HR employee resources - Overloads for graduate and teaching assistants
This resource provides information on graduate and teaching assistants overload payments
You are viewing additional payment policies for graduate and teaching assistants. Use the following links for:
- Full Time UWL Faculty and Academic Staff
- Part-Time UWL Faculty and Academic Staff
- UW System Faculty and Academic Staff
- For new or former employees of UWL
- University Staff
- Graduate or Teaching Assistants
- Student Workers
Graduate and teaching assistants who have at least 33% FTE and have additional duties related to their assistantship and in the same department as their assistantship, can be paid using the overload and summer lump sum payment form.
Overload and summer payment form
Graduate and teaching assistants who are working for another department or have additional duties not related to their assistantship should be paid on the biweekly student payroll. In most cases, an hourly rate should be determined. In rare cases, a student lump sum payment can be made, with approval from HR.
Revision history:
Last reviewed was July 2020
Supporting tools:
- Overload and summer payment form: https://www.uwlax.edu/globalassets/offices-services/human-resources/overloadlumpform.pdf
- Inter-institutional overload form: https://www.wisconsin.edu/uw-policies/download/related_documents/312/Attachment-B.pdf
- Lump sum payment form: https://www.uwlax.edu/globalassets/offices-services/human-resources/lump-sum-payment-request-form.pdf
- Employee Action Form: https://www.uwlax.edu/globalassets/offices-services/human-resources/eaf.docx
Responsibilities:
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Links to related information:
- UW-La Crosse Overload Policy: https://www.uwlax.edu/globalassets/offices-services/human-resources/overloadpaymentsforfacultyacademicstaffpolicy.pdf
- UW-La Crosse Payroll Policies: https://kb.uwlax.edu/103691
- UW System Administrative Policy Overload Payments and Temporary Base Adjustments for Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Appointees: https://www.uwlax.edu/globalassets/offices-services/human-resources/overload-administrative-policy--final---4-25-14.pdf
- UW System Administrative Policy 230 Salary & Fringe Benefit Calculations: https://www.wisconsin.edu/uw-policies/uw-system-administrative-policies/salary-fringe-benefit-calculations/
- UW System Administrative Policy 324 Inter-Institutional Financial Transactions: https://www.wisconsin.edu/uw-policies/uw-system-administrative-policies/inter-institutional-financial-transactions/
- UW System Inter-Institutional Campus Contacts: https://www.wisconsin.edu/uw-policies/uw-system-administrative-policies/inter-institutional-financial-transactions/