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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.05 - Consultation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In the event that a declaration of
			 financial emergency is contemplated, the chancellor of the affected institution
			 shall consult with and seek advice from the faculty committee provided for in
			 s.
			 UWS
			 5.04 at least 3months before the matter is taken to
			 the board. The chancellor and committee shall:
(a) Consider identifiable alternative methods
			 of budget reduction;
(b) Determine
			 whether reductions in faculty positions under the provisions of this chapter
			 can be made with less detriment to the institution's ability to fulfill its
			 mission than would follow from reasonable alternative courses of
			 action;
(c) Determine from which
			 colleges, schools, departments, or programs faculty positions should be
			 eliminated;
(d) Consult with
			 faculties of colleges, schools, departments and programs potentially involved;
			 and
(e) Consult with such other
			 individuals and groups as they feel may be able to provide valuable advice.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.06 - Recommendation to the system president and the board

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) If the
			 chancellor decides to recommend that the board declare a state of financial
			 emergency for the chancellor's institution, the recommendation to the system
			 president and the board shall be accompanied by a report which shall include
			 the following:
(a) A statement of the
			 procedures followed in arriving at the recommendation, showing compliance with
			 s.
			 UWS 5.05;
(b) Data clearly demonstrating the need for a
			 reduction of faculty positions in accord with the provisions of this
			 chapter;
(c) An identification of
			 the colleges, schools, departments or program areas in which reductions will be
			 made, with data indicating the appropriateness of such choices;
(d) The report of the faculty committee,
			 expressing its views on these matters; and
(e) A report of any action of the faculty
			 senate or institutional equivalent on this matter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.07 - Individual designations

Current through June 24, 2024
Once the board has declared a state of financial emergency it
				shall be the primary responsibility of the tenured members of the affected
				department(s) to recommend which individuals are to be laid off. These
				recommendations shall follow seniority, as provided in s.
				UWS 5.08, unless a
				clear and convincing case is made that program needs dictate other
				considerations, e.g., the need to maintain diversity of specializations within
				a department. The department may seek the advice of other groups or individuals
				in formulating its recommendations. The departmental recommendation shall be
				forwarded to the chancellor, and the chancellor shall prepare recommendations
				for the system president and the board, as provided in s.
				UWS
				5.14.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.08 - Seniority

Current through June 24, 2024
The faculty of each institution shall promptly after February
				1, 1975, determine the form of seniority that is to be considered. Such a
				determination shall be effective uniformly throughout the institution.
				Seniority may be, but is not limited to, the following definitions:
(1) Without regard to rank, with seniority
			 established by total years of service in the institution;
(2) By rank, and within rank according to
			 total years of service in the institution; or
(3) By rank, and within rank, according to
			 length of service in the institution at that rank.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.09 - Notification

Current through June 24, 2024
Each faculty member whose position is recommended for
				elimination shall receive prompt written notification from the chancellor. This
				statement of notification shall include:
(1) A summary of the reasons and evidence
			 supporting the declaration of a state of financial emergency and of the reasons
			 and data leading to the choice of the colleges, schools, departments or
			 programs in which reductions are to be made;
(2) A statement of the basis on which the
			 individual position was selected for elimination (if on the basis of seniority,
			 the criterion used and data supporting the choice; if on another basis, the
			 data and reasons supporting that choice);
(3) A statement of the date on which the
			 layoff is to be effective (this must be consistent with the provisions of s.
			 UWS 5.10 );
			 and
(4) A copy of these rules and
			 such other information or procedural regulations as the chancellor or faculty
			 hearing committee shall deem appropriate.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.10 - Notification period

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) For an academic year appointment the
			 effective date of layoff must coincide with the end of an academic year. For an
			 annual appointment it shall be June 30. In either case notification must be
			 given at least 12 months in advance of the effective date. The notification
			 referred to here is that specified in s.
			 UWS 5.09 informing
			 the faculty member that his or her position has been recommended for
			 elimination.
(2) During this
			 period, and prior to entering layoff status (see s.
			 UWS 5.16 ), the
			 chancellor may offer as appropriate, and the faculty member may accept:
(a) Terminal leave and early
			 retirement
(b) Relocation leave
			 accompanied by resignation
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.11 - Faculty hearing committee

