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Last Updated: 2026-04-03
Steps: Set Up International and Domestic Assignments

Steps: Set Up International and Domestic Assignments

You can manage international and domestic assignments as additional jobs with these business processes:
  • Add Additional Job
  • End Additional Job
With the
Change Job
 business process, you can change an employee's job to a domestic assignment.
You can also manage international assignments with these business processes:
  • Start International Assignment
  • End International Assignment
Using the
Add Additional Job
 and
End Additional Job
 business processes to manage international assignments provides you with improved usability and flexibility. Example: You can make an assignment a primary job as a subprocess of the
Add Additional Job
 business process to manage employees in their host country.
Workday recommends that you don't end the assignment and terminate the employee on the same date. If you end the assignment and terminate the employee on the same date, the assignment continues to display as the default position on the worker profile. If you rehire the same employee, the position that you select when hiring becomes the employee's primary position.
  1. Configure role-based security for multiple jobs.
    The
    Start International Assignment
     task isn't constrained to your configured security groups and gives users access to all workers in any organization. This enables users in host countries to start the international assignment for workers in other organizations and locations.
  2. (Optional) Access the
    Edit Security Group
     task to grant managers access to the home and host job or position data for employee's on international assignments.
    Option Description
    Role has access to the positions they support.
    Gives the roles in the supervisory organization associated with the specified position access to the worker's person and job or position data.
    Role for primary job has access to all positions.
    Gives only those roles in the supervisory organization associated with the primary job or position access to the worker's person and job or position data.
    Role has access to all positions.
    Gives all roles in the supervisory organization associated with the primary and additional jobs or positions access to the worker's person and job or position data.
    • To manage international and domestic assignments, configure these business processes and security policies in the Staffing functional area:
      • Add Additional Job
      • End Additional Job
        To change employee's positions to domestic assignments, you can also configure the
        Change Job
         business process and security policies in the Staffing functional area.
    • To manage international assignments only, configure the
      Start International Assignment
       and
      End International Assignment
       business processes and security policies in the Staffing functional area.
  4. Edit Domain Security Policies.
    Set up security policies for these domains in the Staffing functional area to set up and report on assignments:
    • Set Up: Position
    • Set Up: Staffing
    • Worker Data: Assignments and Global Mobility
  5. If you're using the
    Add Additional Job
     business process, enable assignment fields for the
    Add Additional Job
     business process with the
    Configure Optional Fields
     task.
    You can also hide assignment fields on the
    Change Job
     business process.
  6. Access the
    Maintain Assignment Types
     task.
    Create assignment types.
  7. (Optional) Access the
    Translate Business Object
     report.
    Translate custom assignment labels configured in the
    Maintain Assignment Types
    .
  8. Access the
    Maintain Event Categories and Reasons
     task.
    Create categories and reasons for the
    Add Additional Job
     or
    Start International Assignment
     business process.
  9. Access the
    Maintain End Additional Job Categories
     task.
    Create categories and reasons for the
    End Additional Job
    ,
    End International Assignment
    , or
    Change Job
     business process.
  10. If you use Workday Payroll to pay workers on international assignments, access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - HCM
     task.
    Select
    Multiple Jobs
     in the
    Position Setup Options
     to enable international assignment payments.
  11. (Optional) Access the
    Maintain Custom Labels
     task.
    Create an alternative term for international assignments.
  12. (Optional) Set up job overlap for vacating positions.