Changing a Job in Workday


Purpose

This document provides directions for Human Resource Partners (HRP’s) on how to complete the Change Job business process in Workday for Staff, Temporary, Seasonal, and Student employees.

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Keep in Mind

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Job Level

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Administrative Support

B5

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M4 or above

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All

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M5

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All

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All

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Change Job Reasons

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Student Employees

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Academic Employees

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Steps

Initiating a Job Change

  1. Log into Workday using your CNetID and password.
  2. Navigate to the Employee’s Profile by typing their name or another unique identifier (Chicago ID, SSN, Employee ID, etc.) in the search box at the top of the screen. Select the appropriate suggested record that appears below the search box, or press Enter to run the complete search, and find the right employee.
    1. Use the prefixes worker: or id: to refine the search results. For details on how to use prefixes, review the Workday Search Prefixes Knowledge Base Article.
  3. From the Employee Profile, select the Actions button to display the menu of available Actions. Hover over Job Change and select Transfer, Promote, or Change Job.
    1. If the Change Job is for a worker who sits outside your supervisory organization, select Job Change and further select Request Transfer. The process will route to the worker’s current HR Partner to approve the transfer.
  4. For employees with multiple positions, an additional Change Job screen will appear first, and the Worker field will auto-fill.  Within the Job field, use the Hamburger Menu (icon with three dots and three dashes) to select the job that requires changing. Select OK.

