Steps: Recalculate Bonus Targets, Pool, and Awards During Compensation Reviews
You can recalculate bonus targets and bonus pool and awards during an in-progress compensation review.
- Bonus targets: Before theConfigure Poolsstep of the process to ensure that updated targets also updates the bonus pool.
- Bonus pool and awards: After you update scorecard data and before the controller submits.
- (Optional) Access theCompensation Review Recalculate Bonus Targetstask.This task updates bonus targets on the bonus plans included in the compensation review process and totals for each employee whenever:
- Eligibility rules change a profile target.
- Profile or plan target changes.
- Scorecard results change.
- Rounding rule changes.
- Matrix values change.
SeeTo update both bonus targets and pools, access this task before theConfigure Poolsstep of the compensation review process. You can still update targets with this task afterConfigure Poolsbut doing so only updates targets, not pools.Workday updates nondiscretionary amounts based on updated targets. Workday doesn't change discretionary amounts entered during the compensation review.Security:Process: Compensation Management Plan Employee Managementdomain in the Advanced Compensation functional area. - (Optional) Access theRecalculate Pool and Awardstask.This task recalculates the bonus pool and awards for in-progress compensation reviews after you update scorecard data using the:
- Edit Compensation Scorecardtask, or
- Put Compensation ScorecardEnterprise Interface Builder (EIB) web service.
Access this task after the compensation review starts and before the controller submits. As you complete this task, consider:Update Pool and Keep Bonus Amount FixedAutomatically selected when some approvals are complete but others aren't.Keeps bonus award amounts fixed and updates the bonus pool.Update Pool and Keep Bonus Factor % FixedOnly available if all approvals are complete.Workday applies theBonus Factor %proposed against the new target with the latest scorecard results to theAwardamounts and updates the bonus pool.Security:Process: Compensation Management Plan Employee Managementdomain in the Core Compensation functional area.