OWLS Newsletter
"Who Wants to Know?"
The Online Work/Leave System Support team issues a quarterly newsletter called, "Who Wants to Know?" This newsletter features timely and useful information on topics such as leave policies, updates and enhancements to OWLS, leave use and payout deadlines, and updated FAQs. The first edition was distributed by email to all OWLS administrators and timekeepers in December 2006.
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Past Newsletters
Issue 25 - December 2012
- Policy Spotlight - Attendance Incentive Program
- Suspended Operations and Inclement Weather
- Entering Notes
Issue 24 - September 2012
- Updates
- New End Record Reasons
- Shared Leave Restriction
- OWLS A to Z
Issue 23 - June 2012
- Deadline for Use or Payment of Accrued Compensatory Time
- Job Class Code Discrepancies
- Classified Staff Maximum Annual Leave Balance
- To Accept or Not to Accept – that is the question
- Mythbusters
Issue 22 - March 2012
- Suspended Operations Makeup Time Deadline
- Extending a Probationary or Trial Service Period
- Extension Examples for WFSE / SEIU 925 / SEIU 1199 / WSNA Contracts
- Chicken Soup for the Timekeeper
- Mythbusters
Issue 21 - December 2011
- Suspended Operations and Inclement Weather
- Holiday on Sunday
- Sick Leave Buy-Back
- Chicken Soup for the Timekeeper
- Mythbusters
Issue 20 - September 2011
- Separation Leave Update
- Job Class Code Discrepancies Part Two
- Chicken Soup for the Timekeeper
- Mythbusters
Issue 19 - June 2011
- Separation Leave Payments
- Update Your OWLS Records
- Review Twice, Audit Once
- Compensatory Time & Holiday Credit Deadline
- Leave Record Maintenance
- More Mythbusters
Issue 18 - March 2011
- Review Your PUC Work List
- Professional Staff Annual Leave Considerations
- Timekeepers on the Move
- FMLA and Holidays
- More Mythbusters
Issue 17 - December 2010
- Suspended Operations
- Holiday on a Saturday
- Sick Leave Buy-Back
- Changing Supervisor Designations
- Mythbusters
Issue 16 - September 2010
- Job Class Code Discrepancies
- 240 Rule Messaging
- Moving to OWLS from Another Leave Record System
- Mythbusters
Issue 15 - June 2010
- Job Class Code Mismatches
- Shared Leave Maximum
- Discretionary Leave
- Mythbusters
Issue 14 - March 2010
- Personal holiday eligibility change for Professional staff with service periods less than 12 months
- Annual Leave Accrual Month
- Noteworthy Notes
- PERMs and Printable Summaries
- Mythbusters
Issue 13 - December 2009
- Automatic name change updates
- Annual Attendance Incentive Program
- Faculty to Professional Staff Conversions
- Automatic vs. Manual Transactions in OWLS
- Mythbusters
Issue 12 - September 2009
- FMLA and Child care Emergencies
- UW Hire Date and Anniversary Date
- Mythbusters
Issue 11 - June 2009
- Layoff Actions and OWLS
- Keeping OPUS and OWLS Consistent
- Auditing for Separation
- Records Retention
Issue 10 - March 2009
- End Record Etiquette
- Work Schedules and Standard Work Hours for OT Exempt Employees
- The Personal Holiday
- Customer Service Survey
Issue 9 - December 2008
- What Happens to Sick and Annual Leave when a Record is Ended
- Entering Notes
Issue 8 - September 2008
- Military Leave Programming (What's Happening)
- Extending the Probationary Period (Policy Spotlight)
- Timesheet Entry Frequency
- Prior Service Credit
Issue 7 - June 2008
- System Enhancements and Programming (What's Happening)
- Roll-back of OWLS Records (When does OWLS Roll Back?)
- Name Changes
Issue 6 - March 2008
- Pay status prior to a holiday (Thanks!)
- Before Ending a Record (To avoid re-opening)
- Shared Leave (Policy Spotlight)
Issue 5 - December 2007
- Holiday pay eligibility (Policy Spotlight)
- Auditing OWLS records (Things to consider this quarter)
- Sick leave buy-back (Annual Attendance Incentive Program)
Issue 4 - September 2007
- Fixed Duration Appointments (Policy Spotlight)
- Yearly Summary
- UW NetID for email address
- Appointment Changes
Issue 3 - June 2007
- Excess Annual Leave (Policy Spotlight)
- Paying Comp Time & Holiday Credit
Issue 2 - March 2007
- Ending OWLS records
- Quick Schedule Fill & Searching a PUC (OWLS Tips)
- Cyclic year employees (Things to consider this quarter)
Issue 1 - December 2006
- Auditing OWLS records (Things to consider this quarter)
- Holidays on/off work schedule (Policy Spotlight)
