AccuSourceHR is a PBSA-accredited employment screening organization, with fast, affordable, technology-driven solutions and award-winning US-based client care. Their diverse, tenured team includes subject matter experts in education and highly regulated, compliance-driven industries. Screening requests are easily managed through their mobile-friendly, intuitive platform and candidate app, capable of integration with more than 40 ATS and HCM software systems through their modern RESTful API.

AccuSourceHR proudly partners with WAICU to offer a comprehensive suite of US-based and international background and drug screening services to members at special program pricing. Members also enjoy bi-annual live compliance updates hosted by AccuSourceHR’s Compliance Director and In-house Counsel, access to a wide library of compliance resources and dedicated support from AccuSourceHR’s WAICU program manager.

Recruiting top talent is hard. AccuSourceHR makes it easier by supporting customizable program solutions to meet institution-specific screening and risk mitigation goals. Contact them today to learn more.

AccuSourceHR Contact

To contact WAICU about the program, email collaboration.info@waicu.org.

ApplicantPro helps organizations source, screen, and hire qualified applicants. They provide easy-to-use HR software solutions from Applicant Tracking to Onboarding that will effectively streamline the entire hiring process!

It’s everything you & your hiring managers will need, plus more…

• Access to over 5,000 job boards
• Dedicated hiring assistant
• Job board apply integrations
• Automated candidate screening
• Integrated AI tools
• High-converting mobile applications
• Unlimited user access
• Applicant email + texting inbox
• FREE automated job posting
• Powerful product integrations
• PLUS, so much more!

All with NO long-term contract!

To contact a Hiring Expert at ApplicantPro, reach out to danna@applicantpro.com or schedule a call: https://meetings.hubspot.com/danna

To contact WAICU about the program, email collaboration.info@waicu.org

TCWGlobal is Your All-in-One Partner for Handling Employment Needs! 

 As an employer-of-record (EOR), TCWGlobal takes care of all the legal complexities that come with hiring—like managing payroll, taxes, benefits, and ensuring compliance with labor laws. Plus, as an approved WAICU service provider, TCWGlobal offers the best rates and deals for WAICU colleges and universities, ensuring exceptional value. 

 For colleges and universities, an EOR simplifies much more than just hiring; it takes the headache out of managing payroll, benefits, and legal compliance, allowing your institution to focus on what really matters—providing quality education. Here’s how we can help: 

 Expanding Your Adjunct Faculty Pool 

With the growth of online learning, you’re no longer limited to local talent. TCWGlobal enables you to hire adjunct faculty from across the country, broadening your course offerings and attracting specialized experts. Whether it’s a cybersecurity pro from California or a local expert in Wisconsin, TCWGlobal handles everything from employment contracts to staying compliant with state regulations, making the process smooth and worry-free. 

 Streamlining Payroll and Benefits 

Managing payroll and benefits for a diverse staff can be challenging. TCWGlobal ensures that every paycheck is accurate and timely, and that all benefits are administered in full compliance with regulations. From health insurance to retirement plans, the EOR takes care of the details so you can focus on supporting your staff. 

 Navigating the National Patchwork of Labor Laws 

Every state, including Wisconsin, has its own set of labor laws, which can be tricky to navigate, especially when employing staff across state lines. TCWGlobal’s deep expertise in state-specific regulations keeps your institution compliant and protected from legal risks, so you can operate with confidence. 

 Enhancing Legal Protections 

Employment disputes, benefits issues, and compliance concerns can quickly become legal nightmares. TCWGlobal provides strong legal protections by ensuring all employment practices meet state and federal standards, safeguarding your institution from costly legal challenges. 

 Supporting a Diverse Workforce 

Colleges and universities often employ a mix of full-time, part-time, and temporary staff, each with unique benefits needs. TCWGlobal’s EOR services make it easy to manage these benefits, ensuring everyone gets the coverage they deserve while complying with Wisconsin regulations. 

TCWGlobal contact
Sean Simkins
sean.simkins@tcwglobal.com
tcwglobal.com/welcome-waicu

AccuSourceHR is a PBSA-accredited employment screening organization, with fast, affordable, technology-driven solutions and award-winning US-based client care. Their diverse, tenured team includes subject matter experts in education and highly regulated, compliance-driven industries. Screening requests are easily managed through their mobile-friendly, intuitive platform and candidate app, capable of integration with more than 40 ATS and HCM software systems through their modern RESTful API.

AccuSourceHR proudly partners with WAICU to offer a comprehensive suite of US-based and international background and drug screening services to members at special program pricing. Members also enjoy bi-annual live compliance updates hosted by AccuSourceHR’s Compliance Director and In-house Counsel, access to a wide library of compliance resources and dedicated support from AccuSourceHR’s WAICU program manager.

Recruiting top talent is hard. AccuSourceHR makes it easier by supporting customizable program solutions to meet institution-specific screening and risk mitigation goals. Contact them today to learn more.

AccuSourceHR Contact

To contact WAICU about the program, email collaboration.info@waicu.org.

WAICU partners with Husch Blackwell to provide compliance auditing for members at three levels of participation, as well as discounted rates for other legal services.

