News for Employees

• Reminder of deadlines to use personal holiday and vacation carryover

  May 1, 2024

  UW–Madison employees are reminded to make plans to use personal holiday hours or vacation carryover by the upcoming deadlines. Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Appointees with 12-month (annual basis) appointments must use all carried-over vacation and personal holiday hours by June 30, 2024, the end of the fiscal year. Floating holidays earned on Dec. 24, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2023, must also be used by June 30. For University Staff, all carried-over vacation and all personal holiday hours must be used by December 31, the end of the calendar year. Employees who are eligible to bank leave may do so. Any vacation carryover or personal holiday hours remaining after these respective deadlines will be lost. Leave balances can be found under “Time and Absence” in MyUW. Employees who wish to verify their leave balances and the corresponding deadlines should contact the human resources department in their school, college, or division.

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• P.B. Poorman award for advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ+ communities seeks nominations

  May 1, 2024

  UW–Madison seeks nominations of faculty, staff, students, or community members for the 2024 Universities of Wisconsin Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People. Nominate an LGBTQ+ person or ally whose contributions have improved the climate for or status and visibility of LGBTQ+ people. Nominations must be submitted by Friday, May 17.

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• Registration open for the 2024 IT Professionals Conference

  May 1, 2024

  Registration is now open for the 7th annual IT Professionals Conference on May 30 and 31. The event will feature more than 25 IT-focused sessions, a keynote by Dr. Joe Sanfelippo, the IT Recognition Awards, and more. Attendance may be virtual or hybrid (May 30 in person at the Pyle Center and May 31 via Zoom). Food is included on May 30 for hybrid conference registrants. Register by May 21 to attend in person.

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• Donations can help Partners in Giving reach $2 million

  May 1, 2024

  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

  April 24, 2024

  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

  April 24, 2024

  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

  April 24, 2024

  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

  April 24, 2024

  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

  April 17, 2024

  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

  April 17, 2024

  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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