United of Omaha Life Insurance Company is now offering its Assured Solutions Plus policy to eligible State and University of Wisconsin Employees, Annuitants, and their family members. This voluntary purchase long term care insurance policy is offered at a group-discounted premium.
Email notices about the Dual Choice for Health Insurance, Annual Employee Reimbursement Account Enrollment and other Fall Open/Special Enrollment opportunities will be sent out within the next few weeks. If you are eligible you will receive a direct email from the Office of Human Resources. For more info on Benefit Education Opportunities go to http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/ecbs/emp-seminars.html and attend the Annual UW Madison Benefits and Resource Fair – Oct. 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Memorial Union.
Throughout the year, Accounting Services will be conducting Business Topics Seminars on an “Overview of Accounting Processes at UW-Madison.” The next session will be conducted at 21 N. Park St. in Room 5045 on October 7th, from 8:30 am to 11:45 am.
Individuals may register for the session through the Office of Human Resource Development website at http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/ohrdcatalogportal/Catalog/tabid/29/Default.aspx (Click on Business Services Topics, then Accounting Processes Overview). If you are unable to attend the October 7th section, please feel free to register for one of three other dates available.
If you have any questions, please contact Kate Pertzborn at Accounting Services.
**Please note that free Bus Route 85 stops directly in front of the building.
The Graduate School is asking accountants and department administrators to look carefully at their tuition bills if they have NIH trainees in their department. Trainees will never qualify for tuition remission, unless they are appointed in summer following a TA/RA/PA position in the spring. (more…)
Effective immediately if the only change you are making on a PayData form for an unclassified person is “Funding string(s)”, all we need is the signed original and one copy of the funding matrix/signature page. (more…)
Accounting Services has posted the list of approx. 6,500 projects that are converting from fund 133 to fund 233 at www.bussvc.wisc.edu/acct/acct.html. (more…)
Continuing Order Requisitions (CORs) for renewing blanket orders expiring 6/30/2008 have been populated in the external requisition generator and can now be processed. Here’s the website link to the instruction document and the list of new CORs: www.bussvc.wisc.edu/sfs/progrel/cor.html#FY8End (look under the heading: FY8 COR Run for Blanket Orders Expiring 6/30/08). (more…)
Accounting Services and RSP have jointly planned additional WISDM classes. These classes are now available for registration on the following OHRD websites. We have also developed a beginner WISDM class for new UW employees or for employees who are new in the fiscal and business area. Please contact Sandy Baumel at (608) 262-2084 in Business Services if you have questions. (more…)
The fiscal year end dates and deadlines have been posted at www.bussvc.wisc.edu/acct/dddates.html. Please review the information carefully, because a number of dates and processes have changed with the Program Release implementation (for example, the date to enter new FY09 requisitions was moved from May 1 to May 12 to allow accurate funding edits and a new summer session transaction process). (more…)
After reviewing and seeking to improve the Emergency Transaction process, Purchasing Services and Accounting Services have made changes that we hope will avoid some confusion that has existed in the past about location of drop-offs and pick-ups and the time period within which checks are available. Please see www.bussvc.wisc.edu/acct/instructions/ETmemo03-31-08.pdf .