & Total Compensation Project Videos

UW System has recently released three explainer videos related to the revised title structure:

UW System will be holding a series of Town Hall Meetings. The next town hall meeting will be held on October 24, 2019 from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. For more information and the link for the meetings, please visit the UW System T&TC Website.

Build Core Muscles by Mastering the Pelvic Tilt

The American Heart Association recommends doing what you can to keep your waist circumference to no more than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women. Are you within the recommendations? Check today. To size up your waist circumference, wrap a measuring tape around your middle, just above your navel.

If your waist is larger than it should be, don’t think doing dozens of crunches alone will solve the problem. That’s a myth. You can’t whittle your middle just with targeted exercises. But an aerobic workout, such as walking, jogging, and running, can help burn calories and dissolve fat all over, including your midsection.

Also try this core exercise to help firm the underlying muscle, give you a solid center, and improve muscle definition—no crunches required.

Pelvic Tilt

Lie on your back with your feet flat on the floor and your knees bent. Extend both arms out to your sides, forming a T, with your palms facing up. Exhale, engage your abdominal muscles, and push your lower back into the floor so that all of your back is touching. Hold this position for several seconds. Next, inhale and arch your back while keeping your hips and tailbone on the floor. Hold for several seconds. Return to your starting position and repeat.

Article from the StayWell Company, LLC

Seasoned Salmon for One

(Gluten-free)

Ingredients

6 ounces salmon fillet, skin removed
1/2 to 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning (without salt)
1 teaspoon olive oil

Serve with

1 cup cooked, chopped spinach with 1 tablespoon low-fat sour cream
1/2 cup cooked instant brown rice, with 1/2 teaspoon butter

Directions

Sprinkle lemon pepper seasoning on both sides of salmon, pressing in lightly. In a small frying pan, heat olive oil until almost hot. Put fish in pan. Cook on medium-high heat about 4 minutes per side. Fish should be browned on the outside and moist inside. Fish should be opaque and flake easily with a fork (internal temperature of 145°F).

Serves 1

This complete dinner contains approximately 442 calories, 38 g protein, 18 g fat, 33 g carbohydrates, 7 g fiber, and 262 mg sodium.

To make this receipt gluten free, use only spices or condiments that are gluten free. Read food labels carefully and contact the company if you have any questions.

Recipe from the StayWell Company, LLC.

SECC Annual Statewide Campaign

The State & UW Employees Combined Campaign (SECC – Statewide) for employee giving has begun! You can make a pledge to nearly 500 charities anytime between now and November 30 this year.

SECC raises money to support a wide range of nonprofits doing important work like protecting our natural resources, defending civil and human rights, providing critical social services, and so much more. This campaign was created for you and other State and UW employees across the state.

You decide:

How you want to give – choose payroll contribution, credit card, EFT, cash or check.
Where your dollars go – when you designate your gift to specific charities, only the charities you choose will receive money from you. Pick from nearly 500 state, national and international charities.To make your pledge:
- Go to www.seccstatewide.wi.gov

Choose the link for giving for UW employees

To login click on “Login Now” in the upper right hand corner OR click on “Log In” in the middle of the screen.
- Username: Your university email address (if you have issues logging in please try entering your email address in all CAPS)
- Password: “wi” + birth month + birth day. (example: wi0804)
Find out more information about the charities available to support
Follow the instructions on the website to pledge or make a donation

For additional information, if you have any questions, or if you would prefer to give through a paper pledge form, please call 608.256.1066 ext. 202 or email vboucher@communityshares.com.

Office Hours & Institutional Closure – Friday, November 29, 2019

Consistent with HR 14-17-3 “Office Hours and Institutional Closure Policy”, Interim Chancellor Van Gruensven has authorized the closure of applicable offices on Friday, November 29, 2019 for all UW-Green Bay Campuses. Area leaders will have the discretion to determine essential and non-essential functions and subsequent individual office closures for the day. Areas which are identified as essential functions under the policy will be required to be staffed on November 29. The provision of essential services on the Branch Campuses will be covered by the Green Bay Campus Offices (e.g. GBOSS will function as the office for all Branch Campuses).

