Most University of Wisconsin System leaders should continue to receive backup jobs, a controversial perk in which administrators get lower-level jobs if they are fired, UW System President Kevin Reilly said Friday.
Republican lawmakers have called for the UW System to get rid of the perk, saying the university should not reward failed administrators with other campus jobs. UW System officials insist backup jobs are needed to recruit out-of-state talent, offering job security to employees who could be fired at will by chancellors.