Current through June 24, 2024
The faculty of each institution shall, promptly after February
				1, 1975, establish a committee or designate an existing committee to serve as a
				hearing committee for the purposes of this chapter. The committee shall consist
				of faculty members of the institution chosen by the faculty in a manner to be
				determined by the faculty. This standing faculty committee shall operate as the
				hearing agent for the board pursuant to s.
				227.46(4),
				Stats., and conduct the hearing, make a verbatim record of the hearing, prepare
				a summary of the evidence and transmit such record and summary along with its
				recommended findings of law and decision to the board according to s.
				UWS
				5.14
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.12 - Review hearing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A faculty member whose position is
			 recommended for elimination is entitled to a hearing before the faculty hearing
			 committee as to the appropriateness of the decision to lay off that particular
			 individual. The existence of a state of financial emergency and the designation
			 of the colleges, schools, departments or programs in which faculty positions
			 are to be eliminated are not subject to review in the hearing.
(2) A hearing must be requested within 20
			 days of the receipt by the faculty member of notification of recommended
			 layoff. The request shall state with particularity the grounds to be relied
			 upon in establishing the impropriety of the decision. Relevant information
			 supplementary to that contained in the notification statement may be requested.
			 The question to be considered in the review is whether one or more of the
			 following improper factors entered into the decision to lay off:
(a) Conduct, expressions, or beliefs on the
			 faculty member's part which are constitutionally protected, or protected by the
			 principles of academic freedom; or
(b) Factors proscribed by applicable state or
			 federal law regarding fair employment practices; or
(c) Improper selection of the individual to
			 be laid off. For the purposes of this section, "improper selection" occurs if
			 material prejudice resulted from any of the following:
1. The procedures required by rules of the
			 faculty or board were not followed; or
2. Available data bearing materially on the
			 role of the faculty member in the institution were not considered; or
3. Unfounded or arbitrary assumptions of fact
			 were made; or
4. Immaterial or
			 improper factors other than those specified above entered into the
			 decision.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.13 - Hearing procedure

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) If the faculty hearing committee
			 requests, the chancellor shall provide legal counsel to the committee. The
			 hearing shall be closed unless the faculty member whose position has been
			 recommended for elimination requests an open hearing, in which case it shall be
			 open (see subch. V of ch. 19, Stats., Open Meeting Law).
(2) The faculty hearing committee may, on
			 motion of either party, disqualify any one of its members for cause by a
			 majority vote. If one or more of the faculty hearing committee members
			 disqualify themselves or are disqualified, the remaining members may select a
			 number of other members of the faculty equal to the number who have been
			 disqualified to serve, except that alternative methods of replacement may be
			 specified in the rules and procedures adopted by the faculty establishing the
			 standing committee under s.
			 UWS
			 5.11. No faculty member who participated in the
			 decision to lay off or who is a material witness may sit in on the hearing
			 committee.
(3) The faculty member
			 shall be given at least 10 days notice of the hearing; such hearing shall be
			 held not later than 20 days after the request except that this time limit may
			 be extended by mutual consent of the parties or by order of the hearing
			 committee.
(4) The faculty member
			 shall have access to the evidence on which the administration intends to rely
			 to support the decision to lay off, and shall be guaranteed the following
			 minimal procedural safeguards at the hearing:
(a) A right to be heard in his or her own
			 behalf;
(b) A right to counsel
			 and/or other representatives, and to offer witnesses;
(c) A right to confront and cross-examine
			 adverse witnesses;
(d) A verbatim
			 record of the hearing, which might be a sound recording, provided at no
			 cost;
(e) Written findings of fact
			 and decision based on the hearing record; and
(f) Admissibility of evidence governed by s.
			 227.45(1) to
			 (4), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.14 - Recommendations and review by the board

