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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Ending Jobs

Ending Jobs

  • Configure the
    End Additional Job
     business process and security policy in the Staffing functional area.
  • Create categories and reasons for ending additional jobs with the
    Maintain End Additional Job Categories
     task.
  • Verify that the employee has no pending or completed staffing or organization changes that are effective after the end date of the additional job.
End an employee's additional job or position. You can also end an employee's primary job if there is a related future-dated
Switch Primary Job
 event.
  1. Access the
    End Job
     task.
  2. Select the
    Employee
     and the
    Job
    .
  3. Complete the termination details:
    Option Description
    End Date
    This date must be on or after the effective date of the job.
    You can end a primary job if there is a related
    Switch Primary Job
     event after this date.
    Close Position
    You can't close positions that have an open job requisition. Leave blank if you want to keep the position open for staffing.
    This field is only available for position management organizations; with job management you can't open or close individual jobs.
    Is this position available for overlap?
    Specify whether another worker can fill the position before the incumbent departs. Available for position management organizations when job overlap is enabled in the
    Edit Tenant Setup - HCM
     task.
    Last Day of Work
    Automatically populates to the
    End Date
    .
    Pay Through Date
    Automatically populates to the
    End Date
    . Use this field in situations where severance pay continues past the position end date.
    Notify By
    Automatically populates to the
    End Date
    .
If you didn’t close the position, Workday sets its status to
Open
:
  • If you use job requisitions, the position is available as soon as you have an open requisition.
  • If you don’t use job requisitions, the position is available the next day.
You can correct or reverse the ending of an additional job. From the employee's related actions menu, select
Worker History
View Worker History
; then select either
Correct
 or
Rescind
 as a related action on the
End Additional Job
 event. If the position has an open job requisition, you can't rescind the event.