Transcript Supervisor Forum Presentation

From Classified Personnel to University Personnel:
What it Means for UW-Oshkosh
Where excellence and opportunity meet.™
Office of Human Resources
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What is UPS?
Why do we need a new system?
What will be different?
What will remain the same?
Who will be affected?
How will changes be implemented?
What is UPS?
Office of Human Resources
 A personnel system effective July 1, 2015
 Authorized by Wis. Stat. §36.115
 A combination of all UW employment
governed by the Board of Regents
 A historic opportunity to enhance and
improve the way we manage our human
resources
Legislative Intent of § 36.115,
Wisconsin Statutes
Office of Human Resources
Office of State
Employment Relations
University of Wisconsin
UW-Madison
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Balance of
the UW
System
State Agency Employees
(DOA, DNR, DOT, etc.)
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Titles
Compensation
Labor Relations
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Titles
Compensation
What Will be Different?
Office of Human Resources
 Classified staff will be known as University staff
 No OSER Governance – now UW System
Governance
 More Flexibility in Compensation
 Open pay ranges
 HR recommends salary based on market
data
 Temporary base adjustments
 Base building and lump sum
What Will be Different? (continued)
Office of Human Resources
 Grievances
 University staff in permanent status on
6/30/15 will keep right to WERC appeal
 Terminations will have Board of Regents
as last appeal
 Workplace Expectations will be institution
specific
What Will be Different? (continued)
Office of Human Resources
 Layoffs
 Seniority not the driving factor
 Layoff decisions by operational area- not
classification specific
 Changes to Benefits
Leave and Benefit Changes
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 Annual Leave (vacation) no longer wait 6 months
 Leave (annual and sick) earned as project will transfer to any
successive leave-eligible position
 Exempt employees – report in ½ or whole day (100%)
 If banking eligible, can bank current year’s and carryover vacation
 No longer need to pay back Personal Holiday if leave in first 6 months
 Vacation credits upon retirement or termination (not for cause) to
extend time on payroll at the employer’s discretion
 Catastrophic Leave – donate & receive from any leave-eligible staff
Recruitment Changes
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 No state exams
 No transfers
 New search and screen process
What Will be Different? (continued)
Office of Human Resources
 University staff will include only FLSA nonexempt positions over time
 Classified FLSA exempt staff in permanent
status on July 1 will have the option to
remain University staff or voluntarily
reassign to academic staff
 FLSA exempt NOT eligible for overtime
What Will Remain the Same?
Office of Human Resources
 Hiring based on merits of the applicant – a civil service
system
 Adhere to inclusive and equal access to fair, merit-based
recruitment and assessment processes based on jobrelated criteria
 UW employees will remain state employees
State group health insurance
WRS & ETF
Who Will be Affected?
Office of Human Resources
 Current Classified staff will be directly affected
 Academic staff will be affected if they supervise
current classified employees
 Will touch everyone in the University to a different
degree
Voluntary Reassignment to AS
Office of Human Resources
 HR does assessment of exempt classified staff
 Current exempt classified staff in “permanent”
positions being identified
 “Crosswalk” of proposed unclassified staff titles
being identified for each exempt staff member
 Will meet with VCs, Deans, and Directors across
campus to share the positions in units
How Will Changes be Implemented?
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Office of Human Resources
 HR will meet with staff members to go over their
options and answer questions
 HR will process transactions for those employees
wanting to convert to academic staff titles
Office of Human Resources
 QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?