Glossary of Terms

A sequence of one or more tasks related to defining, targeting, and awarding a bonus to employees. In this process, a compensation administrator creates the bonus plan definition. The administrator or manager assigns the bonus plan to employees through one of various means. Assignment of the plan determines eligibility for the bonus event. The administrator sets up the bonus process, which funds the bonus pool, and then launches the process on the specified event date. Workday creates bonus events for employees based on their organization. Managers review the target bonus for their employees and submit bonus proposals for review. Once approved, the employees receive their bonus.

Defines the accrual frequency for a time off plan, such as annual or monthly (unless the plan has a custom frequency), and the start and end date of each reporting period. The period controls reporting of both accruals and time off requests.

Codes assigned to workers to capture information for quarterly state tax filing or new hire reporting. For example, unit codes for Minnesota or branch codes for California.

Viewing a business process means seeing its status and reporting on it. This is a securable item in a business process security policy.

A rule that defines when employees become eligible for a merit or bonus plan. You base the rule on a single value, such a hire date.

Prorates employees' target compensation in a bonus or merit increase compensation event according to time-based criteria such as leave of absence or time since hire.

A worker's marital status, number of elections, exemption status, and other information, as specified through the Add Worker Tax Elections task.

An independent contingent worker (ICW) not represented by a supplier, and accounted for as a 1099 supplier. You issue purchase orders to, create receipts for, and pay ICWs just as you do suppliers.

A group of related integration attributes, maps, and XSLT that provides a framework to transform Workday data into the format required by an external system.

A set of self-service pages that workers use to enter, edit, and view time.

An initiation step is the first step of a business process.

A group of items to be paid (such as supplier invoices and expense reports), and payments (paychecks and ad hoc supplier payments) that is treated as one unit when selecting and settling payments.

A grouping of job profiles, which in turn may be assigned to a job family group, so you can organize job profiles according to how your organization works.

A worker with a status of Terminated or On Leave for payroll processing purposes. A run category can define rules for processing nonactive workers.

A business process security policy secures the initiation step, step actions and process-wide actions including view, rescind, cancel and correct. It specifies which security groups that have access to each action.

Rescinding a business process operates on completed business processes. It completely reverses all changes made to Workday data. It is also a securable action in a business process security policy.

A worker's work location. This value influences many processes, including compensation and staffing.

One of the three staffing models available to use in your organization. It provides the tightest control over hiring, as you can specify different staffing rules and restrictions for each position.

Online or printed summary of an employee's gross-to-net earnings. Also referred to as a pay stub.

View is the ability to see objects or data through the Workday user interface, when permitted in a domain security policy.

A functional or technical ability that is needed to perform a job. In Workday, you can associate competencies with job families, management levels, job profiles, and positions.

A characteristic of a job profile that categorizes the amount of time required for the job or position, such as full time or part time. In Workday, the time type is specified in the Create Position, Create Headcount, or Set Hiring Restrictions tasks. The value defaults to the value defined on the job profile by the manager, HR Partner, or other authorized role.

A time entry method that copies time blocks from a worker's schedule or from a previous week onto the current week on the time entry calendar.