Resources
As a human resources professional, you’ll complete most staffing and compensation actions in Workday. From recruiting and hiring to onboarding and retirement, you may use the system to perform HR-related tasks such as:
- Requesting and approving job requisitions
- Conducting background checks
- Managing temporary changes in pay
- Overseeing performance reviews
HR Actions in Workday
Workday brings many HR business processes into a single, integrated platform. Expand the menus to find user guides for common HR processes or to access user guides and how-to videos sorted by topic.
Academics and Faculty
Workday will be used to manage all processes related to academic staffing, including creating, updating, and ending academic appointments and named professorships.
Quick Links
- Update an Academic Appointment
- Add Academic Appointment
- Create Named Professorship
- Edit Named Professorship
- End Academic Appointment
Browse Academics and Faculty User Guides for HR Professionals
Compensation
Workday will be used to manage changes to compensation, such as adjusting or ending period activity pay (PAP) and requesting one-time payments.
Quick Links
Browse Compensation User Guides for HR Professionals
Form I-9
Workday is the single system all Universities of Wisconsin universities will use to distribute, complete, and store Form I-9s.
Quick Links
- Complete Form I-9, Section 3
- Manage Form I-9 Assignment for Worker
- Complete Record of External Form I-9
Browse Form I-9 User Guides for HR Professionals
Payroll
Managing payroll in Workday involves a variety of processes, such as entering and approving time off, payroll processing, making payroll accounting adjustments, and assigning costing allocations.
Browse Payroll Accounting User Guides for HR Professionals
Performance
In addition to facilitating the performance management process for employees and managers, Workday will be used to handle related performance actions such as probation review, employee goals review, and more.
Quick Links
- Launching a Probation Final Performance Review
- Launching a New Employee Goals and Expectations Review
Browse Performance User Guides for HR Professionals
Recruitment
Workday Recruiting will be used to perform every step of the recruiting lifecycle, from creating a job requisition and posting job openings to initiating reference checks and hire.
Quick Links
- Approving a Job Requisition
- Recruiting Global Navigation Sidebar and Job Requisition Workspace
- Reviewing a Candidate Profile
Browse Recruitment User Guides for HR Professionals
Staffing Actions
Workday will be used to manage the lifecycle of a position, from adding additional jobs to termination.
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Browse Staffing Action User Guides for HR Professionals
Time and Time Off
The process of overseeing, correcting, or approving time off and leave of absence (LOA) requests from employees will happen in Workday. HR staff with the appropriate security roles can also enter time off or leave of absence requests on an employee’s behalf.
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Browse Time and Time Off User Guides for HR Professionals
Workday Learning
Workday Learning is the shared resource all Universities of Wisconsin universities will use to manage employment-related training. The tool will be used by training partners to manage mass enrollments for and remove learners from courses.
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Browse Workday Learning User Guides for HR Professionals