For more than a century, Husch Blackwell has been committed to the advancement of knowledge. Their Education law team has built a reputation as a leader in representing public and private institutions at all levels of learning, from preschool through graduate and professional education.

Husch Blackwell advises clients on civil rights issues, technology, employment, land use transactions, student affairs, and myriad other issues. Based on their thorough understanding of each institution’s unique culture and operations, they recommend actions that advance each client’s goals. Husch Blackwell also serve as primary outside counsel and first point of legal contact to many educational institutions.

Husch Blackwell also represents more than 250 higher education institutions, providing compliance, operations, and litigation legal services. Their team includes former in-house counsel at educational institutions, major corporations, and government agencies, such as the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice. They regularly advise colleges and universities on student affairs, collegiate athletics and NCAA compliance, Title IX, Title IV, labor and employment matters, and corporate transactions.

WAICU has sponsored a members-only Group Life and Disability Insurance Program since 1993.  The premium rates are based on the Program’s claims experience, which has been very favorable.  As a result, there have been five rate decreases over the past 31 years, with no rate increases.

Members can tailor any or all of the group life, voluntary life, short term disability and long term disability insurance benefits to meet the needs of each WAICU member and their employees.  Because of the Program’s collective purchasing power, there are benefits automatically included that are not likely to be available outside of the WAICU Program.  Examples include:

• Maximum monthly group long term disability protection up to $18,233/month
• Group life waiver of premium if an employee is disabled prior to age 67, rather than the usual maximum eligibility of age 60
• Guaranteed issue voluntary life benefits of $150,000 per employee, and $30,000 per spouse, with no minimum participation requirements

Standard Insurance Company also includes excellent ancillary benefits, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for the benefit-eligible employees of WAICU members who provide group long term disability insurance, as part of their high quality coverage for all participating WAICU members.

Program Contacts

Martin Pepe
Martin.Pepe@m3ins.com
(262) 524-4184

To contact WAICU about the program, email collaboration.info@waicu.org.

WAICU partners with The Coalition for College Cost Savings to utilize several of their cost-saving collaborative programs. The Long Term Care Insurance program is one of those affiliate programs.

AffinityLTC, The Coalition’s endorsed broker, has specialized in providing Long Term Care insurance solutions to private, non-profit, higher education for over 15 years. AffinityLTC first partnered with The Coalition in 2008 to offer John Hancock and then Genworth group LTCi products with unique benefits and limited underwriting to higher education clients and their families.

The Coalition is pleased to announce that AffinityLTC has a new group LTC offering available to Coalition members. This program is available to WAICU members due to WAICU’s membership in the Coalition.

Features include:

• Allstate Benefits: A+ rated carrier.
• Utilizes Life Insurance with a LTC rider which eliminates the “use it or lose it” drawback of a traditional LTC product.
• Completely voluntary program for employees ages 18-80. Full-time and part-time/adjuncts working 20+ hours per week are eligible.
• True Guarantee Issue with benefit up to $175,000 for employees ages 18-70. (Simplified Issue for ages 71-80).
• Can be set up as direct billing or payroll deduction.
• Easy turnkey enrollment – driven towards online employee assisted enrollment – no agent pressure.

AffinityLTC contact: For more information or to see what this would look like for your employees contact Amy Ewbank at amy@affinityltc.com or Julie Clevenger at julie@affinityltc.com

To contact WAICU about the program, email collaboration.info@waicu.org.

Strengthen your safety, well-being, and inclusion initiatives with high-impact training and higher education software solutions for students, faculty, and staff. Over 2000 colleges and universities trust Vector Solutions to empower faculty, staff, and students with relevant content and valuable strategies embedded in courses specifically designed for higher education. Spend less time on tedious administrative tasks thanks to intuitive features, such as analytics and reporting, customizations, and more!

Specializing in Title IX training, Catharsis Productions delivers truly engaging and interactive interpersonal violence prevention content that responds to each learner’s input in a conversational way, making each learner’s online experience unique. Catharsis programs are overwhelmingly preferred by students, faculty, and staff when asked to compare them to others. Catharsis trainings meet the VAWA/Clery/Title IX education requirements by addressing consent, bystander intervention, healthy relationships, sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking. Catharsis provides easily accessible personalized client service and offers all the technical capabilities of much larger companies. 

• Best Practice: This partnership among institutions promotes the exchange of best practices in compliance and risk management, keeping members informed about the ever-changing landscape of educational risks.
• Savings: Leveraging scale and expert advice, the group premium has reached a level that enables the distribution of dividends for workers’ compensation coverage, in addition to the premium savings already realized.
• Administrative and Strategic Support: Our members typically wear many hats, relying on the WAICU Property & Casualty Insurance Program to support their everyday needs. Keeping Audit Committees and Boards apprised of evolving risks and market conditions has been a key differentiator in our partnership.
• Dedicated Claims Advocacy: Our members benefit from dedicated claims advocacy services, particularly in navigating property damage issues arising from convective storms, frozen burst pipes, and water damage. Furthermore, we provide access to specialized claims resources, including expertise in concussion litigation for athletics dating back to 1952, as well as forensic accounting consulting services to support crime claims. This ensures that perpetrators are brought to justice, and reimbursement is coordinated through our crime insurance coverage.

