Professional & Organizational Development (POD) restructuring, and what’s ahead
Posted on April 9, 2025
Beginning today, Professional & Organizational Development (POD) will be undergoing a strategic restructuring of services. This change includes sunsetting several long-standing programs and the difficult decision to eliminate multiple positions. These […]
Prior Service Crediting policy change starting Jan. 1, 2025
Posted on January 17, 2025
Beginning January 1, 2025, UW staff with qualifying prior Washington state employment will no longer need to wait until their 49th month of total service to see prior service credit […]
Annual Reminder: Suspended Operations Policy
Posted on November 25, 2024
This is the University’s annual reminder to help ensure that your unit is prepared for the possibility of severe weather or other events that could disrupt transportation locally or require […]
UWHIRES referral practice changes
Posted on October 18, 2024
This week Campus Recruiting introduced pilot referral practices that will continue through Workday Recruiting implementation. The changes are geared to improve the applicant experience and support OFCCP reporting requirements. They […]
Change to student and volunteer background check request process
Posted on March 1, 2024
Effective March 1, 2024, the process for submitting and monitoring background checks for students, volunteers, and contractors has changed. This change was previewed during the February 8th HR Community of […]
Change in Background Check Fees and Business Process
Posted on January 10, 2024
Due to Sterling Check’s acquisition of A-Check America, UW’s background check vendor, there will be certain changes to background check business processes that will take effect this spring. In March, […]
POLICY REMINDER: Annual Attendance Incentive Program
Posted on January 3, 2024
Each January, the Annual Attendance Incentive Program allows UW employees whose sick time off balances exceed 480 hours as of January 1 to be compensated at 25% value for any accrued and unused […]
Language translations now available for UWHR websites
Posted on April 26, 2022
In ongoing effort to build an even more inclusive working environment, the UWHR are jointly piloting functionality that will translate most content on the UWHR websites into eleven of the […]
Temp Staff Helper Job Profile Sunset
Posted on November 9, 2021
Last updated: June 8, 2022 The Temporary Staff Helper (TSH) hourly-paid job profile (job code 11863) will be abolished effective July 1, 2022 in preparation of new state rules driven […]