HR Connect

  • Employee Spotlight: Rebecca Meacham

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    Name: Rebecca Meacham Position at UWGB: Professor of English, Humanistic Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies, Director of the Creative Writing Program, Advisor Sheepshead Review Summary of what you do: I teach courses in writing and American literatures, advise the 70+ students in our creative writing program, mentor the editors and staff of our campus…

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    Annual Benefits Enrollment (October 17 – November 11, 2016)

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    The Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) period, October 17- November 11, 2016, is the only annual opportunity for eligible UW employees to make changes to most of their benefits unless they have qualifying event during the year.  The Annual Benefits Enrollment website (www.wisconsin.edu/abe) has been updated with information about 2017 changes.  Please keep in mind that this is…

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    October Payroll Processing Change for Employees Paid Bi-Weekly

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    The October B payroll period (10/02/16 to 10/15/16) has been moved ahead of its regular processing schedule, so we are requesting that employees paid on a bi-weekly basis submit their timesheets and absence requests by Friday, October 14th at 4:30 p.m.  Supervisors should review and approve timesheets and absence requests by Monday, October 17th at 11:00 a.m.  Please…

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    Wellness Webinar – The Myth of Cholesterol

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    A growing body of research and new clinical information is shedding a new perspective about how cholesterol impacts your health. Believe it or not, cholesterol is not the culprit of heart disease; it’s inflammation; caused by certain types of food in your diet! This presentation will provide an overview of how inflammatory foods affect cholesterol…

  • Welcome Matthew Nieman!

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    Matthew Nieman was welcomed by Outreach and Extension on September 19, 2016, as a University Services Program Associate. Matthew previously worked for the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Marketing, from UWGB in 2014. He is a huge supporter of the Milwaukee Bucks, and his hometown is Oshkosh,…

  • Self-Identification of Veteran and Disability Status

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    Federal regulations passed in March, 2014, require employers to invite employees to self-identify their veteran and disability status.  We are requesting that employees update their information in the My UW System Portal by October 31, 2016.  To provide you with additional background on the basis for this request, please view the FAQ document. Responses to…

  • 2017 Student Bi-Weekly Payroll Schedule

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    The 2017 Student Payroll Schedule is now available on our website:    http://www.uwgb.edu/hr/documents/StudentBiWeeklyPayrollSchedule2017.pdf As a reminder, the payroll schedule outlines hour limits to ensure compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and UW System policy changes that became effective January 1, 2016 for student employees.  As an update for this year, the 2017 calendar includes an…

  • Update to MY UW System Portal-Web Browser Issue

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    UPDATE: CIT has corrected the compatibility issue with Internet Explorer and the new version of the MY UW System Portal.  Computers on campus have had their settings updated.  If you continue to have an issue accessing the Portal with Internet Explorer, CIT recommends resetting your browser: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17441/windows-internet-explorer-change-reset-settings. As announced last week, the My UW System…

  • UW Green Bay Implementation Timeline for DOL Updated FLSA Exemption Threshold

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    As previously communicated, The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on May 18, 2016 that the minimum salary threshold for FLSA Exemption will be raised to $913 per week, or $47,476 annually. The new rules will be effective December 1, 2016. The Human Resources Office is working through final decisions and analysis of the affected…