This is a recommended list of tasks for employees to get familiar with Workday.


LOGINLog into Workday—view login instructions.

TOOLS AND NAVIGATION

Job Aid: Tools and NavigationUse Your Inbox and Delegations

REVIEW:

  • Navigate the Home Page
  • Become familiar with your Profile Menu and Related Actions
  • Become familiar with your Inbox and Notifications

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Job Aid: Access your Worker Profile Page

REVIEW:

  • Personal Information (Gender, Race/Ethnicity, etc.): On Profile Menu --> Personal; --> Personal Information; --> Edit
  • Home Address: On Profile Menu select Contact; Home Contact Information 
  • Job Title: On Profile Menu select Overview -->Job Details tab
  • Salary (as of March 2020): On Profile Menu select Overview --> Compensation tab
  • Supervisory Organization: On Profile Menu select Team

ADD:

  • Emergency Contacts: On Profile Menu select Contact", select Emergency Contacts tab.

PAY

Job Aid: Manage Your Pay Options

REVIEW:

  • Banking Information: select the Pay app; --> Payment Elections under View/Update Elections, Accounts

ADD:

  • Expense Payments Payment Elections: select the Pay app; select Payment Elections under View/Update Elections

DIRECTORY

REVIEW:

  • Organizational Chart: select the Directory app; -->More and My Org Chart under View 

TIME 

Job Aid: Enter Time Worked in Time Tracking (Hourly, non-exempt employees only)

REVIEW: 

  • View your schedule:  select the Time app,  view My Schedule (ONLY Hourly, non-exempt employees only)

ADD:

  • Check-In/Out time: select the Time app, under Time Clock (ONLY Hourly, non-exempt employees only)

ABSENCE

Job Aid: Manage Your Time Off and Leave of Absence

REVIEW:

  • Paid Time Off (PTO) Balance: select the Absence app; accrued hours are listed under Available Balance as of Today

ADD:

  • Request Time off:  select the Absence app; Request absence


BENEFITS

Job Aid: Manage your benefits.

REVIEW:

  • Benefit Elections: select Benefit Elections under View. Verify your benefit elections listed.

ADD:

  • Beneficiaries* (if enrolled in life insurance; beneficiary elections may not have carried over from paper forms): select Beneficiaries under Change.

CAREER

Job Aid: Manage Career Information

ADD:

  • Education (needed for IPEDS for faculty)
  • Other Desired Information: Certifications, Languages,  Training, etc.

INBOX

Job Aid: Use your Inbox and Delegations

ADD:

  • Delegation: Open your inbox; select My Delegations; --> Manage Delegations

Job Aid: Tools and Navigation

REVIEW:

  • Search your manager's name: Search bar, Manager's Name. --> Employee record. -->the email address. (No need to send email).

EXPENSE REPORTS


Job Aid: Create Expense Reports and Spend Authorizations

ADD:

  • Create an expense report: select Expenses -->Create Expense Report