Posted 8:21 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2022
When you engage in activities outside of your typical job duties as an employee of the UW System, it is important to avoid pursuits that could conflict with your public responsibilities to the UW System. All University of Wisconsin System employees are required to comply with the code of ethics applicable to their employment type.
Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Appointees with half-time appointments or more are required to report annually outside activities and interests related to their areas of professional responsibility and for which they receive remuneration by April 30 of each year following Chapter UWS 8. When it appears that a material conflict may arise between the personal interests of a Faculty, Academic Staff or Limited Appointee and their public responsibilities, the Faculty, Academic Staff or Limited Appointee shall notify their supervisor or other appropriate administrators by submitting a written statement describing the nature of the possible conflict.
Beginning on April 1, 2022, employees required to submit the Outside Activity Report (OAR) will receive an email from UW Shared Services or UW Service Operations to complete their OAR online through the MyUW portal. The OAR is due no later than April 30, 2022. Failure to return an OAR will result in ineligibility for Pay Plan.
Employees will receive the following emails:
- Notification to submit their OAR
- Notification when their form is submitted
- Notification when their form is approved
Employees and supervisors will receive a series of reminder emails if the form is not submitted or approved by the deadline, April 30, 2022. The reminder emails will be sent on April 15, April 21, and then again on April 30. The form will no longer be available after May 31, 2022.
Supervisors will be able to track the status of their employees' OAR submissions in the Supervisor Dashboard. Employees will be able to see the status of their OAR in the "Employee Data" Dashboard.
Additional Resources:
- Employee tip sheet on submitting the OAR (when available): https://uwservice.wisconsin.edu/docs/publications/outside_activity_reporting_tipsheet.pdf
- Tip sheet for approvers and viewing OAR: https://uwservice.wisconsin.edu/docs/publications/hr-review-oar.pdf
