News for Employees
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Reminder to Complete Staff Climate Survey by May 3
UW–Madison employees who have not yet completed the 2022 Staff Climate Survey are encouraged to do so by the May 3 deadline. Permanent academic staff, university staff, limited appointees who do not hold a faculty appointment, and post-docs received a link to the survey in an email on Tuesday, April 12 (search your email for “Staff Climate Survey”). The survey includes questions about workplace environment, work unit, relationship with one’s supervisor, remote work policy, and more, and takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The UW Survey Center is administering the survey. Responses are confidential and will never be shared in a way that could identify individual respondents. For additional details, visit the survey website at go.wisc.edu/staffsurvey2022.
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Nominations Open for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People
UW–Madison is seeking nominations for faculty, staff, students, or community members for the 2022 UW System Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People. The award recognizes LGBTQ+ people or their allies who have contributed in the following ways: their advocacy, activism, or scholarship has fostered social justice and organizational change; they have created positive transformation within their institutions and/or the community to achieve the goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion; and /or their efforts are improving the climate for, or status and visibility of, LGBTQ+ people. The deadline to submit a nomination is Saturday, April 30.
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Outside Employment Reporting for University Staff
UW–Madison University Staff employees are not prohibited from accepting outside employment, provided that the outside employment does not interfere with their duties to the university. The Board of Regents Code of Ethics policy prohibits University Staff employees from accepting outside employment that causes a conflict of interest with their university employment. If a University Staff member is considering or is currently working an additional job outside the UW, they need to self-determine if the outside job duties are in conflict with their UW job duties. In these situations, employees should provide details about the outside employment to their supervisor. The supervisor will let the employee know if they are able to start or continue with the outside employment. University Staff who are not sure whether they need to take action or have questions about the policy should speak with their supervisor. To learn more, visit go.wisc.edu/35285b.
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Masks Now Optional on Madison Metro Transit
The federal mask mandate for public transportation is no longer in effect following a court ruling. Effective immediately, masks are optional for Madison Metro Transit passengers, including campus bus routes. For details, visit cityofmadison.com.
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Registration Open for Women and Leadership Symposium
The UW–Madison Women and Leadership Symposium is scheduled for Wednesday, June 1, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at Union South. The event offers networking, professional development, and learning from women leaders. In addition to the keynote address, there will be 28 breakout sessions on topics such as relationship building, well-being, building influence, career management, workplace skills, and engagement, inclusion and diversity. The event is open to anyone interested in women’s advancement. The conference fee is $75 for UW–Madison faculty, staff, and students. Please register by May 18 to secure your spot.
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Webinar Teaches Stress Management Skills
LifeMatters and the Employee Assistance Office are offering a virtual webinar on stress management on Wednesday, May 4, 11 a.m.–noon. Stress or Success? Thriving in a Chaotic World offers a roadmap to help employees incorporate principles of stress management into their daily lives. This webinar is offered at no cost to all UW–Madison employees. Register at go.wisc.edu/60qw9b to receive the Zoom link.
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Newsletter Focuses on Equity, Inclusion and Well-Being
The Office of Equity, Inclusion and Employee Well-Being publishes a monthly newsletter that provides learning opportunities, spotlights campus initiatives, shares resources, and lists upcoming campus events. The newsletter content is intended to support campus in creating healthy, equitable and inclusive policies, systems and environments for employees. Anyone with an interest in these topics is welcome to subscribe to the newsletter. View a recent issue and find a link to the subscription form at go.wisc.edu/yc3298.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Virtual Workshop
Dr. Sherry Watt and the Multicultural Initiatives Research team from the University of Iowa will lead a virtual workshop, Introducing the Theory of Being for Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education, on Tuesday, April 26, 1:30–4:30 p.m. via Zoom. This interactive event will focus on how to approach topics of race, identity, exclusion, and racism in academia. Faculty, staff, graduate students, and post-docs are all welcome to attend. The workshop is hosted by the Comparative Biomedical Sciences program at UW–Madison. Register at no cost.
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Staff Climate Survey Invites Feedback
UW–Madison is committed to creating a community where every person feels safe, valued, like they belong, and set up for success. Staff members are invited to share feedback about their experience at UW–Madison by taking the 2022 Staff Climate Survey. The survey includes questions about workplace environment, work unit, relationship with one’s supervisor, remote work policy, and more. Permanent academic staff, university staff, limited appointees who do not hold a faculty appointment, and post-docs received a link to the survey via email on Tuesday, April 12.
The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete, and respondents may start the survey and return to it later. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Hmong, Tibetan, Chinese, and Nepali. Paper surveys will be available on request and at in-person, daytime and late-night help sessions on April 20, 21, 26 and 27. The UW Survey Center is administering the survey. Responses are confidential and will never be shared in a way that could identify individual respondents. The survey will be open until May 3, 2022. For more information, visit go.wisc.edu/staffsurvey2022.
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WRS Annual Statement of Benefits Now Available
If you were covered by the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) in 2021, your WRS Annual Statement of Benefits is now available. The statement includes your 2021 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 “ETF WRS Statements of Benefits” tab to find the 2021 statement. For help understanding your statement, visit etf.wi.gov/retirement/wrs-retirement-benefit/my-statement-benefits. If you have questions, please contact your human resources office.