May 5, 2026

There is a business process update in the Change Job business process. Effective May 4, 2026, the costing allocation task in the Change job business process has been removed. If worker costing allocations will require modifications, HR Analysts must use the Ad-Hoc “Assign Costing Allocation” task in Workday. Please note that this change to the “Change Job” business process (BP) also includes the “Review Employee Contracts” BP.

April 29, 2026

The 2026 Summer Period Activity Pay Job Instructions are now available. Click here to access the instructions, which highlight what’s new for 2026, key details, important dates, helpful resources, and the schedule for virtual office hours.Please bookmark the page for easy reference throughout the summer jobs period. 

March 26, 2026

HR Analysts, HR Partners, HR Divisional Partners, Payroll Partners & Payroll Tenant Partners can run RPT3377 PAYROLL FINAL LEAVE PAYOUT REPORT - DEPARTMENT for their organization to review Completed and In-Progress Final Leave Payouts.  The report is also accessible on the HCM Dashboard on the Payroll-Related tab under the Pay Calcs and Payroll-related Reports section.

February 26, 2026

We’re sharing updated guidance on setting up grant cost sharing and how it impacts costing allocations so the work tag “fund” is recorded correctly for cost sharing purposes.How Grant Cost Share Works in Workday:Grant cost share requires three worktags to be applied to the Costing Allocation:

February 18, 2026

The purpose of this email is to inform you of a business process update in the Hire, Change Job, and Add Job business processes.  Background

February 19, 2026

Greetings,There is a business process update for Faculty Non-Teaching overloads in the Add Job business process.BackgroundIn the current configuration, an HR Analyst selects the “Non-Teaching Overload” job profile for a faculty member and its routes for approval. The current highest approval is the Central Compensation Partner.  A correction has been implemented that all Faculty Non-Teaching Overloads at UMCP and Shady Grove should route to the Provost Office instead of the Central Compensation Partner. 

January 8, 2026

We are making an update in Workday to better assist employees in managing their annual time off carryover hours. Beginning January 11, 2026, there will be two (2) separate annual time off banks for regular staff, 12-month faculty, and C2 employees:

December 11, 2025

Several improvements have been made in the “Propose Compensation” task. 

December 11, 2025

The Hire business process has a new consolidated template. The consolidated hire template allows for a user to complete the following tasks during the initiation step of the Hire: Edit Government IDsPropose CompensationChange Organization Assignments 

October 30, 2025

A new role in Workday called “Guest Reviewer” has been created to provide individuals view-only access to Job Requisitions and the Candidate Grid.