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Last Updated: 2026-05-29
Reference: Leave Impacts

Reference: Leave Impacts

Use leave impacts to indicate whether a certain leave type will impact workers in other areas of Workday. Selecting a leave impact doesn't affect how Workday responds when a worker is on leave, except for these leave impacts:
  • Inactivate Worker
  • Payroll Effect
Use the
Schedule Leave Type Effects Synchronization
task to update these leave impacts on all existing leave events of a leave type if you've changed your leave type configuration after workers have already requested leave:
  • Professional Leave Effect
  • Sabbatical Effect
  • Scheduling Effect
  • Talent Effect
  • Tenure Effect
Workday sets the leave impacts when processing the request but doesn't automatically update a leave of absence record when the leave type configuration changes. You can update an existing leave request for a worker to reflect the new configuration. Use the
Business Process
Correct
related action on the leave request and resubmit the request without making changes.
To trigger certain actions when a worker is on leave, build rules using the report fields to detect those events.
Leave Impact
Description
Report Fields
Absence Accrual Effect
Indicates workers' leaves might affect time off accrual.
You can configure eligibility criteria for a time off plan or accrual to prevent a worker from accruing time off while on a leave type with this effect.
You can use these calculations to configure eligibility:
  • On Leave as of Period Start Date with Absence Accrual Effect
  • On Leave as of Period End Date with Absence Accrual Effect
Effect - Absence Accrual
Benefit Effect
Indicates that the leave might require a change to the employee's benefits.
To change the employee's benefit elections, report a life event, such as birth or adoption of a child, and update the benefit elections accordingly.
You can create condition rules for the business process to create To Dos and additional approvals.
Effect - Benefits
Continuous Service Accrual Effect
Indicates whether the leave requires a change to the employee's service accrual. This change might involve a manual change to the continuous service date of the employee.
You can create condition rules for the business process to create To Dos and additional approvals.
Inactivate Worker
Changes a worker's status to Inactive while on leave, but doesn't lock workers out of their Workday account. To prevent workers from accessing their Workday account while on leave, you must lock their Workday account.
Selecting this leave impact affects headcount reporting and these web services:
  • Get Leave Family
  • Get Leave Type
  • Put Leave Family
  • Put Leave Type
When the leave type is position-based, Workday changes the worker's status to Inactive only if all of the worker's positions are on leave with this effect.
Effect - Inactivate Worker
Inactivate Employee
Payroll Effect
When selected, workers aren't paid while on leave. However, if you're using Workday Payroll, you can continue to pay workers on leave according to run category criteria.
Example: You can configure Workday Payroll to calculate medical deductions automatically while workers are on leave.
Effect - Payroll
Professional Leave Effect
Indicates whether the related leave type is a professional leave type.
Professional leaves affect the timing of professional leave eligibility, which might require a manual change to a worker's professional leave records.
Professional Leave Effect
Sabbatical Effect
Indicates whether this leave affects the timing of sabbatical eligibility. If the leave impacts sabbatical eligibility, you might need to change the employee's sabbatical records manually.
Effect - Sabbatical Effect
Scheduling Effect
Indicates that you can schedule workers to work while on this type of leave.
Leave Impact – Scheduling
Stock Vesting Effect
Indicates that the leave might require a change to the employee's vesting schedule for stock grants.
You can create condition rules for the business process to create To Dos and additional approvals.
Effect - Stock Vesting
Talent Effect
When you select this leave impact, Workday removes workers on this type of leave from the
Worker
prompt of select employee reviews and feedback in talent.
Talent Effect
Tenure Effect
Indicates whether this leave affects the timing of tenure eligibility, which might require a manual change to the employee's tenure records.
Effect - Tenure Effect