Human Resources

Reminder: Use Personal Holiday and Holiday Credit by Dec. 31

Civil Service, Nonpermanent Scheduled, and Nonpermanent Nonscheduled employees who have not used their Personal Holiday, Personal Holiday Credit, or Holiday Credit must do so by December 31, 2023. In accordance with BPPM 60.57, the Personal Holiday for Civil Service and Nonpermanent Scheduled (NPS) employees, and Personal Holiday Credit for Nonpermanent Nonscheduled (NPNS) employees, must be […]

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Prepare for January 2024 HR mass actions

In January 2024, HRS will process the following mass actions: Minimum Wage increase effective 1/1 FLSA changes effective 1/1 Departments are encouraged to prepare for these blackout dates by reviewing the January 2024 HCM Mass Action Timelines and Options guide. This guide provides information about key deadlines and tasks that require completion prior to the […]

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New report helps identify employees with incomplete onboarding tasks

Did you know we have over 5,000 WSU employees with one or more incomplete onboarding tasks? Department personnel performing HCM tasks can use the new CR HCM Incomplete Onboarding Tasks report to identify individuals with incomplete tasks from their area’s supervisory organizations. With this knowledge, department staff may then reach out to their area’s hires […]

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Calendar Planning & Best Practices resources

It’s easy to remember the tasks and reports we run every day, but what about those critical events that happen less frequently? We’ve developed resources to help you better plan for the following key HCM and finance events in Workday: Weekly Monthly Quarterly Semesterly Annual Do you know which reports and processes you need to […]

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Employee Performance functionality coming to Workday

Modernization and HRS are currently exploring new employee performance functionality in Workday. This functionality will allow users to complete employee reviews, route them for approval, and deliver reviews to an employee’s personnel file all within Workday. Modernization currently hopes to implement this functionality for Classified Staff in early 2024, followed by Administrative Professionals. Along with […]

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Known Issue: Time Entry validation malfunctioning

Known Issue: The soft error on the time entry calendar intended to alert employees and Time Approvers that time entered through the Time Clock feature has been edited is malfunctioning and has been removed. Time to Resolution: Unknown. Details: The soft error on the time entry calendar in Workday, intended to alert employees and Time […]

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November training materials update

Recent changes include functionality updates and new guides for the Elevating Cougs conference, Open Enrollment, Grant information in the Award Header, and usability updates. Here are the new and updated training materials and resources for November: General Find Who Holds Which Workday Support Roles for your Employee Record Paylock Checklist for Departments Security Roles Workday […]

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How to use HR Person Types in Workday

Person Types are a fundamental building block of an HR record in Workday. They determine whether the person can be paid, how they can be paid, what kind of security roles may be assigned to them, and what kind of organizations they may be a part of (e.g. supervisory organizations, academic units etc.). Definitions of […]

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October reporting updates

Human Resources CR HCM Faculty without Academic Appointments This new report is available for select academic groups and returns any faculty member without any academic appointment(s). CR ACA Academic Appointees This new report is now available for select groups. It returns academic appointees and all current appointments including tenured and tenure track faculty, non-tenure track faculty, […]

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