Benefits

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.
• My Insurance Benefits – Used during the Open Enrollment (OE) period, life events, and employment changes for current employees to make changes to their existing benefits, 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)
  • New UW Employee Information
• Unique Situations
  • Health Insurance for International Faculty and Staff at UW–Madison
  • UW-Madison Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP): Domestic Students, International Students, or International Scholars
  • J-1 Scholars Insurance Requirements and Appointment Timeline Guidance

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.