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Last Updated: 2025-06-13
Steps: Set Up Net Pay Validation and Arrears Tracking and Recouping

Steps: Set Up Net Pay Validation and Arrears Tracking and Recouping

  • Review setup considerations for net pay validation and arrears.
  • Define the
    Minimum Net Amount
     on the
    General
     tab of the
    Create Run Category
     task. The most common amount is zero.
  • Security: These domains in the Core Payroll functional area:
    • Set Up: Payroll (Calculations - Payroll Specific)
    • Reports: Pay Calculation Results (Reports: Indexed Data Source Filters)
When a worker's net pay is below the minimum net amount defined for a run category, you can configure Workday to:
  • Eliminate or reduce deductions based on deduction priorities.
  • Track and recoup arrears based on deduction priorities and arrears limits. You can also track arrears without recouping them.
Example: You can configure Workday to take health care deductions before retirement deductions to arrive at the specified minimum net pay or when recouping arrears.
Arrears tracking isn't typically used in Payroll for Australia and France.
  1. Deduction priorities control the order in which Workday:
    • Reduces or eliminates deductions to restore an employee's minimum net pay.
    • Recovers outstanding arrears balances when an employee has multiple arrears.
  2. Set default limits for a deduction on the amount of the arrears balance that Workday can recoup in a payroll run.
Run a payroll calculation. You can review calculated arrears amounts on these reports:
  • Payroll Results
    : Displays current period deductions and any deduction amounts placed in arrears.
  • Pay Calculation Results - Outstanding Arrears Balance Composite
    : Displays arrears balances for an employee.
You can use these net pay validation and arrears report data sources when creating custom reports:
  • All Deductions in Net Pay
  • All Deductions in Net Pay (filter by priority)
  • Payroll Result Lines for Outstanding Arrears Balance RDS (USA)
    (USA, CAN)