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Tuesday, July 14, 2009


UWRF designated campus-wide furlough dates set

Governor Doyle has mandated that all state employees take eight furlough days in each of the next two fiscal years. The State Furlough Plan is outlined at http://www.uwsa.edu/furloughs/docs/FurloughPlan_pub_final_2009-06-23.pdf. Full details of the UW System Furlough Plan are provided at http://www.uwsa.edu/furloughs/index.htm

The UW System has mandated that the day after Thanksgiving be a system-wide furlough day. All UW institutions are required to designate three additional campus-wide mandatory furlough days. An ad-hoc committee, consisting of faculty and staff, has recommended, and President Reilly has approved, three additional UWRF campus-wide furlough dates that will have the least negative impact on our ability to serve students:

2009-10                          

•    August 24, 2009
•    November 27, 2009 (day after Thanksgiving; UW System mandated for all campuses)
•    December 23, 2009
•    March 15, 2010

2010-11

•    July 2, 2010
•    August 23, 2010
•    November 26, 2010  (day after Thanksgiving; UW System mandated for all campuses)
•    December 23, 2010

Furlough time off will be generated on a prorated basis according to percent time in regular pay status. Full-time, 12-month employees will be required to take four additional unpaid furlough days for a total of eight days each year. Full-time, nine-month employees will be required to take two additional unpaid furlough days for a total of six days each year. Supervisors are responsible for approving and scheduling furlough time off before it is used, just as they are responsible for approving other scheduled leave time.

The procedure for requesting and recording these additional furlough days will be provided by the Human Resource Office in the near future. Some critical employees (i.e. power plant and University Police) will work on mandated furlough days. In consultation with their supervisors, these employees will select alternate “floating” furlough days. Unanticipated emergencies may require work on mandated furlough days, and these exceptions will be accommodated through this process.

Dean Van Galen

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