Human Resources

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the final rule for the overtime eligibility changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to remain "exempt", with an effective date of July 1, 2024.

This rule increases the minimum salary threshold to $844 per week or $44,047 annually. The annual salary is based on UWF's 26.1 pay periods. Because of the UWF pay periods, the effective date for this change at UWF will be June 23, 2024.

Please review the following documents, Compensable Hours of Work and FLSA FAQs. Training for impacted employees is being held on June 10, 2024 at 3:30 pm and June 13, 2024 at 10:00 am. Training for supervisors of impacted employees is being held on June 13, 2024 at 11:30 am.

All questions can be directed to Jamie Sprague, Associate Vice President Human Resources at jsprague@uwf.edu.

The upgrade of Employee Self-Service has been completed and is now available in MyUWF. You will continue to log into Self-Service through MyUWF using your UWF credentials. To access Employee Self-Service, you may now search for “Employee Dashboard” from within MyUWF. The Employee Dashboard will function as your portal for a number of UWF related tasks and displays your employee information in one, convenient place. You may also continue to use the “Timesheet” and “Leave Report” apps within MyUWF if you wish to go directly these portions of the Employee Dashboard.

Employee Self-Service is used to access your Timesheet or Leave Report to submit hours of work and/or leave taken. Users will notice an improved interface for easier navigation, new features to allow for quicker access to information, and streamlined processes.

Employees should refer to the Human Resources Time & Leave Reporting web page for additional information, as well as links to training materials.

Should you experience any issues or require assistance during the transition, please contact Nicole Zamary at 850.474.2608, Sheri Jernigan at 850.474.2884, or Christine Dillard at 850.474.2508.

Effective Sunday, July 7, 2024, the minimum wage for University of West Florida OPS Student employees will increase to $14.00 per hour and OPS Staff employees will increase to $15.00 per hour. All Graduate Assistant positions will increase to $15.50 per hour.

Federal Work Study employees are still under review and will be determined at a later date.

Human Resources will process pay increases for all hourly OPS Student and OPS Staff employees whose hourly wages are below that amount effective Sunday, July 7, 2024. Departments do not need to prepare Personnel Action Forms for these increases. A Report of Personnel Action documenting these increases will be forwarded to the affected departments after the change is processed. If you have questions, please contact Nicole Zamary at 850.474.2608 or Christine Dillard at 850.474.2508.

• Please be sure to review your office procedure for closing and securing offices.
• Instructions for leave reporting for each emergency closing will be posted to the Human Resources homepage.   
• Remember to bring your leave reports and timesheets up-to-date prior to your departure.
• Please print out a copy of the Insurance Contact Information details. 
• Be sure to print out a copy of the Workers' Compensation Report of Injury‌ Form. 
• You may want to bookmark the University Police and Environmental Health and Safety web pages.
• Remember that official information regarding the closing and reopening for University of West Florida employees is FM Radio 88.1 WUWF and the UWF Home Page.

Those who will be on the critical work team during the closing should confirm their contact information is up to date with their supervisor prior to departure and review the emergency Worker’s Compensation Injury reporting process for that period.

• Flexible Work Schedule Request Form
• Remote Work Request Form