Wisconsin Administrative Code
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Chapter UWS 5 - Layoff And Termination For Reasons Of Financial Emergency
Section UWS 5.17 - Alternative employment

Each institution shall devote its best efforts to securing alternative appointments within the institution in positions for which faculty laid off under this chapter are qualified under existing criteria. In addition, the University of Wisconsin System shall provide financial assistance for one year for faculty who are designated for layoff to readapt within the department or within another department of the institution, where such readaptation is feasible. Further, the University of Wisconsin System shall devote its best efforts to insure that faculty members laid off or terminated in any institution shall be made aware of openings within the system.