{"id":95,"date":"2025-07-21T10:51:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:46:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/service-awards\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About employee service awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Celebrating your service at UW<\/h2>\n<p>At the University of Washington, your work matters. Every day, UW staff help educate the next generation, push the boundaries of research, and build a stronger, more compassionate community. You are a vital part of what sets UW apart\u2014we don\u2019t just witness change; we make it happen together.<\/p>\n<p>A work anniversary marks more than a passage of time\u2014it tells the story of dedication, growth, and meaningful impact. Whether it&#8217;s your first year or your 25th, every milestone is worth celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>While we encourage department level celebration at <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/recognition\/recognizing-service-milestones\/\">1- and 3-year milestones<\/a>, staff become eligible for official UW service awards beginning at year 5 and every five years thereafter (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20 years).<\/p>\n<h2>Program eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>You are eligible for service recognition if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are in a regular staff position in active status on your continuous service anniversary, or<\/li>\n<li>You are on an approved leave of absence (your award will be presented when you return to work).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Faculty, academic personnel, student employee, and intermittent and non-permanent staff positions are not eligible for this program.<\/p>\n<h2>How is service measured?<\/h2>\n<p>Service is calculated based on your Company Service Date. This reflects your most recent hire date into a regular UW staff position. Time on the layoff list is not deducted unless you are removed from the list before rehire, in which case your service date resets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A work anniversary marks more than a passage of time\u2014it tells the story of dedication, growth, and meaningful impact. Whether it&#8217;s your first year or your 25th, every milestone is worth celebrating. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":93,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/350"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}