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Entering Job Details

  1. Under Start Details, select the Pencil icon to edit and answer the below questions.  Note, the order of these questions may vary based on the type of job change completed.
    1. When do you want this change to take effect?
      1. Field pre-populates with next pay period.
    2. Why are you making this change?
      1. Using the Hamburger Menu, select the applicable reason why you are making this change. 
        1. For more information regarding the options presented in this step review the Change Job Reasons section of this document located under Keep in Mind and the Change Job Reasons/Scenarios Chart at the end of this document.
    3. Who will be the manager after this change?
      1. Current manager defaults here.  If employee’s manager will change, input new manager name here using the Hamburger Menu.
    4. Which team will this person be on after this change?
      1. Current team (supervisory organization) defaults here.  If employee’s team will change, input new supervisory organization here using the Hamburger Menu.
    5. Where will this person be located after this change?
      1. Current location defaults here.  If employee’s location will change, input new location here using the Hamburger Menu.
    6. Do you want to use the next pay period? (checkbox)
      1. This auto-checks.  If you do not want the Job Change to be effective for the next pay period, uncheck this box and ensure the correct date is reflecting under the question “ When do you want this change to take effect?
  2. Once all questions are answered, select the checkmark icon in the top-right corner of the Start Details section to save your changes.
  3. Select the Start button in the bottom-left corner of the screen to begin making changes.
  4. Review the help text at the top of the screen. 
  5. If the Supervisory Organization was changed during step 5, a Move screen will first be visible. Within the screen, select the Pencil icon to edit.
    1. Using the drop-down menu, select the appropriate response to the question What do you want to do with the opening left on your team?
    2. If backfilling a position that hasn’t yet been vacated, check the Is this position available for overlap? box. This will allow the ability to temporarily put more than one worker in a position.
    3. Select Next.
      1. Another way to navigate between screens is to select the arrow pointing down to the right of the screen header and selecting either Move, Job, Location, Details, or Summary.
  6. The Job screen allows for changes to the Job Profile and Business Title.  This should be completed for the following Change Job Reasons: Demotion, Lateral Move, L743 Reclassification, and Promotion. 
    1. Under Position, select the Pencil icon to edit, if applicable.
      1. Add the open position to which the employee is being transferred, if applicable.
      2. Do not checkmark the Do you want to create a new position box as all positions must be created as a standalone process and undergo approvals.
      3. Checkmark the Close the current position? box if you are moving the employee to a new position and plan to close the current position.  Note: This box will not be visible if the Supervisory Organization was changed during step 5.
        1. Closing a position is a permanent action. Once the position is closed it cannot be re-opened. If there is any intention of backfilling, do not close the position.  Creating a brand-new position to backfill an employee has downstream impacts on UChicago planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
        2. If you choose not to close the position, it will become a vacant position in your supervisory organization once the effective date of the job change is reached.
      4. Checkmark the Is the position available for overlap? box if you would like the position to be available for overlap. Note: This box will not be visible if the Supervisory Organization was changed during step 5.
        1. Overlap will allow for an incoming employee to be placed in the position prior to the outgoing employee’s last day in the position.
    2. Under Job Profile, select the Pencil icon to edit the Job Profile, if applicable.
    3. Under Business Title, select the Pencil icon to edit the Business Title, if applicable.
    4. Select Next to go to the next screen.
  7. The Location tab allows for changes to Scheduled Weekly Hours, Work Space, and Work Shift.
    1. Under Location Details, select the Pencil icon to edit, if applicable.
      1. IMPORTANT: Do not change the Location here. 
        1. Location is an attribute assigned to the position. If it needs to be changed, complete the Edit Position Restrictions business process to complete these updates.
      2. If known, update the Work Space field (i.e., the office, cubicle, lab, or other campus area where the employee will be working).
      3. Modify the Scheduled Weekly Hours field to represent the new scheduled weekly hours, if applicable.
      4. If applicable, indicate a Work Shift of E for Evening or N for Night.
        1. For example, for Local 743, an Evening shift is 5pm to midnight and a Night shift is midnight to 7AM.
    2. Select Next to go to the next screen.
  8. The Details tab allows for changes to the Default Weekly Hours and End Employment Date.
    1. Under Administrative, select the Pencil icon to edit, if applicable.
      1. IMPORTANT: Do not change the Time Type here. 
        1. Time Type is an attribute assigned to the position. If it needs to be changed, complete the Edit Position Restrictions business process to complete these updates.
      2. Modify the Default Weekly Hours field to represent either 37.5 hours or 40 hours. 
      3. Using the calendar prompt, update the End Employment Date for temporary, seasonal, and student workers as applicable.
    2. Select Next to go to the next screen.
  9. A summary screen will appear. Review the Move (if applicable), Start, Job, Location, and Details sections for accuracy.
    1. If changes need to be made, select the Pencil icon under the appropriate section to apply updates, or select the Guide Me button located to the right of the section header to return to a section’s specific screen.
  10. Add any applicable supporting documentation within the Attachments section. Attachments are required for Promotions, Demotions, or the extension of a Federal Work Study (FWS) position’s End Employment Date. To add a document:
    1. Under Attachments, choose Select Files to upload documentation, if applicable.
      1. Within the file explorer, locate the applicable file and select Open.
      2. Optionally, add a Description.
      3. Using the Hamburger Menu next to Category and select the applicable document category.
  11. Before selecting Submit
    1. If Student employee: within the enter your comment box add special instructions or statements relevant to the proposed job change, as well as justification for any compensation change and then select Submit and continue with the Proposing Compensation section.
    2. If Staff, Temporary, or Seasonal employee: within the enter your comment box add the below information. Most of the remaining business process is completed by Data Management Specialists. As the HRP, proceed to and complete step 16 but then no further action is needed.
      1. Compensation
        1. Regular Pay: amount and frequency OR Period Activity Pay: total amount and activity, AND,
        2. Rationale and justification for compensation rate
      2. Organization Assignments
        1. Affiliation
        2. Default Chart of Account (COA) segments, including Cost Center, Program, Fund, Activity, Purpose, Entity, and Site.
        3. Time and Absence Management Handling
        4. (Optional) Any other organization assignment values that need to be tied to the job change.
      3. Costing Allocation Details
        1. Chart of Account (COA) and/or Project Cost Collection Segments (POETAF)
        2. Distribution percentages
        3. Start/End dates (if applicable)
  12. If the worker has specific workday role assignments, you will receive a To Do labeled Specify Changes to Role Assignments To-Do
    1. Open the To-Do to enter instructions on how the F&A Knowledge and Support Center should update the worker’s role assignments.

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Proposing Compensation

*For Student employees, this sub-process routes to the HRP as a Workday task.  For Staff, Seasonal, and Temporary employees this sub-process routes to the Data Management Specialists for completion.

