Health Insurance:
Supplemental Insurance:
Income Continuation Insurance [ICI]
Life Insurance:
- State Group Life Insurance
- Individual and Family Group Life Insurance
- UW Employees Inc. Life Insurance
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- University Insurance Association Life Insurance [Mandatory for all eligible Faculty, Academic Staff and Limited Appointees]
Spending and Savings Accounts:
- Health Savings Account [Mandatory if enrolling in the High Deductible Health Plan]
Retirement Plans:
- Wisconsin Retirement System [WRS]
- Tax Sheltered Annuity – 403 (b)
- Wisconsin Deferred Compensation – 457(b)
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Benefits summaries
- New Employee Benefits Summary 2019 – University Staff, Academic Staff, Faculty and Limited Appointees (pdf)
- New Employee Benefits Summary 2019 – Graduate Assistants, Employees-in-Training, Fellow, Short-Term Academic Staff, etc. (pdf)
Life Events and Employment Changes https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/life-events/
- Employment Changes:
- Change from Faculty, Academic Staff or Limited to University Staff
- Change from University Staff to Faculty, Academic Staff or Limited
- Change in Appointment Percentage
- Layoff
- Leave of Absence
- Moving to WRS Covered Employment
- Rehired Annuitant
- Retirement
- Termination
- Transfer to a Different UW System Institution
- Transfer to a State Agency
- WRS Temporary to WRS Non-Temporary
- Family Changes:
Upcoming Benefits Education Opportunities
Paid Leave Benefits
- UW-Madison Vacation Policy
- UW-Madison Personal and Legal Holiday Policy
- UW-Madison Sick Leave Policy
2019 Legal Holiday Schedule:
2019 Observance Date | Legal Holiday | Annual Observance Date |
Tuesday, January 1 | New Year’s Day | January 1 |
Monday, Jan 21 | MLK Day | Third Monday in January |
Monday, May 27 | Memorial Day | Last Monday in May |
Thursday, Jul 4 | Independence Day | July 4 |
Monday, Sep 2 | Labor Day | First Monday in September |
Thursday, Nov 28 | Thanksgiving | Fourth Thursday in November |
Tuesday, Dec 24 | Christmas Eve | December 24 |
Wednesday, Dec 25 | Christmas | December 25 |
Tuesday, Dec 31 | New Year’s Eve | December 31 |
*For eligible employees, no floating holidays are occurring in calendar year 2019 unless an employee is required to work on a legal holiday or if the legal holiday is on an employee’s regularly scheduled day off.