1. Full HRS Outage February 22 (12noon) through Sunday, February 26, 2017
New version Live Monday, February 27, 2017
The upgrade of HRS from PeopleSoft version 9.0 to version 9.2 will take place over the weekend of February 23rd-27th. An HRS outage is required to make the version upgrade. The target date to make HRS available again is Monday, February 27th (time TBD).
End-user access to HRS will be turned off at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22nd. This will include the HRS services for employees accessed through the My UWSystem portal, such as:
online Time Reporting
Absence Reporting
Benefits Self Service (‘e-Benefits’)
updates to Personal Information
access to electronic Earnings Statements, Tax Statements, Leave Statements
other online HR, Payroll and Benefits reports
No NetIDs will be able to be created during this time

2. Early Approvals Due to HRS Outage
Approvals are due by today (Monday, 02/20/2017) at 4:30pm
Due to HRS Outage

3. University Staff Legal Holiday Changes
For University Staff Only
Nonexempt and Exempt
Legal Holiday will be moving to Absence Management with HRS 9.2 upgrade. 
In new environment, the Timesheet will no longer be used to manage legal holidays.
You will not be able to enter or delete holidays from the timesheet
Legal holidays, including floating legal holidays, will be managed as a legal holiday absence take in Absence Management. 
Managing how to enter time when working on a legal holiday day will change
Instructional Guides will be updated and shared as quickly as possible

4. HRS Change Assistance
Self-Service and Approval guides will be updated
Student Employment Employing Unit Coordinator manuals will be updated as quickly as possible.
If want a feel for what the system may look like can watch videos or view tips sheets at UW System Webpage:
Login using NetID
Click on Learning Resources tab
Click on Time & Absence Tab
More instructions/update information will be provided after the upgrade

5. Questions