News for Employees
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Donations can help Partners in Giving reach $2 million
The Partners in Giving 2023 Awards Ceremony, held March 5, honored volunteers who did outstanding work to support the campaign and campus units that made strides to increase participation. Organizers also announced that the campaign had raised $1,934,303 up to that point. The campaign is still shy of reaching the $2 million goal. There is still time to give to support the wider community in need through a diverse variety of charities. Visit giving.wi.gov to donate through May 14.
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Transportation Services announces 2024–25 parking rates and program changes
There will be no increase in parking rates for the upcoming parking year, which runs September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. Rates for the Madison Metro employee bus pass, Flex parking, and visitor parking will not increase, and the reduced cost parking program will continue. Information about applying for the 2024–25 parking year will be announced in early May. For more information, visit transportation.wisc.edu.
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U.S. Department of Labor announces change to Fair Labor Standards Act
The U.S. Department of Labor has increased the salary threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to $844 per week or $43,888 per year for a full-year worker. Employees whose salaries fall below the new threshold must be paid hourly, report hours worked, and be compensated for overtime pay unless they qualify for a threshold exemption. Only employees with salaries above the threshold may be designated as salaried or “exempt” from overtime pay. The new rules go into effect July 1, 2024. UW–Madison employees who are impacted by this change will be contacted directly and provided with additional information in the coming months.
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Woman and Leadership Symposium invites registrations
Registration is now open for the Women and Leadership Symposium on Tuesday, June 18, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at Union South. This event brings together engaged professionals for networking, professional development, learning from women leaders, and sharing of best practices. Sara Finger, executive director of Embolden WI, will deliver the keynote on leadership in times of uncertainty. Breakout sessions will provide perspectives on a variety of workplace topics. The registration fee is $100 for UW–Madison faculty and staff. Register by June 3 to secure your place.
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New video previews changes coming with Workday
As part of the Administrative Transformation Program (ATP), UW‒Madison will be transitioning to Workday, a cloud-based software platform that will streamline and simplify administrative processes. A new video series provides an overview of what will change when Workday goes live in July 2025. This month’s video, “What’s Changing with Workday Data and Reporting,” demonstrates how employees will be able to complete business processes and run reports in Workday. Previous months’ videos provide an overview of security roles and access, as well as an introduction to Workday supervisory organizations and cost center hierarchies. Learn more and access videos later with your UW login.
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Administrative Quality Satisfaction Survey (AQSS) Open
On April 9, the 2024 Administrative Quality Satisfaction Survey opened. All UW–Madison faculty, staff, postdoctoral and graduate assistant employees received a unique link to share their experience with administrative services at UW–Madison. Campus leaders are interested in learning about overall satisfaction with administrative services and through this survey will identify areas for improvement in crucial areas such as human resources, research administration, and communications. Employees can search for an April 9 email from Provost Charles Isbell and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Rob Cramer to find their link to the survey. UW–Madison has partnered with a third-party organization called HelioCampus to distribute the survey and keep survey responses confidential. The survey is open through April 30 and is available in six languages.
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Complete your 2024 Cybersecurity Awareness Training
The 2024 Cybersecurity Awareness Training is available in English (visual and text). Text versions in five additional languages will be available in the near future. This annual training is mandatory for all employees (including undergraduate and graduate student employees), as well as retirees and those in unpaid positions who access UW–Madison information technology resources per UWSA Policy 1032 (Source: wisconsin.edu). The training must be completed every 365 days (or earlier if required by your area). If you have already completed the 2024 training, the completion will be noted in your Employee Learning Transcript (Source: talent.wisc.edu).
Learning how to be more cyber secure is an important part of keeping data, privacy, and IT systems protected and safe. The information and cybersecurity practices you will learn in this training will not only protect UW–Madison’s data and systems, but your personal data as well. For additional information, please visit the website Cybersecurity Awareness Training (Source: it.wisc.edu).
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WRS Annual Statement of Benefits now available
If you were covered by the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) in 2023, your WRS Annual Statement of Benefits is now available. The statement includes your 2023 earnings, retirement benefit projections, primary beneficiary designation(s) for your WRS account, and more. To view your statement, go to MyUW at my.wisc.edu and launch the Benefit Information module. Then click on the “WRS Statements of Benefits” tab to find the 2023 statement. Information on understanding your statement is available on the Universities of Wisconsin Statement of Benefits web page.
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Earth Fest to offer nearly 50 campus events
The UW–Madison Office of Sustainability and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are launching UW–Madison Earth Fest, a new, campus-wide celebration of the environment and sustainability. The event will run from April 19–26 at locations across campus. Almost all events are free and open to the public.
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UW‒Madison presents paid parental leave policy to Board of Regents
UW–Madison will be implementing a new policy to provide eligible employees with up to six weeks (240 hours) of paid parental leave within a 12-month period for the birth or adoption of a child. The new policy will be effective July 1, 2024. Although it does not go into effect until July 1, 2024, UW–Madison’s policy is currently available on the Policy Library. Additional information, including FAQs, is available on the new Paid Parental Leave web page. Concurrently with the implementation of the new policy, UW–Madison will also make updates to the existing Postdoc Absence with Pay & Legal Holidays policy. More details, including a Parental Leave Request Form and language translations, will be added to the Paid Parental Leave web page before the policy effective date of July 1, 2024.