The UW System Furlough Guidelines
Glossary of Terms
Classified employee: An employee included in the classified service comprised of all positions not included in the unclassified service.
Exempt: A term categorizing an employee as not subject to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): As it relates to state employees, a federal law governing the minimum wage, compensation for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, child labor, and recordkeeping requirements. Although state law and/or collective bargaining agreements may establish higher standards, they cannot establish lower standards or waiver from federal provisions.
Nonexempt: A term categorizing an employee as subject to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
OSER: State of Wisconsin's Office of State Employment Relations
Pay adjustment: A general revision of pay rates. The adjustment may be either across-the-board or spot adjustments for increases in prevailing wage rates.
Pay status: The status of an employee when receiving payment for hours worked or paid leave. Pay status does not mean the status of an employee while on a leave of absence without pay, on layoff, serving a suspension without pay, or receiving income continuation or worker’s compensation benefits.
Unclassified: All state officers elected by the people, officers and employees appointed by the governor, the faculty, academic staff and limited appointees in the University of Wisconsin System, most division administrator positions, and justices of the Wisconsin supreme court.
For more terms, see OSER Glossary.