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Last Updated: 2026-05-15
Steps: Set Up Payroll for Multiple Jobs

Steps: Set Up Payroll for Multiple Jobs

Configure your tenant to support multiple jobs in the
Position Setup Options
 field on the
Edit Tenant Setup - HCM
 task.
The instructions in this topic are applicable only for these countries:
  • Payroll for Canada
  • Payroll for the UK
  • Payroll for the U.S.
For Payroll for Canada and the U.S., configure Workday to pay employees for multiple jobs, also referred to as multiple positions. You can use Workday to pay all of a worker's positions, including positions in different pay groups and companies (in the same country).
Workday doesn't calculate retro differences for workers in Canada or the U.S. with positions in multiple companies when they have no pay results in those companies.
For Payroll for the UK, configure Workday to pay employees for multiple jobs. You can use Workday to pay employees with multiple jobs under the same payroll ID.
  1. For your payroll country, configure the worker's additional jobs.
  2. Assign a Workday Payroll pay group to each position you want to pay:
    For Payroll for the UK, all jobs or positions for a worker must be in the same pay group. Workday automatically assigns the additional job to the worker's existing payroll ID. See Assign UK Payroll ID for Worker (UK).
  3. Create position-based earnings and deductions by assigning them a
    Calculation Worktag
     of
    Position
    .
    Workday calculates position-based pay components for an employee for each position processed. Results are associated with the company that the position belongs to at the time of processing.
  4. (Optional for Payroll for Canada and the U.S.) When a worker belongs to multiple pay groups or companies, prevent Workday from calculating worker-based pay components more than once. Configure eligibility rules with calculations and report fields such as:
    • Processing Primary Job
    • Current Processing Company
    Based on worker eligibility, Workday calculates worker-based pay components once for each pay group per company.
  5. Assign
    Position
     as a
    Filter Worktag
     on pay balances and pay accumulations.
  6. (Optional) Enter costing allocation instructions for positions.
    Once you allocate costs by position, journal entry lines generated by the accounting process include a position worktag.
You can view detailed pay results for a worker's positions on the
Pay Calculation Results for Worker
 report. When you create position-based pay components, the report lists result lines with the position, pay group, and company. Workday doesn't report results by position on payslips.