Current through June 24, 2024
The recommendations of the chancellor and the recommendations,
				if any, of the faculty hearing committee, shall be transmitted to the president
				of the University of Wisconsin System and to the board and acted upon as
				follows:
(1) If the faculty member has
			 not requested a hearing before the faculty hearing committee, the
			 recommendation shall be deemed proper and shall be reported for information to
			 the system president and the board.
(2) If the faculty member has requested a
			 hearing and the faculty hearing committee has found the decision to be proper,
			 the report of the faculty hearing committee shall be forwarded to the system
			 president and board by the chancellor with a recommendation. The faculty member
			 may request a review by the board, and the board review panel may at its option
			 grant a review. Unless the board review panel grants the request for review,
			 the recommended findings of fact and decision of the standing faculty committee
			 shall be the final decision of the Board of Regents.
(3) If after a hearing, the faculty hearing
			 committee's recommended findings of fact and decision are that the initial
			 decision was improper, the chancellor shall review the matter and give careful
			 consideration to the committee's finding. If the chancellor accepts the
			 committee's findings the chancellor's decision shall be final. If the
			 chancellor contests the recommended findings that the decision was improper,
			 the verbatim record, a summary of the evidence and the recommended findings of
			 law and decision shall be forwarded to the board review panel (see s.
			 UWS 5.15 ). The
			 chancellor and the faculty member shall be furnished with copies of this
			 material and shall have a reasonable opportunity to file written exceptions to
			 such summary and proposed findings and decision and to argue with respect to
			 them orally and in writing before the board review panel. The board review
			 panel shall hear and decide the case in accordance with s.
			 227.46(4),
			 Stats. The decision of the board review panel shall be final.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.15 - Board review

Current through June 24, 2024
A review panel shall be appointed by the president of the
				Board of Regents, and shall include 3 members of the board, and 2 nonvoting
				staff members from the academic affairs office of the university system. The
				panel shall review the criteria and reasoning of the chancellor and the
				findings and recommendations of the faculty hearing committee in each case
				forwarded for its review, and shall reach a decision on the recommendation to
				be approved. The decision shall be final and binding upon the chancellor and
				the faculty member affected unless one or more of the regent members of the
				review panel request that the decision be reviewed by the full Board of
				Regents, in which case the record shall be reviewed and a decision reached by
				the full board.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.16 - Layoff status

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A faculty member whose position has been
			 eliminated or reduced in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall,
			 at the end of the appropriate notice period, be placed on layoff status, unless
			 the layoff notice has been rescinded prior to that time.
(2) The faculty member whose notice period
			 has expired, and who is placed on layoff status shall remain on layoff status
			 until:
(a) For probationary faculty, the
			 probationary appointment would have expired under its own terms;
(b) For tenured faculty, one of the following
			 occurs:
1. Reappointment to the position from
			 which laid off. Failure to accept such reappointment would terminate the
			 faculty member's association with the University of Wisconsin System.
2. Acceptance of an alternative continuing
			 position in the University of Wisconsin System. Failure to accept an alternate
			 appointment would not terminate the faculty member's association with the
			 University of Wisconsin System.
3.
			 Resignation.
4. Failure by the
			 affected faculty member to notify the chancellor not later than December 1, of
			 each year while on layoff status as to his/her location, employment status, and
			 desire to remain on layoff status. Failure to provide such notice of desire to
			 remain on layoff status shall terminate the faculty member's association with
			 the University of Wisconsin System.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.17 - Alternative employment

Current through June 24, 2024
Each institution shall devote its best efforts to securing
				alternative appointments within the institution in positions for which faculty
				laid off under this chapter are qualified under existing criteria. In addition,
				the University of Wisconsin System shall provide financial assistance for one
				year for faculty who are designated for layoff to readapt within the department
				or within another department of the institution, where such readaptation is
				feasible. Further, the University of Wisconsin System shall devote its best
				efforts to insure that faculty members laid off or terminated in any
				institution shall be made aware of openings within the
				system.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.18 - Reappointment rights

Current through June 24, 2024
Each institution shall establish administrative procedures and
				policies to insure that where layoff or terminations occur for reasons of
				financial emergency, no person may be employed at that institution within 3
				years to perform reasonably comparable duties to those of the faculty member
				laid off or terminated without first offering the laid off or terminated
				faculty member reappointment without loss of tenure, seniority and other
				rights. The 3 year period shall be computed from the effective date of layoff
				as specified in the original notice.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.19 - Retention of rank and salary

Current through June 24, 2024
Any faculty member reappointed within 3 years after layoff or
				termination shall be reappointed with a rank and salary at least equivalent to
				the rank and salary when laid off or terminated, together with such other
				rights and privileges which may have accrued at that time; any faculty member
				relocated within an institution or within the University of Wisconsin System
				shall not have either rank or salary adversely affected except by consent at
				the time of relocation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.20 - Rights of faculty members on layoff

