In collaboration with Payroll Services, we’ve streamlined the Payroll Advance & Recovery Request Process in Workday.

The next Workday release went live on September 20, 2025!You can view some of the most impactful new features and functionality for most users, or dive deeper by clicking into the full list at the link below.

Notable Features in 2025 R1 ReleaseHuman Capital ManagementSupervisory Organization Editable on the Change Job Business ProcessYou are now able to edit the Supervisory Organization field in the Change Job business process so that you can select the correct subordinate organization when transferring workers to a new manager.Change Job - New User Experience for CorrectionsThere is a simplified user interface in the Change Job business process when you correct a Change Job event.

To help prevent common errors in the hiring process, updated help text has been added to the "Ready for Hire: Submit Personal and Govt. ID Documents" step within the Recruit to Hire workflow, which appears as “Change Government Identifiers” in the hire’s inbox.

In anticipation of fall hiring, we have developed a new job aid aimed at new hires: Onboarding Steps in Workday. This comprehensive guide is intended to help new hires complete their onboarding tasks in Workday.

A recent enhancement was made in Workday to identify and resolve UID issues earlier in the Hire business process. This is to help eliminate 6 digit UIDs from being created and to increase efficiency with new hires being able to activate their directory ID and login to Workday.

Prepare for fall hiring by checking out this new one-pager put out by University Human Resources: the Fall Hiring Resource and Events Guide!

We are pleased to inform you that we have a report available in Workday with a preview of the upcoming automatic FY26 Salary load details for COLA/Merit/Longevity-Retention. Changes to the employee’s HCM compensation record in Workday are scheduled to be uploaded July 15, 2025 following the opening of pay period 2.  

Employees are now able to see both their Bargaining status and Financial Disclosure status within Workday. 

To ensure clarity and proper routing of time off requests, employees who hold multiple positions at the university will now be required to indicate which position the request pertains to in the Comment section of the time off request.