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Last Updated: 2025-05-30
Example: Calculate Hours Not Worked

Example: Calculate Hours Not Worked

This example illustrates how to create a calculation to track hours not worked for these payroll countries:
  • USA
  • Canada
  • UK
.
Global Modern Services wants to identify hours not worked in order to calculate the impact of time off and holidays on salaried workers' pay.
When calculating hours not worked due to time off or holidays, you need to:
  • Convert time off into hours, based on a full work day for full-time workers.
  • Consider subperiods and proration.
  • Create an
    Annual Vacation
    time off plan in days. Workday Absence Management will then automatically create 3 absence component related calculations, including
    Annual Vacation - Time Off Paid
    .
  • Set up worker holiday calendars.
Security:
  • Set Up: Calculations - Generic
    in the Core Payroll functional area.
  • Set Up: Time Off (Calculations - Generic)
    in the Time Off and Leave functional area.
  1. Access the
    Create Arithmetic Calculation
    task.
    Create a calculation named
    Annual Vacation Time Off Paid in Hours
    with these settings:
    Option
    Value
    Description
    1st Operand
    Annual Vacation - Time Off Paid
    Workday creates this absence component related calculation when you create the
    Annual Vacation
    time off plan in days.
    Operator
    Multiply
    2nd Operand
    8
  2. Access the
    Create Aggregate Calculation
    task.
    Create a calculation named
    Hours Not Worked
    with these settings:
    Option
    Value
    Category
    Payroll
    Function
    Sum
    Operand
    • Annual Vacation Time Off Paid in Hours
    • Worker: Holiday Hours (from Holiday Calendar) for Worker during Sub-Period
For Payroll for Canada, the UK, and the U.S., use the
Hours Not Worked
calculation to:
  • Reduce worker salaries for time off and holidays.
  • Create a related calculation that tracks hours worked.
For Payroll for France, use the
Hours Not Worked
calculation to reduce worker salaries for time off and holidays.