  1. A dialog box will pop up with the next task (Propose Compensation Change) to complete. Select Open.
    1. If the dialog box disappears, select the Mail icon in the top-right corner of the page to navigate to My Tasks, and then choose the Compensation Change task on the left side of the screen.
  2. The Propose Compensation Change screen will display.
    1. Review all fields in the Compensation section to confirm accuracy and make changes if needed using the Pencil icon.
      1. If compensation will remain at the default, select Submit and move forward to Assigning Costing Allocations.
      2. Do not edit the Guidelines segment, because it displays the pay grade and is autogenerated by job profile.
        1. If offering a pay rate that is outside (below or above) of the Total Base Pay Range, provide justification in the Comment box. HR-Compensation will review justification for pay rates that are outside of their base pay range.
      3. Exempt job profiles can ONLY have a Salary compensation plan. Non-exempt job profiles can ONLY have an Hourly compensation plan.
        1. If entering compensation for a worker in the Salary plan, enter a monthly amount. If entering compensation for a worker in the Hourly plan, enter an hourly amount.
          1. Only edit the Amount, do not change the Currency or the Frequency.
        2. For exempt fixed-term employees, expand Additional Details by selecting the arrow next to it and enter an Actual End Date using the calendar icon.
          1. Actual End Dates must be entered for fixed-term employees with a salary plan for the compensation to stop paying.
        3. If the worker will be compensated by a Period Activity Pay (PAP) or by a One-Time Payment (OTP) then delete out the current compensation package by selecting the X in the top-right corner of the package and then add a comment indicating the worker will be paid by PAP or OTP.
      4. If an academic hire, the Assignment Details information may populate in the Allowance section.
        1. If no allowances will be administered, hover over each plan assignment row and select the Cross (X) icon to delete out the plan.
          1. The Propose Compensation step cannot be submitted without removing any unused plan rows.
        2. If allowances will be administered, use an existing plan row to enter the monthly allowance amount or add another allowance plan by selecting the Add button.
          1. All allowance plans must have Actual End Dates entered.
    2. After the review and editing is complete, select Submit
      1. Note, depending on the type of job change being completed, the process may route to a Compensation Administrator for approval before routing the Change Organization Assignments task to the HRP.

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Changing Organization Assignments

*For Student employees, this sub-process routes to the HRP as a Workday task.  For Staff, Seasonal, and Temporary employees this sub-process routes to the Data Management Specialists for completion.

**For Data Changes, this sub-process is skipped. Proceed to Assigning Costing Allocations to continue the overall Job Change process. If the organization assignments do need to be changed, initiate a standalone Change Organization Assignments business process after the data change process completes.

  1. A dialog box will pop up with the next task (Change Organization Assignments) to complete. Select Open.
    1. If the dialog box disappears, select the Mail icon in the top-right corner of the page to navigate to My Tasks, and then select the Assign Organizations task on the left side of the screen.
  2. The Change Organization Assignments screen will display.
    1. Review the information listed in the Organizations section and select the Pencil icon to modify any of the fields if necessary.
      1. A position's organization assignments must match the organization assignments of the supervisory organization in which the position sits for the Entity, Cost Center, Purpose, Program, Fund, Activity, and Site segments. These values SHOULD NOT be changed. Specifically, editing the Entity, Cost Center and/or Purpose values will result in an error and prevent submission.
        1. The opportunity to enter additional accounts or overrides will occur during the Assign Costing Allocations step.
      2. If the worker is affiliated with an established external organization (i.e., Argonne, Fermi Lab, Marine Biological Lab, etc.), please indicate it in the Affiliated Organization field.
      3. If applicable, enter one or more values in the Time and Absence Management Handling field. Refer to the Changing Organization Assignments in Workday Knowledge Base Article for details on completing this field.
    2. Select Submit when complete.

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Assigning Costing Allocations

*For Student employees, this sub-process routes to the HRP as a Workday task.  For Staff, Seasonal, and Temporary employees this sub-process routes to the Data Management Specialists for completion.