Employees who choose to work on Nov. 29, 2019 must receive approval from their immediate supervisor and may be subject to reassignment based on institutional needs. Employees who elect to take this day off must submit the absence request through HRS and have sufficient vacation/personal days to be absent on Nov. 29. This closure does not represent an additional holiday.

Offices that close are asked to post notice on the departmental website and display a notice of office closure a week in advance, including notice of when normal business hours will resume.

Title & Total Compensation Update – October, 2019

Please click here for a new UW-System explainer video titled “What is a Standard Job Description”.

UW-System is holding Virtual Town Hall Meetings on October 24th, and November 15th. Please see this blog post for more information about the town hall meetings. A recording of the September 27th Town Hall Meeting can be found here.

In August, the Office of Human Resources and Workforce Diversity held open forums for employees and managers. To view the open forum presentation, please click here.

Recent UW System Updates:

Titles and Job Descriptions

Review of the draft titles and standard job descriptions is complete! The job titles and standard job descriptions will remain in draft form until after employee-manager conversations December 1, 2019 through February 15, 2020.
Job mapping is taking place at the institutional level, where institution Human Resources offices will match each employee’s current job title to a new job title, using the job mapping workbook and consulting with division leaders. Work on job mapping will wrap up during October.
Employees will discuss their updated job title and job description with their manager or HR representative between December 1, 2019 and February 15, 2020. Employees will receive their updated job title information prior to their meeting with their manager, and the full title library will also be posted publicly at this time. Employee feedback and questions are appropriate, valid, and expected during the Employee-Manager conversations.
While job titles and job descriptions may change, employees will not lose their jobs, employees will not need to reapply for their jobs, and the work done by employees will not change.

Benefits

A summary of the benefits analysis findings is available here.

Based on the Mercer benefits analysis and stakeholder input, the project team will recommend a long-term benefits strategy to enhance UW benefits offerings and help keep UW competitive within the market.

Compensation

This project creates the foundation for a market informed UW System compensation structure. Employee pay will not be cut. Employee pay will also not be increased as a part of this project. Any increases in pay are out of scope of this project and would need to be funded and planned over time by leadership.
Market in its simplest form is the places in which we are competing for talent. For some jobs, that means we are looking nationally to secure talent to fill a particular role, and in other jobs it is regionally or locally,
The goal is to retain talent within the UW System and provide employees the ability to grow within the new Job Framework and compensation structure. Once a market-informed structure is created, the next question is how project data is used to address issues for current employees as well as in recruitment. The TTC Project allows us to gather the necessary title and compensation data so that we can look at solutions.
After the title structure is finalized in March 2020. the compensation structure can be finalized, which means that all job titles will have an updated salary range. More details will be forthcoming in March 2020 about updated salary ranges. Introducing compensation before or during the title discussion may introduce unintentional bias for higher or lower titles. Right now, it is best to focus on the work being performed and the job alignment, rather than to look at compensation. Managers will have no more info than employees on compensation. Managers will look at titles and job descriptions based on same amount of information as the employee.
Work is still being done to determine and document all of the methods for pay adjustments and career development that will be available in the future

In the Queue:

October 24 and November 15: UW System will host virtual town hall meetings.
Late November, 2019: Job titles and standard job descriptions will be posted online in conjunction with employee-manager conversations.
December 1, 2019 – February 15, 2019: Employee-manager meetings will be held. Managers will meet with employees to explain and verify the new job titles and job descriptions capture the work being performed.
March 1, 2020: Job titles and job descriptions will go-live.

For up-to-date information about the Title & Total Compensation Project, please see the UW System Title & Total Compensation Project website. Answers to frequently asked questions can be found on the UW System FAQ page.

UW-Green Bay Updates:

UW-Green Bay Human Resources has been collaborating with divisional leaders to confirm position mapping within the new title structure.
UW-Green Bay has an institutional T&TC project team, whose goal is to engage with subject matter experts and stakeholders. Feedback and information about T&TC flows to and from the project team. A listing of members of the UW-Green Bay institutional T&TC project team can be found here.