July University Policy Distribution Reminder
As a reminder, there are no draft policies being distributed for comment in the July distribution.
August Policy Action Summary
Attached please find the which contains a listing of all new and revised UW System Administrative policies approved between July 6 and August 8, 2025. There were 33 revised UW System Administrative Policies, as well as three (3) revised UW System Administrative Procedures.
Revised UW System Administrative Policies
- SYS 185, Awarding of UW System Credit in Wisconsin Schools (approved July 25, 2025)
- SYS 363, Change of Bank and Contact Requests (approved July 6, 2025)
- SYS 1042, Information Security: Threat and Vulnerability Management (approved August 6, 2025; effective February 1, 2026)
- SYS 1210, Vacation, Paid Leave Banks, and Vacation Cash Payouts (approved August 4, 2025)
- SYS 1212, Sick Leave (approved August 4, 2025)
- SYS 1200 Series Technical Policy Amendments (approved August 4, 2025)
- SYS 1202, Equal Employment Opportunity
- SYS 1203, Employment of Veterans
- SYS 1215, Paid Leave of Absence for Bone Marrow and Human Organ Donation
- SYS 1216, Miscellaneous Leave Provisions – Jury Duty, Voting, Election Official, Hostage Leave, and Leave Usage upon Death of Family Member
- SYS 1218, Military Leave
- SYS 1219, Continuous Service
- SYS 1227, Standard Office Hours, Legal Holidays and Other UW System Institution Closures
- SYS 1229, Rehired Annuitants
- SYS 1231, Hazardous Employment Benefits
- SYS 1232, Layoff for Reasons of Budget or Program
- SYS 1233, Grievance Procedures
- SYS 1235, Inclement Weather/Emergency Conditions
- SYS 1240, Job-Related Coursework and Training
- SYS 1241, Complaint Procedures
- SYS 1242, Payment of Licenses
- SYS 1245, Personal Internet Account Access
- SYS 1250, Job Security
- SYS 1251, Appointment Terms and Designation of Positions
- SYS 1253, FLSA Designation
- SYS 1255, Teaching Assistants Selection, Training, and Evaluation
- SYS 1259, I-9 Verification
- SYS 1260, Health Insurance Marketplace Notice Distribution
- SYS 1261, Personnel Files
- SYS 1262, Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Procedures
- SYS 1270, Optional General Payroll Deductions
- SYS 1285, Transition of Classified Staff to University Staff
- SYS 1286, Effect on WRS Service, Accrued Leave & Continuous Service When Moving To and From UW System Institutions or Agencies
- SYS 1292, Workplace Conduct Expectations
Revised UW System Administrative Procedures
- SYS 363.A, Enterprise Application for Finance Management System Change Requests of Bank and Contact Information (approved July 6, 2025)
- SYS 363.B, Enterprise Application for Human Resources Management System Change Requests of Bank and Contact Information for Employees (approved July 6, 2025)
- SYS 1042.A, Information Security: Threat and Vulnerability Management Standard (approved August 5, 2025; effective February 1, 2026)
Federal Fridays
The Universities of Wisconsin Federal Update Working group has a Federal Updates web page for the public to learn about the federal issues the UW is monitoring. The site provides a dashboard view of the various issues organized by topic, with a summary and links related to the topic.