  1. A dialog box will pop up with the next task (Assign Costing Allocation for Change Job) to complete. Select Open.
    1. If the dialog box disappears, select the Mail icon in the top-right corner of the page to navigate to My Tasks, and then choose the Costing Allocation for Job Change task on the left side of the screen.
  2. The Assign Costing Allocation for Add Job screen will display. Complete Assign Costing Allocation.  For detail information about this process, please refer to the Assigning Costing Allocations in Workday Knowledge Base Article.
    1. Under the Costing Allocation Details section, choose the Costing Allocation Level using the drop-down menu.
      1. Most of the time, select the Worker and Position level. If funding a specific earning for the employee different than the rest of their salary, select the Worker, Position and Earning level of costing allocations and choose the Earning type. In this case, set up the costing allocations for the specific earning first. Then, assign another costing allocation at the Worker and Position level for the remainder of the salary.
    2. Costing allocations are divided into two tabs: Proposed Costing Allocations and Existing Costing Allocations. The Existing Costing Allocations tab displays a read-only table of current costing allocations, if any have been set up. Conversely, the Proposed Costing Allocations tab allows users to add new costing allocations and view previous ones.
    3. In the Proposed Costing Allocations tab, select the (+) Add option to enter costing allocations. This action creates a navigation menu on the left-hand side and inserts a new tab to assign costing allocations. Whenever the (+) Add option is selected, a new tab is inserted in the left navigation menu to assign additional costing allocations. Each tab displays the Start and End Date, if applicable, for the corresponding allocations.
      1. Enter the Start and End Date for the allocations.
        1. All employees, excluding staff and tenured faculty, must have end dates assigned to their costing allocations.
      2. Under the Costing Allocations section, insert rows as needed by selecting the Plus (+) icon.
        1. Enter the appropriate COA and/or POETAF segments to override the default account values previously selected on the Change Organization Assignments task.
          1. This step allows for overriding the default funding either entirely or partially by allocating a portion to alternative accounts.
          2. Multiple COA and/or POETAF values may be entered to fund a position or an earning.
          3. Data entry must occur from left to right using the Hamburger Menu to the right of the appropriate prompt boxes.
            1. For COA segments, fill out the Entity, Cost Center, Fund and Purpose columns. Within the Additional Worktags column, enter the remaining segments, if required: Program, Activity and Site.
            2. For POETAF segments, leave the Entity, Cost Center, Fund, and Purpose columns blank (unless these fields require updating). Within the Additional Worktags column select the appropriate options for Funding Source, Grant, PPM Projects and Task.
        2. Under the Distribution Percent column, type in the percentage of the salary or earning that will be paid from the specified account values. The total must equal 100%.
        3. Regardless of funding source or number of sources, all employees who receive compensation through Workday payroll are required to have costing allocations assigned.
    4. Select Submit when complete.
  3. If no Period Activity Pay or Academic Appointment requires adding, the HRP has completed all required actions of the business process.  The Change Benefits Elections task will be sent to an employee if they become benefits-eligible, or if their compensation change renders them highly compensated.

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Adding a Period Activity Pay (if applicable)

  1. If the job change requires a period activity pay to be added please follow the steps outlined in the Managing Period Activity Pay Assignments in Workday Knowledge Base article.  A To Do will also route to the HRPs My Tasks after the pay group has been assigned.
  2. If no period activity pay will be administered, skip the task.
    1. To Skip this task after launching it, select the Settings Icon and select Skip This Task.

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Updating an Academic Appointment (if applicable)

  1. For Academic Job Changes, the next step is to Update Academic Appointment. The Academic Appointment should be updated with the pertinent information and submitted. The Associate Dean will need to approve, at which point the process will route to the Academic Administrator for approval.
    1. The Academic Appointment should only be updated in the following circumstances:
      1. Reappointment – Extending appointment end date
      2. In-Track Promotion
      3. Awarding Tenure
    2. In all other cases, this step should be canceled:
      1. Select the employee’s name within the task. From the worker profile, select the Job tab and then select Worker History.
      2. Select the View Worker History by Category option.
      3. On the Academic tab, find the Update Academic Appointment process that has a status of In Progress.
      4. Use the related action next to the Appointment Action for the In Progress Update Academic Appointment process and select Business Process > Cancel.
        1. Enter a comment in the comments section and select Submit.
  2. If Update Academic Appointment was submitted, the process will route to be approved by the Academic Administrator.
  3. Next, you will receive a To Do step to Add/End any Academic appointments as appropriate based on the situation.
    1. If you are performing change job due to an Out-of Track Promotion or because you are moving a current UChicago employee into the position, you will need to end the current academic appointment and add the new academic appointment.
    2. If the current academic appointment resides in another academic unit, the Academic Partner from that Academic Unit will need to initiate the End Academic Appointment process using the Managing Academic Appointments in Workday Knowledge Base article.
    3. For Reappointments and In-Track Promotions, the Add/End Academic Appointment process does not need to be completed.
  4. If a different position was identified for the job change, the Assign Pay Group subprocess will route to the Academic HR Administrator or Federal Work Study Administrator role so the appropriate pay group can be indicated.
    1. In situations where employees become benefits eligible, the Change Benefits Elections task will be sent to the employee. This is also true if earnings increase to the level of highly compensated.

