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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Switch Primary Job

Switch Primary Job

  • Create reasons for switching a worker's primary job with the
    Maintain Event Categories and Reasons
     task.
  • Configure the
    Switch Primary Job
     business process and security policy in the Staffing functional area. You can use
    Switch Primary Job
     as a standalone business process or as a subprocess for
    Add Additional Job
     or
    Change Job
    .
  • Edit the security policy on the
    Staffing Actions: Primary Job
     domain to specify who can view or modify job information.
Change the primary job designation for a worker with multiple jobs.
Workday Payroll for the UK doesn't support multiple jobs.
  1. Access the
    Switch Primary Job
     task and select the
    Worker
    .
  2. Select the
    Reason
     and
    Effective Date
     for the change.
    The effective date must be later than any previously completed primary job switches. After you enter the date, Workday displays the worker's
    Primary Job
     as of this date.
  3. If the worker has more than 1 additional job, specify which job to designate as the
    Proposed Primary Job
    .
    The
    All Jobs
     section displays details about the worker's current primary job and additional jobs. Details include the supervisory organization, manager, location, job profile, pay group, company, employee type, scheduled hours, and full-time equivalent (FTE) percent.
    If you change the effective date after the
    All Jobs
     section is populated, the job details don't refresh.
In the worker's history, the
Primary Job Switch
 event reflects the worker's primary and additional jobs before the switch, regardless of the event status.
When workers have in-progress on-cycle, on-demand, or retro pay results while you switch jobs, Workday assigns the
Requires Re-calculation
 status to those results.
  • To view job switch activity by organization for a given date range, access the
    Primary Job Switch History
     report.
  • You can cancel or rescind the job switch, but you can't correct it. From the employee's related actions menu, select
    Worker History
    View Worker History
    ; then select either
    Cancel
     or
    Rescind
     as a related action on the
    Primary Job Switch
     event.