Current through June 24, 2024
A faculty member on layoff status in accord with the provisions
				of this chapter has the reemployment rights guaranteed by ss.
				UWS 5.18 and
				5.19, and has the following minimal
				rights:
(1) Such participation in
			 fringe benefit programs as is allowed by state regulations governing rights of
			 laid off state employees;
(2) Such
			 continued use of campus facilities as is allowed by policies and procedures
			 established by the department and institution; and
(3) Such participation in departmental and
			 institutional activities as is allowed by guidelines established by the
			 department and institution.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.21 - Systemwide tenure

Current through June 24, 2024
The commitment to systemwide tenure within the former chapter
				37 institutions shall be honored by those institutions for those eligible under
				s.
				36.13(4),
				1973 Stats., in the event of layoff or termination under the provisions of this
				chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency › Section UWS 5.22 - Lack of faculty action

Current through June 24, 2024
If the faculty of an institution is given due notice of its
				rights and responsibilities under this chapter, and does not act, the
				chancellor may act as follows in lieu of the faculty action:
(1) If a faculty committee provided for in s.
			 UWS
			 5.04 is not established, the chancellor may consult
			 those members or representatives of the faculty he or she considers appropriate
			 to satisfy the intent of s.
			 UWS 5.05. All
			 departments potentially involved shall be consulted and representatives of the
			 faculty may dispute the chancellor's recommendation for a state of financial
			 emergency before the board.
(2) If
			 the faculty does not act to determine the form of seniority to be followed, the
			 chancellor may designate the form. Such designation shall be effective
			 campuswide and shall be made prior to the declaration by the board of a state
			 of financial emergency.
(3) If an
			 affected department or program does not recommend individuals for layoff or
			 termination following declaration of a state of financial emergency, the
			 chancellor shall determine the individuals to be affected, using such advice as
			 is deemed of value.
(4) If a
			 faculty hearing committee provided for in s.
			 UWS
			 5.11 is not established by the faculty, the chancellor
			 may appoint a committee of faculty members to provide this function.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 6 - Complaints And Grievances › Section UWS 6.01 - Complaints

Current through June 24, 2024
The faculty of each institution, with the approval of the
				chancellor, shall establish rules and procedures to deal with allegations by
				the administration, students, academic staff members, other faculty members,
				university staff members, or members of the public concerning conduct by a
				faculty member which violates university rules or policies, or which adversely
				affects the faculty member's performance of his/her obligation to the
				university but which allegations are not serious enough to warrant dismissal
				proceedings under ch. UWS 4. Such rules and procedures shall include, but not
				necessarily be limited to, the following:
(1) Review of and administrative action on
			 the complaint by the chancellor. Administrative action may include dismissing
			 the complaint, invoking an appropriate disciplinary action, or referring the
			 complaint to the standing faculty committee created under sub. (2).
(2) Provision for a hearing before a standing
			 faculty committee selected by the faculty of each institution in such manner as
			 they shall determine. Such hearing shall be held at the request of the
			 chancellor or, if the chancellor invokes a disciplinary action, at the request
			 of the faculty member concerned.
(3) Guarantee of adequate due process to
			 include, but not limited to, written notification of the complaint, fair and
			 complete hearing procedures, written statement of findings, transmittal of
			 findings to the faculty member involved and appropriate administrative
			 officials within a reasonable period of time, and prohibition of further
			 jeopardy for the same alleged misconduct after a final decision.
(4) Delineation of the powers of the faculty
			 committee to make recommendations to the chancellor concerning disciplinary
			 action, to recommend dismissal of the complaint, or to recommend referral of
			 the complaint to the appropriate department or administrative
			 officer.
(5) The decision by the
			 chancellor on the recommendations of the committee, or on the complaint in the
			 absence of committee recommendation, shall be final except that the board at
			 its option might grant a review on the record.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 6 - Complaints And Grievances › Section UWS 6.02 - Grievances

Current through June 24, 2024
The faculty of each institution shall designate a committee or
				other appropriate faculty body to hear faculty grievances under rules and
				procedures established by the faculty of the institution in conjunction with
				the chancellor. The committee or faculty body shall have the power to conduct
				hearings and fact-finding related to the grievance and to recommend solutions
				to the grievance to the chancellor. If the committee or other body makes
				recommendations to the chancellor, the chancellor shall act on the
				recommendations within 30 days. The decision by the chancellor on the
				recommendation of the committee, or on the grievance in the absence of
				committee recommendation, shall be final except that the board, upon petition
				of a grievant or the committee or other faculty body, may grant a review on the
				record.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 7 - Procedures For Faculty Dismissal In Special Cases › Section UWS 7.01 - Declaration of policy

