Category: Payroll & Benefits

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…

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…

The Universities of Wisconsin is implementing a new Paid Parental Leave policy that will provide eligible employees with up to six weeks (240 hours) of paid time off within a 12-month period following a qualifying birth or adoptive event. The new policy is effective July 1, 2024. The leave time granted under the Paid Parental…

Effective June 11, 2024, Universities of Wisconsin employees will notice a different look when accessing Human Resources (HR), Benefits and Payroll information. This transition will prepare Universities of Wisconsin users for the July 1, 2025, implementation of the new Workday Human Resources System. What Do You Need to Know? The web address (my.wisconsin.edu) will remain…

The Department of Employee Trust Funds has started distributing the Wisconsin Retirement System Annual Statement of Benefits. The statement is an employee’s once-a-year summary of their WRS account information, including earnings and years of service, interest credited, employer and employee contribution, beneficiary designation, and more. Statements will reflect WRS contribution balances as of Dec. 31,…