Faculty + Staff Information
Here to serve the whole person
Sure — Human Resources covers the usual things like payroll and insurance information. But did you know we also provide a wealth of amazing wellness resources? You can find easy access to help with any type of physical, social, emotional, occupational, spiritual, intellectual or environmental wellness issue you are experiencing.
What's in the News
Schedule Your Time Off – Use Your Vacation and Personal Holiday Time
If you have not taken time off during the pandemic it might be because of travel and gathering restrictions or because you have been busy triaging issues caused by the pandemic to help keep campuses safe. It’s important to step away from work and tend to your physical, mental and emotional well-being.
Plan ahead and schedule your paid leave now to avoid losing vacation and/or personal holiday hours.
For more information go to Reminder: Schedule Your Time Off
Payroll Schedule Change Coming in July (1/26/21)
In July 2021, the UW System will move all employees who are currently paid monthly to a biweekly payroll schedule. In addition, most benefits deductions will be divided evenly between the biweekly paychecks.
Visit the Single Payroll webpage (https://uwservice.wisconsin.edu/single-payroll) for more information!
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EAP now through KEPRO (1/1/21)
Effective January 1, 2021, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) vendor will change from FEI to Kepro. The EAP is a free, confidential program available to you and the family members living in your household. You can contact Kepro for assistance with:
• Emotional Situations: relationships, parenting, grieving
• Work/Life Challenges: child care, elder care, adoption
• Legal and Financial Circumstances: managing expenses or debt, preparation of simple wills, child custody or child support
You may contact Kepro by calling 833-539-7285 or online at sowi.mylifeexpert.com (code SOWI). You will need to create an account to access the EAP resources online.
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Requesting COVID-19 Related Accommodations - (Including disability, injury, or diagnosed health conditions) (6/24/20)
UW-Eau Claire and UW-Eau Claire – Barron County follow UW System Policy, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
Disability: A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the person's major life activities; a history of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.
For your convenience, access the ADA Accommodation e-form or go to BP Logix at https://eform1.uwec.edu; click on Start New Form; choose Human Resources from the drop-down; then click on ADA Accommodation e-form.
COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 Resources
Visitor Policy During COVID-19
Interim: Sick Leave During Public Health Emergency (UW System Admin Policy 1200 - Interim 07
UW Administrative Policy 1212, Sick Leave
Employee Emergency Loan Program
Human Resources has a wonderful Blugold Insider site where you can find all forms, handbooks, policies and instructions about payroll and other related topics. Check it out using the button in the right column, as well as a direct link to Human Resources policies and handbooks on Insider.
Family Medical Leave (FMLA)
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (WFMLA) provide you with the right to take job-protected leave with continued medical benefits when you need time off from work to care for yourself or a family member who is seriously ill, to care for a newborn or newly adopted child, or to attend to the affairs of a family member who is called to active duty in the military.
Employee Category
Your employee category
If you’re a UW-Eau Claire employee, you fall into one of the categories defined by the University of Wisconsin System — the parent organization that covers all of the universities and colleges in Wisconsin that bear the UW name.
Each of these employment categories has slightly different payroll procedures and benefits. Human Resources would love to talk to you about your specific employee category and help you find the answers and information you need.
To learn more, go to UW System Employee Categories
Payroll and benefits at UWEC
Human Resources wants to help you make sense of all the forms, decisions and information surrounding payroll and benefits. Rely on their expertise!
Explore your benefits
Focusing on employee wellness
Employees are most successful when all areas of their lives are balanced and working together in harmony. That’s what the employee wellness program aims to help you with.
Staying wholly balanced
Preparing for the beauty of retirement
Whenever you’re ready to think about retirement, you’ll find great resources from UW System and UW-Eau Claire to help you with the planning and the transition.
Planning to retire