Current through June 24, 2024
University faculty members are responsible for advancing the
				university's missions of teaching, research, and public service. The
				fulfillment of these missions requires public trust in the integrity of the
				institution and in all members of the university community. The university's
				effectiveness, credibility, and ability to maintain public trust are undermined
				by criminal activity that poses a substantial risk to the safety of others,
				that seriously impairs the university's ability to fulfill its missions, or
				that seriously impairs the faculty member's fitness or ability to fulfill the
				faculty member's duties. Situations involving such serious criminal misconduct
				by faculty members shall be addressed and resolved promptly to ensure that
				public trust is maintained, and that the university is able to advance its
				missions. The Board of Regents therefore adopts the procedures in this chapter
				for identifying and responding to those instances in which a faculty member has
				engaged in serious criminal misconduct.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 7 - Procedures For Faculty Dismissal In Special Cases › Section UWS 7.015 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1g) "Affected party" means any student,
			 employee, visitor, or an individual participating in a university program or
			 activity, who is a victim of a faculty member's serious criminal
			 misconduct.
(1m) "Clear and
			 convincing evidence" means information that would persuade a reasonable person
			 to have a firm belief that a proposition is more likely true than not true. It
			 is a higher standard of proof than "preponderance of the evidence."
(3) "Complaint" means an allegation against a
			 faculty member reported to an appropriate university official.
(4) "Consult" or "consulting" means
			 thoroughly reviewing and discussing the relevant facts and discretionary
			 issues.
(5) "Preponderance of the
			 evidence" means information that would persuade a reasonable person that a
			 proposition is more probably true than not. It is a lower standard of proof
			 than "clear and convincing evidence."
(6) "Serious criminal misconduct" is defined
			 in s.
			 UWS
			 7.02.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 7 - Procedures For Faculty Dismissal In Special Cases › Section UWS 7.02 - Serious criminal misconduct

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In this
			 chapter, "serious criminal misconduct" means:
(a) Pleading guilty or no contest to, or
			 being convicted of a felony, in state or federal court, where one or more of
			 the conditions in par. (b), (c), (d) or (e) are present, and the felony
			 involves any of the following:
1. Causing
			 serious physical injury to another person.
2. Creating a serious danger to the personal
			 safety of another person.
3. Sexual
			 assault.
4. Theft, fraud or
			 embezzlement.
5. Criminal damage to
			 property.
6. Stalking or
			 harassment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 7 - Procedures For Faculty Dismissal In Special Cases › Section UWS 7.03 - Dismissal for cause

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Any faculty member having tenure may be
			 dismissed only by the board and only for just cause and only after due notice
			 and hearing. Any faculty member having a probationary appointment may be
			 dismissed prior to the end of the term of appointment only by the board and
			 only for just cause and only after due notice and hearing.
(2) Just cause for dismissal includes, but is
			 not limited to, serious criminal misconduct, as defined in s.
			 UWS
			 7.02.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 7 - Procedures For Faculty Dismissal In Special Cases › Section UWS 7.04 - Reporting responsibility

Current through June 24, 2024
Any faculty member who is charged with, pleads guilty or no
				contest to, or is convicted of a felony of a type listed in s.
				UWS 7.02(1)
				(a), in state or federal court, shall
				immediately report that fact to the chancellor.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 7 - Procedures For Faculty Dismissal In Special Cases › Section UWS 7.05 - Expedited process

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Whenever the chancellor of an institution
			 within the University of Wisconsin System receives a report under s.
			 UWS 7.04
			 or other credible information that a faculty member has pleaded guilty or no
			 contest to, or has been convicted of a felony of a type listed in s.
			 UWS 7.02(1)
			 (a), in state or federal court, the
			 chancellor shall:
(a) Within 3 working days of
			 receipt of the report or information, inform the faculty member of its receipt
			 and, after consulting with appropriate institutional governance
			 representatives, appoint an investigator to investigate the report or
			 information and to advise the chancellor as to whether to proceed under this
			 section or ch. UWS 4. If the university knows the identity of an affected
			 party, the university shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the affected
			 party of the report or information at the same time as the faculty
			 member.
(b) Upon appointing an
			 investigator and notifying the faculty member, afford the faculty member 3
			 working days in which to request that the investigator be disqualified on
			 grounds of lack of impartiality or other cause. In the event that the
			 chancellor determines that a request for disqualification should be granted,
			 the chancellor shall, within 2 working days of the determination, appoint a
			 different investigator. The faculty member shall have the opportunity to
			 request that any second or subsequent investigators be disqualified on grounds
			 of lack of impartiality or other cause.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 7 - Procedures For Faculty Dismissal In Special Cases › Section UWS 7.06 - Temporary suspension without pay

