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DEM Optional Session: Workday Navigation and Time and Absence Entry and Approval

Please join the DEM Admin team for a demonstration on how to navigate Workday, which goes live on Monday, July 7.  Tuesday, July 8, 2025 2:00-3:00pm MS Teams   The following topics will be demonstrated:  Requesting and Editing Time Off in Workday  Manager Entry and Approval of Time Worked  Manager Time Off Request in Workday  …

Hires and Departures – April

Stay up-to-date on the comings and goings 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 in April. New Hire/New Position Office of Student Financial Aid Katy Weisenburger, Assistant Director of Compliance, Advocacy & Training Departures Office of …

Summer 2025 and Parking Year (PY) 2025-26 Information

DEM Session: Parking 2025-26 Via Teams (optional calendar invite) Monday, May 5, 2025 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. As DEM team members are planning their work schedules, working on-site and/or a hybrid model of working remote, here is information regarding summer 2025 and PY 2025-26 parking. DEM Administration is again delegating parking priority assignments based on the …

Early Payroll and Absence Deadlines in Preparation for Workday

Workday is coming to the Universities of Wisconsin in early July 2025. Workday will affect how you access and manage your employment information, like submitting time and absence requests, updating payroll elections, approving absences, remote work agreements, and more. You can prepare for Workday by keeping the following deadline dates in mind as we transition …

Hires and Departures – March

Stay up-to-date on the comings and goings 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 in March. New Hire/New Position Office of the Registrar Sara Sheibani, Records and Enrollment Specialist Departures Office of Admissions and Recruitment Madeline …

Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) Annual Statement of Benefits

The WRS annual statement of benefits is a summary of a team member’s year-end retirement account information, including the effective rate of interest applied to the account. The statement includes your calendar-year earnings, retirement benefit projections, primary beneficiary designation(s) for your WRS account, and more. Team members can expect their WRS 2024 calendar year statements …

Important: DEM Travel Guidance for FY25 and FY26

On March 21, 2025, Chancellor Mnookin, Provost Isbell and Vice Chancellor Cramer announced additional fiscal controls for FY25 and FY26 (i.e. now through June 30, 2026), including measures to curtail non-essential travel. It is important to emphasize that this is not a restriction on all university travel. Rather, it is an adjustment to ensure that …

Hires and Departures – February

Stay up-to-date on the comings and goings 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 in February. New Hire/New Position   None.   Departures Office of Admissions and Recruitment Amaya Boman, Front Line Services Representative Cortney Mihulka, …

Leave Reminders as we Approach the End of the Fiscal Year 2025 (June 30, 2025) for Academic Staff, University Staff and Limited Team Members

Legal Holidays—There are 9 days of paid legal holidays during the fiscal year July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. All leave-eligible team members (Academic Staff, University Staff, and Limited) should have a current balance of 8 hours of Legal Holiday that will automatically be added for Memorial Day (Monday, May 25, 2025). If you …

Hires and Departures – January

Stay up-to-date on the comings and goings 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 in January. New Hire/New Position   Office of Student Financial Aid Jen Le, Scholarship Manager – School of Education Departures Office of …