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Benefits

Learn more about the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's employee benefits including new employee benefit orientations, general employee benefits questions, retirement questions, retirement consultations, leave balances, leave reporting, benefit changes.

 

Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) is available each fall. Eligible employees may enroll or make changes during ABE by using my.wisconsin.edu. Eligible employees will receive email notifications before and during ABE with additional information.

Detailed benefit information about the Annual Benefit Enrollment period is available on https://www.wisconsin.edu/abe/. 

Below are the plans that eligible employees are able to enroll in or make changes to during ABE:

  • State Group Health Insurance
  • Preventive Dental Insurance
  • Supplemental Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Individual & Family Life Insurance (annual increase option also available for current participants)
  • Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Accident Insurance Plan

Re-enrollment in the below plans is required each year:

  • Health Opt-Out Incentive
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA): If the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) or Access HDHP is elected

After you enroll using my.wisconsin.edu, you will receive an e-mail within 48 hours with instructions on how to view your benefits enrollment confirmation. Review your benefits enrollment confirmation to ensure your elections and dependents are accurate. If you do not receive a confirmation statement email, reach out to your benefits contact. 

The changes you make during the ABE period are effective January 1st following the ABE period.

Additional information can be accessed on the ABE web page.

 

The Wisconsin and federal Family and Medical Leave Acts (W/FMLA) grant eligible employees the right to job-protected leave due to the serious illness of an employee or employee’s family member and the birth, adoption or placement of a child. The FMLA also provides for a job-protected leave due to a qualifying exigency that results when a family member is a current servicemember or covered veteran who is seriously ill or injured and requires care.

 

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides you and members of your household with confidential resources to address personal/work-related concerns, assist with legal/financial situations or help with work-life balance. Access to EAP services is employer-paid. You do not need to be enrolled in the State Group Health Insurance Program to use the EAP services.

EAP services are administered by Acentra Health. Contact the EAP for services or access their tools and resources by:

  • Phone: (833) 539-7285 or (877) 334-0489 (TTY)
  • Website: sowi.mylifeexpert.com/ (use SOWI as the Company Code to create an account)

EAP Services and Resources
EAP-Info Sheet
 

Life events happen. When you enroll in benefits, you typically must stay enrolled for the entire plan year. This means that you cannot make changes to your benefits mid-year unless you have a qualifying life event, as defined by the IRS. Some examples of qualifying life events are employment changes (such as a change to your employment category or appointment percentage), and family changes (such as birth/adoption, marriage/divorce).

 

  • Employment Changes
    • When you have an employment change, reach out to your benefits contact as soon as possible to find out if/how your benefits will be affected.
    • Retirement - Emertius Status should be applied for through your Governance group. This status is not part of retirement and is not administered by Human Resources.
  • Family Changes
    • When you have a family change, reach out to your benefits contact as soon as possible to find out what benefits changes you may make. 

Employee Well-Being: Everyone has a reason to get healthier!

  • Well Wisconsin Program
    • You must be enrolled in State Group Health Insurance to utilize the Well Wisconsin Program. This voluntary, no-cost-to-you program offers tools and resources to help you maintain or improve your current state of well-being and help lower your health risks and costs.
  • Mental Health and available Resources (PDF)
  • Well-being Webinars: To live well, it is important to take care of yourself – physically, emotionally, and financially. One of the ways you can do that is by increasing your knowledge about various aspects of your well-being.
  • Ranger Wellness
    • Wellness tools and resources for all employees.

UW System Employee Benefits
Contact

benefits@uwss.wisconsin.edu
Phone: 888-298-0141
Fax: 608-890-2327

660 W. Washington Ave
Ste 201
Madison, WI 53703

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