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The chancellor, after consulting with
			 appropriate faculty governance representatives, may suspend a faculty member
			 from duties without pay pending the final decision as to the faculty member's
			 dismissal where:
(a) The faculty member has
			 been charged with a felony of a type listed in s.
			 UWS 7.02(1)
			 (a) and the chancellor, after following the
			 provisions of s.
			 UWS 7.05(1) through
			 (3), finds, in addition, that there is a
			 substantial likelihood 1) that one or more of the conditions listed in s.
			 UWS 7.02(1) (b)
			 through (e) are present, and 2) that the
			 faculty member has engaged in the conduct as alleged; or
(b) The faculty member is unable to report
			 for work due to incarceration, conditions of bail or similar cause;
			 or
(c) The faculty member has
			 pleaded guilty or no contest to or been convicted of a felony of a type listed
			 in s.
			 UWS 7.02(1)
			 (a) and one or more of the conditions listed
			 in s.
			 UWS 7.02(1) (b)
			 through (e) are present.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 8 - Unclassified Staff Code Of Ethics › Section UWS 8.01 - Declaration of policy

Current through June 24, 2024
In view of the special relationship of the University of
				Wisconsin System to the state and to affirm as public policy within the system
				certain common standards to prevent conflicts of interest, the board hereby
				adopts the following code of ethics for unclassified staff pursuant to ss.
				19.45(11)
				(b) and
				36.23,
				Stats.
(1) Every member of the
			 unclassified staff at the time of appointment makes a personal commitment to
			 professional honesty and integrity, to seek knowledge and to share that
			 knowledge freely with others. Such a commitment is essential for the university
			 to perform its proper function in our society and to ensure continued
			 confidence of the people of this state in the University of Wisconsin System
			 and its personnel. It is a violation of this commitment for unclassified staff
			 members to seek financial gain for themselves, their immediate families or
			 organizations with which they are associated through activities that conflict
			 with the interests of the University of Wisconsin System.
(2) The Board of Regents, as a matter of
			 policy, recognizes that:
(a) Members of the
			 unclassified staff have personal and economic interests in the decisions and
			 policies of national, state and local government.
(b) Members of the unclassified staff retain
			 their rights as citizens to interests of a personal or economic
			 nature.
(c) The code of ethics must
			 distinguish between those minor and inconsequential conflicts which are
			 unavoidable in a free society and those conflicts which are substantial and
			 material.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 8 - Unclassified Staff Code Of Ethics › Section UWS 8.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Academic staff" means professional and administrative personnel other than
			 faculty with duties, and subject to types of appointments, that are primarily
			 associated with higher education institutions or their
			 administration.
(2) "Anything of
			 value" means any money or property, favor, service, payment, advance,
			 forbearance, loan, or promise of future employment, but does not include:
(a) Any salary, expenses or other
			 compensation received by a member of the unclassified staff from the university
			 for his or her services;
(b) Any
			 compensation, honoraria or expenses derived from outside activities permitted
			 under this chapter;
(c) Political
			 contributions which are reported under ch. 11, Stats.; or
(d) Hospitality extended for a purpose
			 unrelated to university business.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 8 - Unclassified Staff Code Of Ethics › Section UWS 8.025 - Outside activities and interests; reports

