New Assignment Type field coming in May

As announced during the March 2026 What’s New in Workday for HCM session, a new Assignment Type field will go into effect in late May 2026.

This new field helps identify individuals on temporary assignments, such as Administrative Faculty Assignment, Direct AP Hire, Interim Assignment, and Temporary Upgrade. The field may be viewed and updated on Staffing processes, such as Hire, Change Job, and Add Job, and will be visible on employee profiles.

When an individual is assigned to one of the Assignment Types above, an Assignment End Date becomes required. For fixed term employees, the Assignment End Date will lock and override the End Employment Date. When the Assignment ends, the Department HR Partner must ensure the End Employment Date is reset to the correct date.

Individuals known to be on a temporary assignment will be updated automatically when the update goes into effect. Department HR Partners are encouraged to review these employees and to notify the Modernization team via the Workday Support Desk is errors are found. To provide additional insight into Assignment Types, a new report, CR HCM Assignment Type, will be available to Department HR Partners. A new alert will also be created to remind HR Partners to update or remove the Assignment near the Assignment End Date.

Questions? Please reach out via the Workday Service Desk.