Category: Workplace
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Posted on January 8, 2009
Equity workshops for new graduate assistants
During Spring 2009, UW-Madison will again offer professional development sessions for Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Program/Project Assistants (PAs) focusing on diversity, discrimination and harassment. It’s […]
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Posted on January 7, 2009
Pam Arnold joined CALS human resources staff
We are very pleased to announce that Pam Arnold has recently been hired as a LTE in CALS Office of Human Resources while Tonya Messer […]
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Please use new W-4 withholding forms
The CALS Business Services staff passes on the following request from the campus payroll office regarding W-4 withholding forms: “With 2009 we are going to […]
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New forms, rates for calculating withholding tax for non-resident aliens
The IRS has announced that the 2009 personal withholding exemption amount has been increased to $3,650.00 ( http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=187825,00.html). This will result in an increase in […]
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Nominate candidates for UW-Madison Classified Employee Recognition Awards by Feb. 13
Chancellor Martin has announced the call for nominations for the 2009 UW-Madison Classified Employee Recognition Awards. This is a great opportunity for you to honor […]
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Templates available for academic staff rate and title change notification letters
Template letters for notification of rate and/or title change requests for academic staff have recently been added to the CALS HR web site. The notification […]
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Posted on December 18, 2008
CALS announces deadline (Feb. 27) and process for proposing faculty positions
In 2007-2008, our Academic Planning Council and Administrative Team went through an extensive faculty position proposal process. We were not able to fill positions from […]
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Posted on December 17, 2008
Accident reports: When in doubt, fill one out
Many employees have a mishap at work. We fall, cut a finger, bump a head. We wonder if an accident report should be filled out. […]
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New UW travel pre-approval process is now in effect
On December 8, 2008, Provost Patrick Farrell and Vice Chancellor Darrell Bazzell distributed a memo outling the UW travel pre-approval process which takes effect immediately. […]
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Posted on December 1, 2008
Discretionary Compensation Adjustments placed on hold
The Office of State Employment Relations suspended all delegation for granting Discretionary Compensation Adjustments (DCA) last week. This is one of the measures the Governor […]