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) OUTSIDE
			 ACTIVITIES. Members of the unclassified staff are free to engage in outside
			 activities, whether or not such activities are remunerative or related to staff
			 members' fields of academic interest or specialization. However, no member of
			 the unclassified staff may engage in an outside activity if it conflicts with
			 his or her public responsibilities to the University of Wisconsin System or the
			 institution at which the unclassified staff member is employed.
(2) REPORTABLE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES.
(a) The following outside activities must be
			 reported to a staff member's dean, director or other appropriate administrator:
1. Associations with organizations, as
			 defined in s.
			 UWS 8.02(3) and
			 (12), related to staff members' fields of
			 academic interest or specialization;
2. Private remunerative relationships between
			 staff members and non-governmental sponsors of university research for which
			 the staff member is a principal investigator; and
3. Remunerative outside activities in a staff
			 member's field of academic interest or specialization, including but not
			 limited to consulting, and whether the staff member earns for such activities
			 $5,000 or more in a year from a single source.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 8 - Unclassified Staff Code Of Ethics › Section UWS 8.03 - Standards of conduct

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PERSONAL GAIN FROM UNIVERSITY POSITION.
(a) No member of the unclassified staff may,
			 in a manner contrary to the interests of the University of Wisconsin System,
			 use or attempt to use his or her public position or state property, including
			 property leased by the state, to gain or attempt to gain anything of
			 substantial value for the private benefit of the staff member, his or her
			 immediate family or any organization with which the staff member is
			 associated.
(b) No member of the
			 unclassified staff may solicit or accept from any person or organization
			 anything of value pursuant to an express or implied understanding that his or
			 her conduct of university business would be influenced thereby.
(c) No member of the unclassified staff may
			 intentionally use or disclose confidential university information in any way
			 that could result in the receipt of anything of value for himself or herself,
			 for his or her immediate family or for any other person or organization with
			 which the staff member is associated.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 8 - Unclassified Staff Code Of Ethics › Section UWS 8.035 - Institutional ethics committee

Current through June 24, 2024
Each institution shall establish a committee, or designate an
				existing committee, whose function shall be to provide to any member of the
				unclassified staff consultation and advice on the application of this chapter.
				Committee deliberations and actions upon requests for consultation or advice
				shall be in meetings not open to the public. Records obtained in connection
				with requests for consultation or advice shall be considered confidential
				university information. However, summaries of advice provided by institutional
				ethics committees, which do not disclose the identities of persons requesting
				such advice, shall be made public in an annual report.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 8 - Unclassified Staff Code Of Ethics › Section UWS 8.04 - Action to avoid possible conflict

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) When it appears
			 that a material conflict may arise between the personal interests of a staff
			 member and his or her public responsibilities to the university, the staff
			 member shall notify his or her dean, director, or other appropriate
			 administrator by submitting a written statement describing the nature of the
			 possible conflict.
(2) Within 15
			 days after receipt of the statement, the dean, director or other appropriate
			 administrator shall advise the staff member in writing that:
(a) There is no conflict prohibited by this
			 chapter and the staff member may proceed; or
(b) There may be a conflict and further
			 consultation is necessary prior to reaching a determination; or
(c) There is a conflict which must be
			 resolved in one of the following ways:
1. The
			 staff member shall not proceed with his or her university duties which result
			 in the conflict, so long as the conflict remains; or
2. The staff member shall not proceed with
			 his or her personal interests which result in the conflict, so long as the
			 conflict remains.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 8 - Unclassified Staff Code Of Ethics › Section UWS 8.05 - Sanctions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Any person may file a written complaint
			 charging a violation of this chapter. The complaint shall state the name of the
			 member of the unclassified staff alleged to have committed a violation and
			 describe the violation.
(2) A
			 complaint involving a member of the unclassified staff serving within system
			 administration shall be submitted to the president for investigation and
			 disposition in accordance with system administration policies and procedures
			 adopted pursuant to ch. UWS 11 or s.
			 UWS 13.01, as
			 appropriate.
(3) A complaint
			 involving a member of the faculty or the academic staff serving at an
			 institution of the University of Wisconsin System shall be submitted to the
			 appropriate chancellor.
(a) Where the
			 complaint is against a faculty member, the chancellor shall proceed under the
			 policies and procedures adopted by his or her institution pursuant to ch. UWS 4
			 or s.
			 UWS 6.01, as
			 appropriate.
(b) Where the
			 complaint is against a member of the academic staff, the chancellor shall
			 proceed under the policies and procedures the institution has adopted pursuant
			 to ch. UWS 11 or s.
			 UWS 13.01, as
			 appropriate.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 8 - Unclassified Staff Code Of Ethics › Section UWS 8.06 - Reports

