Ensuring Summer Benefits charge correctly for Academic Faculty

This summer, Workday will enable WSU to charge Employer Benefits Package Contributions – BENEFITS PKG to the Worker Position Costing Allocation of benefits-eligible faculty members during pay periods wherein they receive no earnings.

For example, a faculty member with a 9 month appointment who is not receiving pay over the summer may now have their Employer Benefits Package Contributions – BENEFITS PKG charged to the Worker Position Costing Allocation effective for the given pay period.

In previous years, an EIB was required to avoid these benefits from being charged to the Default Organizational Assignment worktags. As a result of this new functionality, the EIB process will be retired.

This new functionality will only be enabled from May 16 to August 15, 2023, for faculty members in the Academic Pay Group. After this timeframe, the normal costing hierarchy will apply. View the Costing Allocation Hierarchy here.

For further information, please visit our FAQ page. We will also hold three Q&A Zoom sessions beginning March 20 to help answer any questions you may have. You may view available session times and register for a session in Percipio here.