Setup Considerations: Paid Sick Leave for British Columbia
You can use this topic to help make decisions when planning your configuration and use of the Paid Sick Leave for British Columbia feature. It explains:
- Why to set it up.
- How it fits into the rest of Workday.
- Downstream impacts and cross-product interactions.
- Security requirements and business process configurations.
- Questions and limitations to consider before implementation.
Refer to detailed task instructions for full configuration details.
What It Is
Workday supports the automated calculation for paid sick leave for British Columbia hourly workers in compliance with British Columbia provincial regulations. This feature uses:
- Workday Time Tracking to calculate the hours in the 30 calendar day lookback period.
- Workday Payroll for Canada to calculate the rate of pay for paid sick leave hours.
Business Benefits
This feature enables you to automate the complex process of calculating an average day’s pay for workers in British Columbia with irregular schedules.
Use Cases
Pay a worker’s sick leave based on British Columbia provincial regulatory compliance.
Questions to Consider
No impact.
Recommendations
No impact.
Requirements
You must have Workday Payroll, Workday Time Tracking, and Workday Absence Management to use the paid sick leave functionality.
Use Workday Time Tracking to configure:
- Time off worktags.
- Calendar dates for paid sick leave.
Use Workday Payroll to set up earnings.
Use Workday Absence Management to set up a time off plan for BC sick pay.
Limitations
Workday doesn't support:
- Retroactive paid sick leave.
- Multiple jobs or positions for paid sick leave.
- Workers with international assignments in Canada.
- Payroll input for BC Paid Sick Leave pay components.
Tenant Setup
No impact.
Security
Domain | Considerations |
|---|---|
Set Up: Payroll (Paid Sick Leave - CAN) in the Canada Payroll functional area. | Enables users to access paid sick leave configuration data. You can add role-based pay groups and unconstrained groups to this security domain, which enables pay administrators and pay partners to view paid sick leave data that's relevant to their role. |
Set Up: Time Tracking in the Time Tracking functional area. | Enables users to set up basic Time Tracking configuration data including Time Entry Codes and Time Entry Templates. |
Set Up: Time Off in the Time Off and Leave functional area. | Enables users to view or update their time off calculations and absence-specific data. |
Business Processes
No impact.
Reporting
You can use the
All Paid Sick Leave Configurations
report to review all paid sick leave data in a given period. Integrations
No impact.
Connections and Touchpoints
Paid sick leave interacts with these Workday areas:
Features | Considerations |
|---|---|
Look-back periods | Workday Payroll. Workday uses look-back periods to define a time boundary for earnings to determine a worker's paid sick leave. |
Calculation tags | Workday Time Tracking. Workday uses a worker's paid sick leave time off worktag to:
|
Workday offers a Touchpoints Kit with resources to help you understand configuration relationships in your tenant. Learn more about the Workday Touchpoints Kit on Workday Community.
Other Impacts
No impact.