{"id":2912,"date":"2026-02-02T16:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=2912"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:23:34","slug":"rights-of-academic-staff-members-on-layoff","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/rights-of-academic-staff-members-on-layoff\/","title":{"rendered":"110.16 &#8211; Rights of Academic Staff Members on Layoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>Laid off academic staff members have rights as defined in UWS 12.11. These rights include the same privileges accorded an employed academic staff member concerning the use of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee facilities and office space if available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-2655\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/\">Chapter 110 \u2013 Layoff of Academic Staff for Reasons of Budget or Program<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/general\/\">110.01 \u2013 General<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/time-limitations\/\">110.02 \u2013 Time Limitations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/definition\/\">110.03 \u2013 Definition<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/seniority-policy-for-layoff-decisions\/\">110.04 \u2013 Seniority Policy for Layoff Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/order-of-layoffs-for-academic-staff-members-with-fixed-term-probationary-and-indefinite-appointments\/\">110.05 \u2013 Order of Layoffs for Academic Staff Members with Fixed-term, Probationary, and Indefinite Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/review-and-hearing-for-layoff-decisions-indefinite-probationary-and-fixed-term-academic-staff-appointments\/\">110.06 \u2013 Review and Hearing for Layoff Decisions-Indefinite, Probationary and Fixed Term Academic Staff Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/hearing-body\/\">110.07 \u2013 Hearing Body<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/legal-counsel\/\">110.08 \u2013 Legal Counsel<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/hearing-for-indefinite-academic-staff-appointments\/\">110.09 \u2013 Hearing for Indefinite Academic Staff Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/hearing-for-probationary-and-fixed-term-academic-staff-appointments\/\">110.10 \u2013 Hearing for Probationary and Fixed-term Academic Staff Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/recommendations\/\">110.11 \u2013 Recommendations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/layoff-conditions\/\">110.12 \u2013 Layoff Conditions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/alternative-employment-and-financial-assistance\/\">110.13 \u2013 Alternative Employment and Financial Assistance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/reappointment-rights\/\">110.14 \u2013 Reappointment Rights<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/retention-of-salary\/\">110.15 \u2013 Retention of Salary<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/layoff-of-academic-staff-for-reasons-of-budget-or-program\/rights-of-academic-staff-members-on-layoff\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">110.16 \u2013 Rights of Academic Staff Members on Layoff<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":2870,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2912","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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