Human Resources News

Posted 1:27 p.m. Thursday, May 29, 2025

Leave eligible employees are encouraged to plan and schedule paid leave now to avoid losing hours that are not eligible to carry over into the next fiscal year.

Personal and Legal Holidays
Personal and legal holidays must be used by June 30, 2025, or they will be lost.

Vacation

• Faculty, Academic Staff and Limited Appointees: All vacation hours carried over from fiscal year 2024 (July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024) must be used by June 30, 2025, or banked (if eligible) by September 30, 2025.
  
  
• University Staff, including Craft Workers and Trades Employees: All vacation hours carried over from calendar year 2024 (January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024) must be used by June 30, 2026. As a reminder, University Staff leave is transitioning from a calendar year to a fiscal year. Leave from calendar year 2024 has an extended carry over period to facilitate the transition.

Resources

• UW System Administrative Policies:
  
  
  • UW System Administrative Policy 1210 (formerly BN1) Vacation
    
    
  • UW System Administrative Policy 1211 (formerly BN2) Personal Holiday and Legal Holiday Administration
    
    
  • UW System Administrative Policy 1200 Interim: University Saff and Craft Worker Vacation, Paid Leave Banks, and Vacation Cash Payouts