Author: jjtraska

Benefits 2022: What You Need to Know

Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) is an annual opportunity for eligible team members to enroll in or make changes to most benefit plans for the upcoming calendar year, effective January 1, 2022. ABE takes place from September 27 through October 22, 2021. This is the only time you can make changes to certain benefits without having …

Hires and Departures – August

Stay up-to-date on the coming and going of DEM Team Members. The following names are individuals with position updates or interim title changes that had a start date or last day on payroll during August.   NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION Office of Admissions and Recruitment Joi Adams, Admissions Counselor, African American Outreach & Recruitment Office of …

Reminder: Add Credit Card to Concur Profile

Reminder! Please save a valid corporate card or personal credit card to your Concur profiles! Now that travel is in full swing, please make sure you have a credit card saved to your Concur profile, before booking any travel! Instructions for updating your profile can be found here: https://hub.travelinc.com/Documents/ConcurClientSrv/Updating_your_travel_profile%20TipSheet.pdf The agent fee for any flights …

New Big Ten Car Rental Contracts: Enterprise and National

Effective 08/01/2021, there are new contracts for Enterprise and National. Details about the updated contracts can be found here:  New Enterprise & National Big Ten Contract. Any questions, please contact Kelly!

Guidance and Consideration: Cancelling Airfare

Recently, UW–Madison has noted an increase in the number of cancelled flights for UW business-related travel. The most common cancellations are for conferences which get converted to a virtual format. Please see below for guidance and considerations related to booking/cancelling airfare: Flight cancellations are treated the way they were in the pre-UATP world. That is, …

Event Guidelines [documentation, tax exempt, meal limits, etc.]

With the reopening of campus this fall, events are becoming a regular occurrence again. Please review the guidelines regarding events on campus. There is a resource page that contains several things to consider when planning an event. The link can be found here: https://businessservices.wisc.edu/purchasing/planning-an-uw-event/ Additional things to consider when hosting an event for UW–Madison. There …

Sick Leave Reduction for Failing to Report Leave Usage (Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Appointees Only)

September 30, 2021 is the deadline for final submission and approval of missing/late leave reports (report leave usage and no leave taken) for FY21 (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021) to avoid permanent reduction in Sick Leave balances. Team members who do not submit required leave information by the deadline will not be permitted to accrue …

Hires and Departures – July

Stay up-to-date on the coming and going of DEM Team Members. The following names are individuals with position updates or interim title changes that had a start date or last day on payroll during July.   NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION Office of the Registrar Jess Baran, Course Specialist DEPARTURES Office of Admissions and Recruitment Sarah Blank, …

Deadline to use FY20 Carryover: October 9, 2021 [Academic/Limited Team Members]

Due to the global pandemic, Academic and Limited team members had their FY20 carryover balance deadline extended to October 9, 2021. If you check your current balance statement, that amount and your FY21 amount are now combined. If you have any remaining FY20 balance, your ‘vacation carryover’ amount will be greater than 176 hours (which …

Action Likely Required: Remote Work Agreement

As announced via Inside UW, the recently issued Remote Work Policy states that a Remote Work Agreement (via MyUW) needs to be fully approved by August 31, 2021 to work (or continue to work) remotely. Your team leads should have notified you of your tentatively approved work schedule earlier this summer. This agreement is the …