By understanding your benefits options, you can make the most out of them.
The University of Wisconsin offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet the diverse needs of our community. The University contributes towards the cost of several benefit plans, which is a valuable piece of your total compensation. Other plans offer favorable group rates and convenient payroll deduction to employees. Some health and life insurance premiums are taken from your salary on a pre-tax basis, saving you money.
Total Compensation Estimator
General Benefit Information
Contact Your Benefits Office
Each UW Institution has dedicated staff ready to assist you, with your benefits-related questions or issues.
Forms & Publications
Quickly find forms, brochures and other publications
Benefit Premiums
Review premiums for all benefits plans.
New Employees
Benefit summaries & orientations, enrollment deadlines
Benefits Summaries
Summary of all insurance and leave benefits by appointment type
Miscellaneous Benefits
LifeSuite Program, Career Educational Reimbursement, Long Term Care Insurance, EAP Resources
Benefit Advisory Committees
TSA Review Committee, Fringe Benefit Advisory Committee, UIA Board
Insurance & Disability
Medical Insurance
Health, prescription, dental, vision, long-term care insurance and federal marketplace
Life Insurance Plans
Term life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
Disability & Income Replacement Insurance
Short and long-term disability, including Income Continuation Insurance, worker’s compensation and Social Security disability
Payroll, Savings, Retirement, Leave Benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Health Care & Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Retirement & Savings Plans
Wisconsin Retirement System, Tax-Sheltered Annuity 403(b) Plan, Wisconsin Deferred Compensation 457 Plan, and Social Security
Leave Benefits
Paid and unpaid leave benefits – vacation, personal holiday, legal holiday, sick leave, FMLA, military leave…
Payroll
Pay schedules, payment of benefits, deductions, and pay dates.
Life Events
Family Changes
How family changes (marriage, domestic partnership, birth, adoption, divorce, death…) affect your benefits
Domestic Partner Benefits
Benefits for same and opposite-sex domestic partner
Employment Changes
How employment changes (retirement, termination, layoff, change in appointment…) affect your benefits
Rehired Annuitants
Learn about your benefit options when you return to work as a WRS annuitant