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Last Updated: 2026-03-13
Set Up the Add Event Remarks Task for Life Events

Set Up the Add Event Remarks Task for Life Events

Security: the
Manage: Enrollment Event Remarks
 domain in the Benefits functional area.
You must be a U.S. federal customer. Commercial customers can't access this configuration.
You can configure a step on the
Change Benefits for Life Event
 process that enables users to add event remarks to a worker’s life change event as a separate task.
You can’t configure both this step and the alternate approval step on the
Change Benefits for Life Event
 process.
  1. Access the
    Configure Optional Fields
     task.
    Select
    Benefits
    Life Change Enrollment Event Alternate Approval
    . If present, delete the row labeled
    Federal
    , then select
    OK
    .
  2. dan1370797384762.
    On the
    Change Benefits for Life Event
     process, configure the
    Add Event Remarks
     action as a step before or after the completion step.
When a worker runs the
Change Benefits for Life Event
 process, Workday sends the
Add Event Remarks
 task to configured security groups’
My Tasks
 inbox.
SF 2809 Remarks
 and
SF 2817 Remarks
 only display if the event is eligible for one of those Standard Forms.
General Remarks
 displays for every event.
Once the process completes, benefit event remarks are added to Standard Form 2809 or Standard Form 2817.
Access the
Update Event Remarks
 task from the related actions menu of the completed benefit event to view or update event remarks.