Current through June 24, 2024
The president, vice presidents, chancellors, and all
				contracting personnel shall annually, on or before April 30, file a statement
				of economic interest with the secretary. The statements shall be filed on a
				form provided by the secretary, and shall be considered matters of public
				record. The statements shall contain the information required by s.
				19.44,
				Stats.
This section makes public the statements of economic interest
				  filed with the secretary of the board by the president, vice presidents,
				  chancellors and all contracting personnel. It specifies that the statement is
				  to contain the information specified in s.
				  19.44, Stats.,
				  which sets forth the form of the statement of economic interests filed by
				  public officials governed by the state ethics code.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 9 - Academic staff rules: coverage and delegation › Section UWS 9.01 - Coverage

Current through June 24, 2024
The rules of chs.
				UWS
				8 to
				13, and the policies and
				procedures developed by particular institutions or system administration
				thereunder, apply to all academic staff appointments within each institution or
				within the system administration. In chs.
				UWS
				8 through
				13, where appropriate, "president"
				may be substituted for "chancellor" and "system administration" for
				"institution."
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 9 - Academic staff rules: coverage and delegation › Section UWS 9.02 - Delegation

Current through June 24, 2024
Each chancellor shall provide for the establishment of a
				committee to advise the administration on policies and procedures for academic
				staff adopted by the institution pursuant to chs.
				UWS
				8 to
				13. At least a majority of the
				members of this committee shall be members of the academic staff elected by
				members of the academic staff. Members of the committee shall select the
				chairperson thereof. Institutions which now have persons with faculty rank
				holding positions which will become academic staff positions under the
				definitions of faculty and academic staff provided in ch. 36, Stats., may
				designate such persons as academic staff for purposes of eligibility to
				participate in the election of members of the committee chosen in this way, and
				eligibility for election to the committee. Wherever each institution is charged
				in chs.
				UWS
				8 to
				13 with adopting policies and/or
				procedures, the chancellor shall develop these policies and procedures in
				consultation with the committee and, as appropriate, members of the faculty and
				student body. Policies and procedures developed by each institution for
				administering the elements of the academic staff personnel policies addressed
				by these rules shall be in full force and effect when finally approved by the
				chancellor and forwarded to the board. The board may undertake a review of any
				or all portions of such policies and procedures but shall complete such review
				within 90 days of the receipt of the policies and procedures. Should the board
				within 90 days return to the institution any portion or portions of its
				policies and procedures as disapproved, that portion or portions shall be
				suspended until reconsideration and resubmission has taken
				place.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 10 - Academic staff appointments › Section UWS 10.01 - Types of appointments

Current through June 24, 2024
Academic staff appointments may be fixed term, probationary, or
				indefinite. Several probationary academic staff appointments may precede the
				granting of an indefinite appointment. Each institution shall develop
				guidelines concerning the categories of academic staff positions that may be
				appropriately designated as fixed term, probationary, or indefinite
				appointments. Appointments may be made in the central administration, an
				institution, college, department (or its functional equivalent), or a specified
				research or program unit. An appointment shall be limited to an operational
				area specified at the time of the appointment and shall not carry rights beyond
				that limitation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System › Chapter UWS 10 - Academic staff appointments › Section UWS 10.02 - Recruitment and letter of appointment

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each
			 institution shall develop procedures relating to recruitment of members of the
			 academic staff. The procedures shall be consistent with board policy and state
			 and federal laws with respect to nondiscriminatory and affirmative action
			 recruitment. The procedures shall allow maximum flexibility at the department,
			 school, and college levels to meet particular needs.
(2) The terms and conditions of the
			 appointment shall be specified in a written letter of appointment. The
			 appointment letter shall be signed by an authorized official of the institution
			 and should contain details as to the terms and conditions of the appointment,
			 including but not limited to type of appointment (fixed term, probationary or
			 indefinite), duration of the appointment (starting date, ending date), salary,
			 general position responsibilities, definition of operational area, the length
			 of the probationary period (if appropriate) and recognition of prior service as
			 part of the probationary period (if appropriate). Accompanying this letter
			 shall be an attachment detailing institutional and system regulations, rules,
			 and procedures relating to academic staff appointments. If the appointment is
			 subject to the approval of the board, a statement to this effect must be
			 included in the letter. An amended letter of appointment should be sent in
			 situations where a significant change in position responsibility
			 occurs.