July 2, 2025
Bargaining, Exempt Status, and Financial Disclosure
Employees are now able to see both their Bargaining status and Financial Disclosure status within Workday.
June 25, 2025
New Requirement for Employees with Multiple Jobs
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.
May 22, 2025
Understanding the Absence Calendar
You may have noticed that the Absence Calendar went through a major overhaul during the last Workday release. For example:
December 2, 2024
Employees with Multiple Positions and Time Entry Methods
We recognize that our transition to Workday has presented challenges for employees who hold multiple positions and are expected to enter time differently for each position. This has also been a challenge for the managers and timekeepers who support them. While we don’t, today, have a perfect solution, we have heard your feedback, and we do have a few options for improving their experience and your ability to support them.
December 2, 2024
Updated Procurement Requisition Types
We have recently updated the requisition types for creating a purchase requisition.
December 4, 2024
Payroll Freeze Notifications
Some employees will receive a payroll freeze notification after their time is approved in Workday. There are a lot of really technical reasons why this happens, but, simply put, this occurs because time entries are processed at different times by the organization based on the type of position.
December 4, 2024
Issue Resolved - Timekeepers Unable to Approve Time
During the last pay period, many timekeepers reported they were unable to approve time for the employees they support. The team has identified the issue and corrected it. Timekeepers will now be able to utilize the Review Time task to review and approve employee time.
December 4, 2024
Important Change - Time Approval Notifications and Delegations for Managers
Managers will notice a slight change to how time approvals are delivered to them in Workday. The system will generate a notification instead of a task when time is awaiting your approval.
December 6, 2024
Updates to Time Tracking Reports
You asked and we listened! We’ve created a new report to enable Timekeepers, Managers, HR Analysts, and HR Partners more visibility into time tracking within their units/divisions.
January 17, 2025
Additional Step for Bargaining Acting Positions at UMCP and UMES
Due to updates agreed upon in the most recent MOU, Bargaining Acting positions receive an acting allowance effective 21 days after the employee is working in the position.