Posted 7:56 a.m. Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Effective in the next few weeks, UW System will move employees on the monthly payroll schedule to the biweekly payroll schedule. By now, hopefully you have reviewed your personal situation to prepare for this change. If you haven’t, it’s not too late!
Effective in the next few weeks, UW System will move employees on the monthly payroll schedule to the biweekly payroll schedule. By now, hopefully you have reviewed your personal situation to prepare for this change. If you haven’t, it’s not too late!
The first change employees will experience as part of the move to the biweekly payroll is receiving a partial monthly paycheck on July 30 for time worked July 1 – July 17. On August 12, employees will receive their first biweekly paycheck for time worked July 18 – July 31.
If you have not yet reviewed the resources available to you, you are strongly encouraged to do so now before the schedule changes occur.
The Single Payroll resources web page includes frequently asked questions, budget planning information, 2021 payroll schedules and other helpful resources.
- Update Contributions and Withholdings
With the biweekly paycheck schedule, you will receive 26 paychecks a year instead of 12. For certain contributions and withholdings (for example, TSA, WDC, tax withholding), with the payroll change your contributions and withholdings could be more than you intended (potentially doubled). To avoid having more deducted than you intended, review this resource to help you recalculate and take action to change the amount deducted from each paycheck.
- Pay Date Models
Pay Date Models allow you to enter your annual salary to calculate the gross earnings by pay date.
- Paycheck Estimator
This tool is designed to provide financial planning assistance associated with the schedule change.
- 2021 Payroll Schedules
This resource provides you with the new biweekly payroll schedule.
- Slides and videos from previously held Single Payroll Town Hall Meetings are available on the Single Payroll resources web page.
Questions? Please contact:
- UW System Support
Email support
(888) 298-0141 or (608) 262-0600
- UW-Madison Support
Email support
(608) 265-2257
