Workday trainings, updates and deadlines
All-employee training for Workday now available:
- Employees received an email on May 6, indicating that training is open for all employees and managers through the Universities of Wisconsin Canvas.
- UW–Madison is offering a three-part, in-person training series to help employees who do not use a computer in their work learn how to use Workday on a computer and smart phone. Sessions will be held between July 21 and August 8, 2025 for daytime, second and third shifts. Employees who do not use a computer at work should check with their supervisor or local HR office to attend this important Workday training.
Cybersecurity Awareness Training registration closes June 14:
- Beginning June 14, 2025, employees will no longer be able to register for the required training on the Cybersecurity Awareness Training website. The training will re-open in Workday on August 15, 2025.
- Employees who are required to complete this training before August 15 must do so before it closes on June 14. There will be no opportunity to take the training between June 14 and August 15.
- Employees are required to take the Cybersecurity Awareness Training annually, every 365 days (or earlier if required by their area). Employees can find the date of their last Cybersecurity Awareness Training by viewing their employee transcript on the My Registrations and Learning Transcript web page on the Office of Human Resources website.
- Details are available at it.wisc.edu/news/cybersecurity-awareness-training-registration-closes-june-14.
Absence entry deadline:
- For leave-eligible employees, all absence and no leave taken entries with an effective date of June 28, 2025, or earlier must be submitted and approved by June 30, 2025. Entries with an effective date of June 29, 2025, or later must be held and entered in Workday.
Expense report deadline:
- June 9 is the deadline for UW–Madison employees to submit an expense report prior to Workday implementation. Any expense reports not submitted by the end of day on June 9 will need to be filed in Workday after go-live.
Deadline for changing employee information in MyUW:
- Changes to personal information (address updates, name changes, emergency contacts, etc.) must be entered by June 14.
- June 30 is the deadline to make changes to direct deposit and tax information.
- The ability to make changes will resume when Workday goes live.