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Last Updated: 2023-09-08
Create Work Shifts

Create Work Shifts

Security:
Set Up: Work Shifts
 domain in the Jobs & Positions functional area.
Workday refers to an employee's assigned work shift to determine the number of work days to use in the proration factor. When you don't assign a work shift, Workday uses Monday through Friday as work days.
You can create location-specific work shifts to associate with jobs and positions.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Work Shifts
     task.
  2. Select a
    Country
     or
    Country Region
    .
  3. For each work shift, specify a
    Work Shift Name
     and
    Work Shift Description
    .
    When a work shift is no longer valid, you can inactivate it, but you can't delete it.
Work Shift Name
Work Shift Description
Day Shift
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Night Shift
11:00 pm to 7:00 am
Swing Shift
4:00 pm to 12:00 am
Weekend Shift
Saturday and Sunday
You can associate a work shift with a position based on a job profile. Enable
Work Shift
 for a country on the
Maintain Localization Settings
 task and select the
Work Shift Required
 check box on the job profile. Then select a work shift available for the primary location of the position using the
Edit Position
 task.