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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-09-08
Steps: Set Up Period Activity Pay

Steps: Set Up Period Activity Pay

Create academic periods using the
Maintain Academic Periods
task.
Set up period activity pay so you can pay your employees for activities they perform during a fixed period.
If the pay group detail is locked, then the period activity payments may be delayed until the next payroll cycle.
  1. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - HCM
    task.
    • In the
      Educational Institutions
      section, select the
      Enable Period Activity Pay
      check box.
    • (Optional) In the
      Compensation
      section, select the
      Route Business Processes Based on Costing Overrides
      check box. If you add worktags on period activity pay assignments and set up the
      Period Activity Pay
      business process correctly, Workday routes business process steps to the managers associated with the worktags.
      You can't disable this option after you select it and click
      OK
      .
  2. Access the
    Maintain Compensation Elements
    task.
    Select the
    Period Activity Pay Enabled
    option on compensation elements you want to enable for period activity pay.
  3. Set up cost centers to enable costing overrides:
    • Access the
      Maintain Worktag Usage
      task, select
      Period Activity Pay Costing Allocation
      , and add
      Cost Center
      to the
      Primary Worktag Types
      .
      Security:
      Set Up: Enable Worktags
      domain in the Common Financial Management and Worktags functional areas.
    • Access the
      Maintain Organization Types
      task, select
      Costing
      Cost Center
      , and select
      Yes
      for
      Available for Payroll Costing Allocation
      .
      Security:
      Set Up: Organization
      domain in the Organization and Roles functional area.
  4. (Optional) Access the
    Maintain Custom Validations
    report to configure custom validations for period activity pay.
    Custom validations enable you to warn or prevent users from submitting period activity events with invalid data combinations.
    We recommend not making configuration changes to custom validations while the
    Period Activity Pay
    business process is in progress. Any custom validations you create affect in-progress period activity processes.
  5. (Optional) Access the
    Configure Optional Fields
    task.
    Select the
    Period Activity Pay
    functional area set the
    Assignment - Customize Payments
    field as
    Not Enterable for All
    or
    Security Group
    .
  6. Access the
    Maintain Period Activity Categories
    task.
    Define the classifications of the activities. Example: degree program, credit course, or noninstructional.
    Security:
    Set Up: Period Activity
    domain in the Academic Faculty functional area.
  7. Access the
    Create Period Activity Unit
    task.
    Define the unit types. Examples: Hours, students, or course credits.
    Security:
    Set Up: Period Activity
    domain in the Academic Faculty functional area.
  8. Access the
    Create Period Activity
    task.
    Define the activity to assign to employees. Examples: Contact hours, lecturing, grading, running labs, or course development.
    For reporting purposes, you can select the
    Instructional Activity
    check box to identify period activities that are instructional activities.
    Security:
    Set Up: Period Activity
    domain in the Academic Faculty functional area.
  9. (Optional) Access the
    Create Period Activity Task
    task.
    Use period activity tasks to provide a greater level of detail for an activity assignment. Example: Create a task named History 101 associated with the Lecturing activity. When you assign the Lecturing activity to the employee, you can include the History 101 task.
    Security:
    Set Up: Period Activity
    domain in the Academic Faculty functional area.
  10. Access the
    Maintain Event Categories and Reasons
    task.
    Create categories and reasons for the
    Period Activity
    event.
    Security:
    Set Up: Staffing
    domain in the Staffing functional area.
  11. Edit Domain Security Policies.
    Configure these domains in the Academic Faculty functional area:
    • Self-Service: Period Activity Pay
    • Worker Data: Period Activity Pay
  12. Configure initiating actions on these business process security policies in the Academic Faculty functional area:
    • Period Activity Pay
    • Period Activity Eligibility
  13. Configure these business processes in the Academic Faculty functional area:
    • Period Activity Pay
    • Period Activity Eligibility
    1. Configure the
      Generate Document
      step as a subprocess on the
      Period Activity Pay
      business process to create, edit, and print documents in an event.
      Workday recommends that you add the
      Review Documents
      step on the
      Period Activity Pay
      business process, after the
      Generate Documents
      step. The
      Generate Documents
      step inherits security from the
      Period Activity Pay
      business process security policy.
    2. Embed worklets on any step of the
      Period Activity Pay
      business process to display information from your custom reports to help users complete the step.
  14. (Optional) Edit Business Processes.
    Add the
    Add Activity Pay
    subprocess to the
    Hire
    and the
    Add Additional Job
    business processes.
    Add the
    End Activity Pay
    subprocess to the
    Terminate
    and the
    End Additional Job
    business processes. The
    End Activity Pay
    step requires you to pay in full or forfeit any remaining pay balance for each activity assignment as of the
    Pay Through Date
    .
    If you don't end period activity payments at termination, the assignee could have unprocessed payments.
  15. (Optional) Access the
    Create Payroll Commitment Rule
    task.
    Use Workday Payroll to obligate the budget for workers who have period activity pay assignments.
    Select the activity pay earning from the
    Earning
    field. Workday automatically populates the
    Compensation Elements for Earning
    field with the
    Activity Pay
    task.
Access the
Manage Period Activity Pay Assignments
task to assign activity assignments to an employee.