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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Steps: Recalculate Bonus Targets, Pool, and Awards During Compensation Reviews

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 the
    Configure Pools
    step 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.
  1. (Optional) Access the
    Compensation Review Recalculate Bonus Targets
    task.
    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.
    See
    To update both bonus targets and pools, access this task before the
    Configure Pools
    step of the compensation review process. You can still update targets with this task after
    Configure Pools
    but 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 Management
    domain in the Advanced Compensation functional area.
  2. (Optional) Access the
    Recalculate Pool and Awards
    task.
    This task recalculates the bonus pool and awards for in-progress compensation reviews after you update scorecard data using the:
    • Edit Compensation Scorecard
      task, or
    • Put Compensation Scorecard
      Enterprise 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 Fixed
    Automatically 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 % Fixed
    Only available if all approvals are complete.
    Workday applies the
    Bonus Factor %
    proposed against the new target with the latest scorecard results to the
    Award
    amounts and updates the bonus pool.
    Security:
    Process: Compensation Management Plan Employee Management
    domain in the Core Compensation functional area.