Welcome to the HRS Project!

The University of Wisconsin System's Human Resource System, or HRS, is a new integrated system for all human resources, benefits and payroll operations across all University of Wisconsin campuses. HRS will streamline the hiring process, as well as the paying of employees by integrating them into one system.

HRS’s four main objectives are:

  • Systems Integration
  • Greater Customer Service
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Process Efficiency

The current UW payroll system has been in place since approximately 1975. The UW System relies on this increasingly outdated and inflexible system to manage the payroll and benefits for about 67,000 faculty, staff, and student workers from 26 UW campuses and 72 county UW-Extension offices. The same system is used to generate reports for the legislature and various agencies that expect accurate, timely information about our workforce. Because this antiquated system must be replaced, we are pressing forward with long-range plans to develop and install a new Human Resource System (HRS).

The HRS system is based on Oracle's PeopleSoft Human Capital Management suite. This modern system will help us standardize business practices, improve service to our employees, and ensure higher levels of data integrity in all our business practices and external reporting. It will consolidate hundreds of redundant campus systems into a single, reliable system, and provide employees with direct access to their own payroll and benefits information. The new system will also provide greater security for sensitive personal data such as social security numbers.