This spring UTemp Staffing celebrates its 75th anniversary as the University of Washington’s in-house contingent staffing agency. Known as the Stenographic Service Bureau for its first five decades, UTemp has evolved into a program that assists departments to quickly hire temporary or extra help for a multitude of positions — from entry-level support to experienced administrators. In just the first few months of this year, hundreds of temp and non-perm positions were hired through UTemp and worked more than 50,000…
With the new tax year comes many paycheck adjustments. Here are some of the changes employees might expect to see starting in January 2026: Benefit deductions: Employees may see different health deduction amounts than in the prior year (including for medical, Health Savings Account (HSA), Medical or Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA/LFSA) and/or Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP) plans), reflecting premium price differences or changes made during Open Enrollment. Employees who hit their retirement savings limit earlier in 2025…
Changes to the UWRP and VIP are coming in 2026 The University of Washington is moving forward with the changes to the UWRP and VIP retirement plans announced earlier this summer. New TIAA accounts were issued in late October, which you can access to change investments for future contributions and update beneficiaries at tiaa.org/washington. Welcome Kits were sent (one per plan), which have your new TIAA account information and can also be accessed once you log in at tiaa.org/washington under…
Shared by Heather Horn, vice president for UW Human Resources, with University leaders and the HR Community of Practice on Oct. 30, 2025. Since joining the University of Washington on October 1, I’ve had the opportunity to meet many of you and to learn more about the critical work underway to strengthen how we attract, develop, and retain our people. As part of UW’s broader digital transformation, two efforts—Workday Recruiting and Workday Learning—are modernizing how we manage talent across the…
Changes to the UWRP and VIP are coming in 2026 The University of Washington is moving forward with the changes to the UWRP and VIP retirement plans announced earlier this summer. The changes will be effective in January 2026 and will affect every participant in the plans. Join us to learn more We want you to be prepared and understand the retirement planning options available to you. To make the most of the transition, every UWRP and VIP participant should: …
Moving forward with the retirement plan changes The University of Washington announced earlier this summer that it is transitioning to a new retirement plan experience, which will become effective in January 2026. The changes are designed to make retirement planning easier, more secure and more cost-effective for you. Your UW retirement benefit With generous matching contributions and access to world-class investment tools, your plan is designed to help you build long-term financial security throughout your work journey and into your…
Shared by Mindy Kornberg, vice president for UW Human Resources, with University leaders and the HR Community of Practice on Aug. 20, 2025. As we bring Workday Recruiting online, our next focus is the Workday Learning pilot. We’ll take the same playbook that got us here—tight UWHR–UW-IT partnership, clear roles (UWHR as business owner; UW-IT as technical owner), disciplined governance, and centralized communications—and apply it to Learning. What’s in scope: one required online course—the Civil Rights (Title VI) UW Employee…
Workday has launched a redesigned Absence Calendar experience, bringing together key time off features into one modern, user-friendly interface. This new experience will be released on September 11, but we’re sharing information ahead of time to help you know what to expect. What’s Changing? A new Manage Absence worklet consolidates multiple actions previously housed under the “Absence” worklet —Request Absence, Correct My Absence, My Absence, and Absence Balance — into one streamlined location. Here are some of the key updates: …
The following message was shared with UW leaders and the HR Community of Practice on July 1, 2025. Thanks to the extraordinary effort of our cross-functional project team – including UWHR, UW-IT, and our partners at Workday – we remain on track to launch Workday Recruiting on August 18. At the 60-day go/no-go checkpoint, we reminded ourselves that this implementation is different from those of Workday HCM and Workday Finance. Instead of a traditional “waterfall” model-where all functionality is delivered…
The following message was shared with employees who have a UW Retirement Plan (UWRP) and/or UW Voluntary Investment Program (VIP) retirement plan on June 30, 2025. Your UW retirement plan is getting even better – here’s what’s changing The University of Washington is transitioning to a new retirement plan experience – designed to make it easier, more secure and more cost-effective for you. Effective January 1, 2026, TIAA will become the sole recordkeeper for both the UW Retirement Plan (UWRP)…