Human Resources has identified opportunities to increase compliance and improve the experience for new hires and front-end users. This includes streamlining the onboarding experience and reducing the possibility for errors and delays to help ensure new hires have a great experience starting with their first day on the job. To achieve this, HR is adopting deadlines for hiring dates, effective July 1.
These deadlines are designed to support front-end users in planning for new hires while also giving HR and other departments sufficient time to process requests efficiently, so new hires are set up for success on day one. A few key items to note on these deadlines:
- Sunday is the hire date for all new hires.
- Benefit Eligible (BE) and salary positions (GA’s, lecturers, U4, Z4) will experience no change in their hire date — they will continue to have their hire date at the beginning of a pay period.
- Hourly Non-Benefit Eligible (NBE) employees (regular students RS, U3, Z3) can begin working in their respective departments on any day after the hire date.
- Onboarding must be fully completed by the close of business the Thursday before the hire date. This is to allow time for system access and email setup so the new employee has what they need when they start working. Please remember that new hires cannot begin work until they’ve completed onboarding and are officially marked as “Hired” in WuHire by HR.
The 2025 Offer and Onboarding Calendar, which has hire dates and respective deadlines, is also available on the WuHire Information Hub under the “Announcements” section. Please be aware that beginning July 1, offers that are sent to HR that do not adhere to these deadlines will be declined and sent back for correction to their respective departments. Please note that if an offer is declined due to missing the required deadlines, the candidate cannot begin work on the originally proposed start date. A new offer with an updated start date must be submitted and approved.
Thank you for supporting this important step toward creating a positive onboarding experience, long-term system compliance and hiring efficiency. We appreciate your partnership.