Time, Leave & Absence

Update to shift differential time entry codes in place Sept. 1

As part of our ongoing efforts to streamline processes and ensure consistency across the university, the following updates to shift differential time entry codes are effective September 1, 2024: Consolidation of Shift Differential Codes: Starting September 1, 2024, departments will see only one option for shift differential time entry codes (Shift Differential Pay for Shift). […]

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Second 2024 Feature Release coming September 20-21

Workday issues two major updates, called “Feature Releases,” per year. The second Feature Release of 2024, also called “R2,” takes place September 20-21, 2024. 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 […]

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Update to Workday Alert for Time Not Entered

We have updated the Time Not Entered notification sent to overtime-eligible employees to exclude time off. Moving forward, Workday will only alert overtime-eligible employees who have not entered time or time off in over two weeks. This Alert will also now be sent on Mondays, to align more closely with the two week lookback. Modernization […]

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Auto-calculation of straight time for part-time employees now live

As of August 1, straight time for all part-time, overtime eligible, salaried employees calculates automatically for time entered in excess of the employees expected FTE hours (for example: if the employees FTE is 50%, straight time will fire automatically for any time entered in excess of 20 hours). This functionality replaces the need to manually enter “Straight […]

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Elevating Cougs 2024: Workday Success Stories for managers and supervisors

The 2024 Elevating Cougs conference offers employees who supervise others the opportunity to learn more about using Workday to its fullest potential, including new functionality and resources launched in the last year, to perform management tasks and help their teams succeed at work. At the 2023 Elevating Cougs conference, Workday Success Stories sessions covered a […]

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Coming soon: Auto-calculation of straight time for part-time employees

Soon, straight time for all part-time, overtime eligible, salaried employees will calculate automatically for time entered in excess of their expected FTE hours. This will replace the need for manually entering “Straight Time (Excess Hours Worked)” on weeks when a part time employee enters hours in excess of their FTE. We’ll provide additional updates as they become […]

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Resources and support available for new Absence Calendar experience

On May 4, 2024, Modernization launched the new Absence Calendar experience in Workday, updating the look and feel of several key Absence pages and tasks. Learn more about these changes here. Following launch, we’ve received positive community response to these updates, including reports of a more intuitive, easier, and faster experience managing time off in Workday. […]

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HRS no longer performing Time & Leave audits for separated employees

Beginning May 1, 2024, HRS will no longer perform full-scope audits of time and leave for separated or terminated civil service and administrative professional staff, and faculty. Prior to the implementation of Workday, manual audits of time and leave for separated or terminated employees were conducted. These audits involved reviewing paper time and leave reports […]

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