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Last Updated: 2026-09-18
Example: Custom Calculated Health Care Rate

Example: Custom Calculated Health Care Rate

You want to adjust full-time worker and employee premiums based on the worker’s full-time equivalent. Workers who have less than 100% FTE have a certain amount deducted from the employer cost and added to the worker cost. In the
Rate Bands
 tab of the
Create Health Care Rate
 task, follow these steps to create a custom calculation:
  1. In the
    Employee Pre-Tax Calculated Amount
     field, select
    Create
    Create Constant Value Calculation
    .
    Name the calculation
    Base Premium
    . Select
    Benefits
     in the
    Category
     field. Enter
    200
     as the value. Select
    OK
    .
  2. In the
    Employee Pre-Tax Calculated Amount
     field, select
    Create
    Create Arithmetic Calculation
    .
    Name the calculation
    Base Premium FTE
    . Select
    Benefits
     in the
    Category
     field. Enter these values, then select
    OK
    :
    1st Operand
    Relational Operator
    2nd Operand
    Base Premium (your constant value calculation)
    Multiply by
    Full Time Equivalent (Workday-delivered IVC)
  3. In the
    Employee Pre-Tax Calculated Amount
     field, select
    Create
    Create Constant Value Calculation
    .
    Name the calculation
    Employer Contribution
    . Select
    Benefits
     in the
    Category
     field. Enter
    50
     as the value. Select
    OK
    .
  4. In the
    Employee Pre-Tax Calculated Amount
     field, select
    Create
    Create Arithmetic Calculation
    .
    Name the calculation
    FTE Prorated Premium
    . Select
    Benefits
     in the
    Category
     field. Enter these values, then select
    OK
    :
    1st Operand
    Relational Operator
    2nd Operand
    Base Premium FTE (your previous arithmetic calculation)
    Subtract
    Employer Contribution (your previous constant value calculation)
  5. Select
    OK
    .
Your custom calculated health care rate is available to be assigned to a health care plan. If a worker enrolled in that plan has their FTE change, Workday adjusts both the worker’s cost and the employer’s rate.