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Change Job Reasons/Scenarios Chart

 

Change Job

Reason

Additional Details & Sub- Process

Example Scenarios

Review & Supporting Documentation

Data Change: Change in Weekly Hours

  • Change in weekly hours that does not affect benefits eligibility
  • Change hours within PT range (20–34 hours)

 

  • Propose Compensation sub-process
  • If a change in the employee's weekly hours affects time type (FT if 35 hours or more/PT if under 35 hours), change Time Type field to reflect appropriate type
  • Change hours within FT range (35–40 hours)
  • Change hours from PT to FT OR FT to PT
  • Change hours within ‘Benefits Ineligible’ range (0 – 19)

 

 

 

  • Data Management Specialists

Data Change:

Change Work Location

  • Update employee work location
  • No additional sub-process
  • Employee changes work locations

Data Change: Job Profile Update

  • Correct job profile for staff employee
  • Limited to 6-month maximum timeframe after employee is hired or other change job process occurs
  • Employee hired into misaligned or incorrect job profile; no change in job responsibilities or compensation
  • Correct job profile of new hire to conform with Job Architecture framework
  • HR-Compensation & Data Management Specialists;
  • Justification & supporting documentation required for job profile correction; may result in posting requirement if compensation or duties change.

Data Change: Change End Employment Date

  • Change in an end date
  • For Fixed Term employees, Change Job must be initiated PRIOR to Update Academic Appointment
  • For reappointments with gaps ensure effective date of the change displays the actual start date of the new appointment and not the day after the end of the most recent appointment.
  • Reappointment for 2nd term Assistant Professor
  • Provost Office

Data Change: Post Doctoral (Post Doc)

  • Used for Postdoctoral Researchers who change from a Scholar to a Fellow or vice versa.
  • Postdoc Fellow transferring to a position of a Postdoc Scholar.
  • Data Management Specialists

Demote: Employee Choice

  • Employee-requested
  • Propose Compensation sub- process
  • Employee requests lower-level role
  • Employee changing from ‘Benefits Eligible’ to ‘Benefits Ineligible’ role.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • HR-Compensation and Data Management Specialists

Demote: Mutual Agreement

  • Employer-initiated
  • Propose Compensation sub- process
  • Business need for employee to perform a different role reflective of a lower level of responsibility

Demote: Poor Performance

  • Continued poor performance
  • Propose Compensation sub- process
  • Employee is not meeting performance goals after being on performance improvement plan; both employee and manager mutually agree to decrease responsibility

Demote: Reorganization

  • Large scale unit reorganization
  • Propose Compensation sub- process
  • Large scale unit reorganization results in employee having a different role with a decreased level of responsibility

Lateral Move:

Move to comparable job, no change in

compensation

  • In extremely rare cases, may result in compensation change to align with internal equity
  • Propose Compensation sub- process
  • Employee moves from Business Administrator 1 in Unit A to a Business Administrator 1 in Unit B
  • Employee moves from Marketing Specialist 1 to a Communications Specialist 1

Lateral Move:

Move to comparable job, change in compensation

  • Propose Compensation sub- process
  • Require unit-provided justification
  • Employee moves from Business Administrator 1 in Unit A to a Business Administrator 1 in Unit B with an increase in base pay

Promote: Non- Competitive

  • Posting exception granted via defined process, as outlined in Talent Acquisition Policy 202
  • Propose Compensation sub- process
  • For STAFF only
  • Automatically routed to Equal Opportunity Programs and Chief Human Resources Officer for approval
  • HR-Compensation and Data Management Specialists
  • Unit request and approval from Equal Opportunity Programs & Chief Human Resources Officer

Promote: Promotion

  • Upward change in job level with increase in base pay
  • Propose Compensation sub- process
  • Used for both In-Track and Out-of-Track promotions.
  • Employee moves from individual contributor role to people manager role via a competitive selection process
  • Change in job profile and an increase in base pay
  • Employee moves from Tenure-Tracked to Tenured
  • Employee moves from Academic to Faculty
  • HR-Compensation and Data Management Specialists
  • Job Profile and Workday Requisition # to reflect competitive search, base pay references used to inform decision

* If total base pay falls outside of the pay grade for the job profile (below the minimum or above the maximum of the pay grade), unit-provided justification and HR-Compensation approval is required

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