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Last Updated: 2025-07-25
Change Location

Change Location

This topic is relevant to the legacy change job experience. We plan to retire this topic in a future release.
Configure the
Change Job
 business process and security policy in the Staffing functional area.
Change the work location for an employee or a contingent worker.
  • Change Location
     is an initiating action for the
    Change Job
     business process that displays only relevant fields in the
    Start
    ,
    Location
    , and
    Details
     sections.
  • The
    Job
     and
    Organizations
     sections are hidden, even in review and approval steps.
  • If you consolidate the
    Change Job
     business process with
    Assign Employee Collective Agreement
     and
    Propose Compensation Change
    , these sections are also hidden:
    • Collective Agreement
    • Compensation
    You may need to configure a consolidated template override to hide the
    Compensation
     section for all security groups. From the related actions menu on the
    Change Job
     business process type, select
    Business Process
    Configure Business Process Consolidated Template Override
    . Configure the
    Change Location (Change Location)
     initiating action.
To change a work space location without initiating any other staffing transactions, use the
Change Work Space
 business process.
  1. As a related action on a worker, select
    Job Change
    Change Location
    .
  2. In the
    Start
     section, select the date, reason, and new location.
    • If you have pay groups in Workday, you can select the next pay period to align the start date with your pay cycle.
    • Access the
      Maintain Event Categories and Reasons
       task to define reasons.
    • You can't change the manager or supervisory organization.
  3. Complete the
    Location
     and
    Details
     sections individually, or click
    Summary
     to complete everything on 1 page.
Workday adds the
Data Change
 event to the worker's history.