Administrative Affairs- Human Resources and Diversity
Classified Employee Information
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Leave Benefits - Holidays

All permanent employees receive the following nine paid legal holidays:
 
New Year's Day January 1
Martin Luther King Day 3rd Monday in January
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day 1st Monday in September
Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in November
Christmas Eve Day December 24
Christmas Day December 25
New Year's Eve Day December 31

If a holiday falls on a Sunday, University offices are closed the following Monday. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, you will receive floating legal holiday hours to be used within the calendar year. The amount of legal holiday that part-time employees receive is pro-rated.  To be eligible to be paid for a legal holiday, you must be in pay status either on the last scheduled work day immediately before the holiday or on the first scheduled work day immediately following the holiday.

In addition to legal holidays, you will receive 4½ personal holidays per year that must be used within that calendar year (36 hours) or they are lost. If you are represented by WLEA, you will receive 3½ personal holidays (24 hours).  (Members of the Crafts Union do not receive personal holidays.) Personal Holidays are pro-rated for part-time employees.

A summary of your various leave balances is provided on each earnings statement.
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Leave Benefits - Leave for Jury Duty

If you are called to jury duty during a period when you are regularly scheduled to work, you are not required to use vacation time to cover your absence. You will receive your regular salary in addition to any pay that you are entitled to as a juror.  If you are not impaneled for actual service, and only on call, you shall report back to work unless authorized by your supervisor to be absent from your work assignment. You should submit a statement from the Clerk of Courts indicating the dates and times of the appearances with your timesheet. Check your union contract for specific provisions relating to time off from work for jury duty.
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Leave Benefits - Leave of Absence Without Pay

You may be granted leave without pay with the approval of your supervisor and the Director of Human Resources. A form is available from Human Resources & Diversity to request such a leave. When reviewing your request, the Director will evaluate the recommendation of your supervisor and the impact of a leave on University operations. Common reasons for requesting a leave without pay include: pursuit of further education, lengthy illness, child care, and other exceptional personal reasons. Contact Human Resources & Diversity for more information. The form can be found at http://oser.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=1206
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Leave Benefits - Military Leave

For the time you are on leave, you are entitled to receive your University pay, minus the amount of military pay you receive. This leave is for a minimum of three(3) working days and a maximum of 30 working days. A copy of the payment voucher issued to you from the military must be submitted to Human Resources & Diversity when it is received.
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Leave Benefits - Personal Holidays

Employees receive four and one half days (36 hours) of personal holiday leave per calendar year and have until the end of the calendar year to use them.  Part-time employees receive a pro-rated amount equal to their appointment percentage.  Should an employee leave uniersity employment prior to completing six months of probational service, the University will recover the value of the personal holiday used.
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Leave Benefits - Promotional Exams & Interviews

Once you have achieved permanent status in your classification, you may be eligible for time off, without loss of pay, to compete in promotional exams and resulting employment interviews. Proper advance notice must be given to your supervisor. Consult Human Resources & Diversity for current eligibility guidelines.
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Leave Benefits - Sick Leave

(General information is provided below. Represented Classified employees should refer to their contract for specific information regarding sick leave.)

You begin to earn sick leave immediately upon employment and there is no limit of how much can be accumulated. Classified employees accrue sick leave credit at the rate of .0625 hour for each hour in pay status, not to exceed five hours in any biweekly pay period. Sick leave cannot be used before it is accrued.

Sick leave can be used for personal illness, injury, disability, or maternity. It may also be used for:

This is not a complete list of possible use of sick leave. The respective union contracts and the Wisconsin Administrative Code provide more information.

If you are enrolled in the State Group Health Insurance Program and retire on an immediate annuity, retire and receive a lump sum benefit, or terminate employment (at any age) with 20 years WRS creditable service but defer application for retirement benefit, unused sick leave credits are converted to a cash value and used to pay your health insurance premiums.
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Leave Benefits - Vacation

Vacation is earned for all regular hours in pay status. For most employees, vacation is allocated based on the following schedule:

 
 
All vacation hours for the year are allocated to you on January 1st. Vacation is prorated if you work less than 12 months a year or less than a full time basis. If you terminate before the end of the year, all paid but unearned vacation will be deducted from your paycheck.

Vacation may be used after six months of employment. You must have your vacation requests approved by your supervisor in advance. Vacation should be used during the calendar year in which it is earned unless bargaining unit contracts specify otherwise.
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Overtime Pay

Occasionally, rush seasons, peak workload periods, and certain emergency situations may require overtime work in your department. All overtime work must be approved prior to the date it is worked.

Under federal law, most of our classified employees must receive overtime compensation. These employees are called "non-exempt" for overtime pay purposes and are eligible for pay or compensatory time off at the rate of time-and-one-half for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.

Employees in executive, administrative, and professional positions are generally "exempt" from federal overtime provisions. There are extraordinary situations, however, where exempt personnel can receive overtime compensation. Some exempt positions are represented by a union, with its own contractual provisions for overtime pay.
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Shift Differential

If you work between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., you will be eligible to receive night differential compensation of 45¢ per hour, in addition to your normal pay rate for those hours.

Weekend differential of 60¢ per hour will be paid for all hours worked between 12:01 a.m. Saturday and 12:00 midnight Sunday. (Craft employees do not receive weekend differential.)

(NOTE: 2005-2006 rates are listed above and are subject to change.)
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