Category: Payroll & Benefits

The 2024 W-2 forms (Wage and Tax Statements) are available for all active Universities of Wisconsin employees on the MyUW portal. Paper copies will be postmarked by January 31, 2025, and sent via U.S. mail to employees who did not consent to electronic only W-2 Form distribution. Resources View/print your W-2 form and find tax…

As a Universities of Wisconsin employee, you are eligible for the UW 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Program (SRP) – a voluntary supplemental retirement savings plan administered by the Universities of Wisconsin specifically for UW employees. Choose either TIAA or Fidelity in the UW 403(b) SRP. Both offer the same 18 best-in-class choice of mutual funds, a…

The 2025 Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) period is September 30 – October 25, 2024. This is your annual opportunity to enroll in or make changes to most of your benefits. Changes made during ABE are effective January 1, 2025. Plan now so you are ready for the enrollment period. The Universities of Wisconsin Office of…

The Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) period is September 30-October 25. This is your annual opportunity to enroll in or make changes to most of your benefits unless you have a qualifying life event. Changes made during ABE are effective January 1, 2025. Plan now so you are ready for the enrollment period. Find all of…

The Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) period is September 30 – October 25, 2024. This is your opportunity to enroll in or change your benefits and dependents for the upcoming calendar year. Changes made during ABE are effective January 1, 2025. Below are the highlights for 2025. State Group Health Insurance The plan designs (health plan and…

Faculty, Academic Staff and Limited Appointees (who have or had an active leave-eligible appointment) must submit monthly leave reports for each appointment, whether or not leave is used. Employees are required to report leave on or before the day the leave is taken, or if no leave is taken, to enter a “No Leave Take” at…

If you have a child in college that you cover as a dependent on your State Group Health Insurance plan, prepare for the possibility that your child needs care while they are away. Here are some tips about how services will be covered if/when they need to seek care. Regardless of whether they attend school within…

Fidelity participant fees in the Universities of Wisconsin 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Program (SRP) have been reduced effective July 1, 2024. Using benchmarking information, the UW 403(b) SRP successfully negotiated a reduction in Fidelity’s recordkeeping fees by $4.00 annually per tier. The change will be reflected on September 30, 2024, statements. Both TIAA and Fidelity have…

Faculty, Academic Staff and Limited Appointees with a 12-month appointment have an annual opportunity to bank unused vacation after completing ten fiscal years (July 1 through June 30) of continuous service. The deadline to bank unused vacation allocated in fiscal year 2023-2024 is September 30, 2024. Vacation and carryover balance hours that are eligible to be…