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Enhanced spend authorization process for employees with multiple positions

Beginning March 11, a new functionality enables you to link spend authorizations with specific positions for workers who hold multiple positions. During the March Feature Release, Workday will enhance routing for expense transactions, now enabling you to associate spend authorizations with specific positions when workers hold multiple positions. Spend authorizations will be routed for approval […]

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Find tasks faster using new search capabilities in My Tasks

The upcoming Feature Release will improve My Tasks, formerly the Workday Inbox, by enhancing search capabilities. These enhancements to search will help users more easily access important, frequently used tasks. Beginning March 11, a new Advanced Search feature enables users to search for tasks using additional parameters, making it easier to find specific tasks. Users […]

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March Feature Release: What to expect

Workday issues two major updates, called “Feature Releases,” per year. The first Feature Release of 2023, also called “R1,” takes place March 10-11. During a Feature Release, Workday implements a series of system updates, improvements, and new features. While hundreds of new features and enhancements are available during a Release, we work to identify and […]

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Issue Resolved: Search for employees by Employee ID

Known Issue: Ability to search for an employee by their Employee ID was temporarily unavailable this morning. Time to Resolution: Resolved. Details: Workday pushed a Domain Update for the search by Employee ID functionality. During the update, searching for an employee by Employee ID from the main search box was temporarily unavailable. The update is […]

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Access training directly from Workday via Global Navigation

Employees may now access the training they need quickly and efficiently directly from Workday. We’ve added links to the following training and resources pages to the Global Navigation menu: Workday Essentials for Employees Workday Essentials for Managers Workday for Faculty Workday for Finance Workday for Human Resources Workday for Payroll Reporting in Workday To access […]

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Workday Tips & Tricks: Review Timely Suggestions

The Workday home page uses the Timely Suggestions section to help remind employees of upcoming events and items personal to them. Be sure to review the Timely Suggestions section to keep up to date on items important to you. Timely Suggestions, located beneath the Awaiting Your Action section on the home page, displays cards unique […]

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HRS performing mass time submission February 13, 2023

HRS will complete a Mass Submit process today, Monday, February 13, to capture remaining time that was not submitted during the initial event on Friday, February 10. Following this Mass Submit event, all time from the past 60 days with a status of Not Submitted, Denied, or Sent Back will be submitted. You can learn […]

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Issue Resolved: AP and faculty MSI notification letters for 9/1/22

Known Issue: The delayed distribution of notifications to employees and managers regarding a Mass Salary Increase (MSI) for AP and faculty dated September 1, 2022, caused confusion. Time to Resolution: Resolved. Details: Earlier this week, employees and supervisors received an email from hrs.workday@wsu.edu regarding salary increases effective September 1, 2022. The emails included a PDF […]

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Fair Chance Act changes background check process during hiring

Effective February 8, 2023, HR Partners will be prompted to identify if positions are federally grant or contract funded during the Create Position process, which may impact the timing of background check initiation. In accordance with requirements under the Fair Chance Act and US Code Title 41, WSU is required offer employment for federally grant […]

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