Concept: Conditions for Switching a Primary Job
You can change a worker's primary job designation under these conditions.
Worker Conditions
The worker can't have:
- Another in-progressSwitch Primary Jobevent.
- An in-progressTerminationevent.
- A completedTerminationevent that takes effect after the proposed switch date.
Job Conditions
The proposed primary job:
- Must be an active additional job as of the proposed switch date.
- Can't have an in-progressEnd Additional Jobevent.
- Can't have a completedEnd Additional Jobevent that takes effect after the proposed switch date.
You receive a warning if either job has an in-progress staffing event, such as
Change
Job
or Edit Position
. To determine whether the switch impacts other
events, review the worker's history.Business Process Conditions
- The proposed switch date must be after the last completedSwitch Primary Jobevent.
- IfSwitch Primary Jobis a subprocess forAdd Additional Job, the proposed primary job must be the newly added job.
- IfSwitch Primary Jobis a subprocess for aChange Jobevent on an additional job, the proposed primary job must be that additional job.
- WhenSwitch Primary Jobis a subprocess forEnd Additional Job, the step only initiates if the primary job is ending.
Payroll Conditions
- Both jobs must either belong to any Workday pay group OR belong to thesameexternal pay group or have no pay group assigned.
- Neither job can have an in-progressAssign Pay Groupevent or a completedAssign Pay Groupevent that takes effect after the proposed switch date.
- The proposed switch date must be after the worker's last completed pay calculation result.
- The proposed job can't be an assignment if the position has a Workday Payroll pay group assigned.