Marsh Contact
Frank D Cella, Managing Director
National Leader, Education Consortia Practice
frank.d.cella@marsh.com
(847) 644-5143

To contact WAICU about the program, email collaboration.info@waicu.org.

Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor. With more than 45,000 colleagues advising clients in over 130 countries, Marsh serves commercial and individual clients with data-driven risk solutions and advisory services. Marsh is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue of $23 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. For more information, visit marsh.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Core Education, a public benefit corporation, is WAICU’s exclusive partner for business model transformation and a long-term, mission-critical operating partner of colleges and universities. The Core-WAICU agreement allows WAICU-member institutions to enhance their business models through a unique operating partnership designed to leverage economies of scale to improve revenue, technology, and operating effectiveness. Core has established a market-leading platform of transformative business model solutions, including revenue growth and diversification, digital campus transformation, managed technology services, workflow optimization, institutional research, financial planning and modeling, and capital strategies.

Specializing in Title IX training, Catharsis Productions delivers truly engaging and interactive interpersonal violence prevention content that responds to each learner’s input in a conversational way, making each learner’s online experience unique. Catharsis programs are overwhelmingly preferred by students, faculty, and staff when asked to compare them to others. Catharsis trainings meet the VAWA/Clery/Title IX education requirements by addressing consent, bystander intervention, healthy relationships, sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking. Catharsis provides easily accessible personalized client service and offers all the technical capabilities of much larger companies. 

Grand River solutions provides a wide range of products and services to further an equitable culture of trust, respect, and belonging. They are a community of experts from education, law, technology, and business brought together by the shared belief that all students and employees, from every level and size institution, deserve equal access to their learning and working environments, free from harassment and discrimination.

Grand River Solutions uniquely supports each community in developing systematic change that not only meets compliance requirements but also creates a sustainable framework for mutual respect. Their in-the-field practitioners specialize across the spectrum from building systems and capabilities to comprehensive response and resolution services that effectively address your gender, equity, and Clery Act goals.

Ballast is a team of professionals with real-world experience at colleges and universities providing Title IX training, investigations, adjudications, interim role-filling and related services to WAICU members. Ballast partners with educational institutions by providing Title IX solutions in a collaborative, customizable, and practical manner. Ballast recognizes that each school is unique, and tailors its services to fit specific campus needs while honoring institutional knowledge and values.

WAICU partners with Husch Blackwell to provide compliance auditing for members at three levels of participation, as well as discounted rates for other legal services.

For more than a century, Husch Blackwell has been committed to the advancement of knowledge. Their Education law team has built a reputation as a leader in representing public and private institutions at all levels of learning, from preschool through graduate and professional education.

Husch Blackwell advises clients on civil rights issues, technology, employment, land use transactions, student affairs, and myriad other issues. Based on their thorough understanding of each institution’s unique culture and operations, they recommend actions that advance each client’s goals. Husch Blackwell also serve as primary outside counsel and first point of legal contact to many educational institutions.

Husch Blackwell also represents more than 250 higher education institutions, providing compliance, operations, and litigation legal services. Their team includes former in-house counsel at educational institutions, major corporations, and government agencies, such as the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice. They regularly advise colleges and universities on student affairs, collegiate athletics and NCAA compliance, Title IX, Title IV, labor and employment matters, and corporate transactions.

Strengthen your safety, well-being, and inclusion initiatives with high-impact training and higher education software solutions for students, faculty, and staff. Over 2000 colleges and universities trust Vector Solutions to empower faculty, staff, and students with relevant content and valuable strategies embedded in courses specifically designed for higher education. Spend less time on tedious administrative tasks thanks to intuitive features, such as analytics and reporting, customizations, and more!

The WAICU Retirement Readiness Plan (WRRP) was established by WAICU members in 2018. WAICU institutions can offer employees better retirement options and reduce institutional risk associated with sponsoring their own plans. By merging into the Collaboration, WAICU institutions access higher quality services, lower fees, and administrative support typically only available to much larger plans.

Collaboration Vendors and Partners

• WAICU – Plan Administrator, Plan Sponsor, and Management Services
• Transamerica – Recordkeeper, Custodian of Assets, and Participant Communication & Education
• Advanced Capital Group – Investment Advisor & Manager

Benefits of Merging

• Reduce
  • Fees paid by participants
  • Fiduciary liability – no longer sponsor a plan
  • Administrative burden
• Increase
  • Quality of services and support
  • Employee education
  • Collaborative peer support
  • Transparency in fees and funds – open architecture
• Continue
  • One-on-one participant retirement consultation
  • Flexibility in employer plan decisions
  • Church plan status if applicable

WRRP Contact
Jennifer deHart
WAICU Chief Operating Officer
jennifer.dehart@waicu.org
(608) 204-5226

To contact WAICU about the program, email collaboration.info@waicu.org