Benefits

Health Insurance:

• State Group Health [SGH] Insurance
• Uniform Dental (preventative care)

Supplemental Insurance:

• Supplemental Dental [Delta Dental]
• VSP Vision 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:

• Flexible Spending Accounts [FSA]

• 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:
  • Birth or Adoption
  • Change in Name or Address
  • Child Loss of Dependent Status
  • Death of Employee
  • Death of Spouse or Child
  • Divorce
  • Gain of Other Coverage
  • Legal Guardianship
  • Loss of Other Coverage
  • Marriage

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.