Furlough day set for UW-Madison on May 21

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will close on Friday, May 21 as a mandated furlough day for most of its employees.

The unpaid furlough day is one of 16 required of state employees during the 2009-11 budget cycle. In each budget year, university employees must take eight furlough days, four of which are designated campuswide with the remaining four being selected based on employee preference.

This is the fourth scheduled campuswide furlough day of this academic year.  The dates for all designated furlough days were chosen to avoid interfering with any instruction and to minimize disruption for the university community.

On these days, the campus will be closed for all but essential services. Exceptions will be made for critical services in such areas as patient care, police, power plant, housing and animal care. For more information on furloughs, visit this Web site.

During the 2010-11 academic year, these are the designated campuswide furlough days:  Friday, Nov. 26; Thursday, Dec. 30; Friday, March 18, 2011, and Friday, May 20, 2011.