University Staff Leave Schedule Change
Beginning January 1, 2025, University Staff employees will begin the transition to receive vacation and personal holiday hours on a new schedule.
To move to the new leave schedule, University Staff will go through a one-time transition period from January 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025. After this transition period, the new leave schedule becomes effective.
- Visit OHR’s Webpage- Click here to visit OHR’s comprehensive webpage with information including:
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Questions about health insurance, dental insurance, or any of the benefits employees pay to participate in? This is the place for you!
- Benefits 101 – Training for new Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) employees including information on enrollment, plan options, WRS, and supplemental plans.
- eBenefits – Used during the Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) period for current employees and for new hires during their first 30 days if they did not have prior service.
- Benefit Premiums – Premiums are deducted from twenty four paychecks a calendar year or the first two paychecks each month.
- UW Madison Benefits Services (Main website)
- Unique Situations
Need to take some time away? Here are some resources to help.
- Paid Leave Benefits (Vacation, Personal Holidays, Sick Leave, and Legal Holidays)
- Unpaid Leave Benefits (Leave of Absence, FMLA, Catastrophic Leave, and Military Leave)
- Additional medical leave and accommodations information
Check out some of the resources free to UW-Madison employees.
- Campus Lactation Rooms – Listing of “lactation friendly” locations across main UW-Madison campus
- Employee Assistance Office – Counseling and consultation provided at no cost to UW–Madison faculty, staff, graduate student employees, significant others, and family members
- LifeMatters – Free, confidential 24/7 telephone access to professional counselors and personal/professional resources
- Ombuds Office – Impartial, confidential resource for employees to discuss workplace concerns
- Employee Discounts
Here are some tools to help our administrators.
- UW Madison Benefits Services (Main website)
- Administrators Portal (Division & Department Administrators Directory)
- Recruitment Materials
- University Staff (2024)
- Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Term (2024)
- Benefits Eligibility Decision Table – Contact CALS HR to determine benefits eligibility for employees with prior WRS service.
- Benefit Summaries
- 2024 Benefit Summary for University Staff Employees *with an expectation of continued employment, including Project & Temporary
- 2024 Benefit Summary for Faculty, Academic Staff and Limited Appointees Covered by the Wisconsin Retirement System
- 2024 Benefit Summary for Graduate Assistants, Post-Doctoral Appointees and Short-Term Academic Appointments
- Benefits Quick Guides