Hello Warhawk family, and happy November!!!! I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving and hope you are able to spend a much needed break with family and friends. Please join me in welcoming Josey Suiter to the HR staff! Josey is our new HR Coordinator and we are so excited to have her on our team. Please stop in the office when you are in Hyer Hall and introduce yourself.
ATP update: On October 6, 2023 The Board of Regents approved a revised Workday implementation timeline with a new go live date of July 2025. This new timeline means we will have adequate time to prepare for a successful implementation and quality user experience. To learn more go to https://atp.wisconsin.edu/workday/
Pay Plan: We have no new news regarding the pay plan but I want to reiterate that we are ready to go when the approval is announced.
HR Happenings: Please join the HR Department on November 16, 2023 in UC 259 or via Webex from 9:30 am to 11:00 am for a session of HR Happenings. We will
be debuting the “U Matter” Wagon as well as providing information, news and updates on all things, HR related. There will also be time for a question
and answer period.
Leave Reports: Make sure you are up to date with your leave reports! If you haven’t completed them it could affect your sick leave balances, go to the payroll section for
more details.
Inclement Weather: With winter weather upon us, I wanted to highlight our Inclement Weather policy. Regardless of whether campus is open or closed, employees absent from work due to inclement weather or emergency conditions, must use available leave time (other than sick leave) or use leave without pay. Employees may, with approval of their supervisor, work from home or arrange to make up the time within that same pay period.
Updated I-9: Please make sure you are using the most recent I-9 form, as of November 1st, we will no longer be able to use the older versions. As I mentioned in the July newsletter, the HR department had a consultant come to campus and conduct an assessment of our processes. Thank you to those who participated in the interviews. We have our report and are preparing for a strategic planning session to set our top initiatives for the coming year.
As always, thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter!

Connie Putland
Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources