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Reminder: Review Leave Balances Now to Avoid Losing Hours
December 5, 2019

University Staff employees (paid biweekly) should review their vacation and holiday leave balances now to avoid losing hours that are not eligible for carry over into 2020.

Vacation – All vacation hours carried over from 2018 must be used or banked (if eligible) by December 31, 2019 or they will be lost.

Personal and Legal Holidays – Personal and Legal Holiday hours granted for 2019 must be used by December 31, 2019 or they will be lost.

To review your leave balances online:

1. Log into the MyUW portal for UW System Institutions or for UW-Madison.
2. Go to the “Time and Absence” module.
3. Click on Absence Balances.
4. Review Vacation Carryover, Personal Holiday and Legal Holiday balances.

For more detailed information on vacation, paid leave banks and vacation cash payouts, review:

• UW System Administrative Policy 1210 (formerly BN 1) Vacation, Paid Leave Banks, and Vacation Cash Payouts
• UW System Administrative Policy 1211 (formerly BN 2) Personal Holiday and Legal Holiday Administration
• UW-Madison Vacation Policy
• UW-Madison Personal and Legal Holidays Policy

Source: UW System Human Resources
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