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Workforce reduction strategies

Cost-saving strategies

Economic and operational conditions may sometimes require organizations to determine work reduction and other cost-saving strategies.

Furlough transaction process

Workday entries UWHR will coordinate after your unit’s furlough plan is approved.

Organizational restructuring

As an organizational leader, you may find it necessary to change how your unit operates to accommodate changing unit priorities, initiate new programs, enhance organizational effectiveness, and/or address budget reductions.

FAQs: Furloughs and temporary FTE reduction

FAQs for managers and HR partners administering furloughs or temporary FTE reductions.

Support for staff on furloughs

Information and resources to support staff whose position has been placed on a furlough.

Temporary layoff policy

A temporary layoff may be required because of events at the institutional or employing unit level resulting in a temporary lack of funds or work.

Managing salary and wage impacts due to a temporary loss of funding

This webpage outlines the approaches and procedures to temporarily stop or minimize employee salary and wage expenditures.

Understanding your furlough: work rules and benefits

Information for staff whose positions have been placed on furlough, including how to prepare, what work is and is not allowed, and how UW benefits are maintained during furlough. The page also covers unemployment, temporary UW work opportunities, returning from furlough and where employees can find support.