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Last Updated: 2026-05-15
Steps: Report Hours Worked for SUI

Steps: Report Hours Worked for SUI

Have an earning for worker's salary that's reduced by time off or holiday pay.
You can report hours worked at the state unemployment insurance (SUI) level to help you improve accuracy for quarterly tax reporting.
Set up reporting hours worked at the SUI level before you calculate pay results for the next quarter to help ensure that:
  • All the workers' pay results include SUI hours on them.
  • The total SUI hours for each worker are accurate.
Example: It's currently March, and you want to report hours worked for SUI. You've already completed some payroll results for your workers, so those completed results in Q1 won't have hours worked at the SUI level. You decide to set up reporting hours worked for SUI this month so that the configuration is ready for Q2.
  1. Add the
    Reporting: SUI ER Hours Worked [USA]
     pay component group (PCG) to the relevant hours related calculation on the appropriate earning codes.
    Example: You add the
    Reporting: SUI ER Hours Worked [USA]
     pay component group on the
    Hours (prorated)
     related calculation.
  2. Access the
    Tax Filing Quarterly Data for Workers
     report to verify that the hours worked at the SUI level are accurate by reviewing the:
    • QTD SUI Hours
       column on the
      Data for Quarters
       tab.
    • Hours Worked
       column on the
      Additional Data
       tab.
    If you configure the
    Reporting: SUI ER Hours Worked [USA]
     PCG after you already completed payroll results for the quarter, you might see inaccurate hours on the report. Workday recommends that you set up reporting hours worked at the SUI level prior to the beginning of the quarter before Step 3.
    Security:
    Reports: Pay Calculation Results for Worker (Tax Filing/ W-2's) - USA
     domain in these functional areas:
    • Payroll USA: Reports
    • Integrations
  3. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Payroll
     task to opt in to filing hours worked at the SUI level.
    In the
    Tax Elections / Taxes
     section, select the quarter where you want to start reporting SUI hours from the
    Enable Hours Worked for Employer SUI
     prompt.
    Security:
    Setup: Tenant Setup - Payroll
     domain in the Payroll Core functional area.
The
Reporting: SUI ER Hours Worked [USA]
 PCG enables:
  • Payroll results to display the
    SUI (ER) [USA]
     pay component on the
    Additional Pay Components
     tab in the
    Employer Paid Taxes
     section.
  • The
    Tax Filing Quarterly Data for Workers
     report to display hours worked on the
    QTD SUI Hours
     column of the
    Data for Quarters
     tab.
After you select a quarter from the
Enable Hours Worked for Employer SUI
 prompt:
  • Workday includes the hours worked at the
    SUI (ER)[USA]
     pay component level within the
    Get Quarterly Worker Tax Filing Data
     web service.
  • U.S. tax filing integrations output hours worked within their respective quarterly tax files for the
    SUI (ER)[USA]
     pay component.
Example: Paul moved from California to Nevada. They worked 160 hours total for the pay period. After you set up reporting for SUI hours, Workday drills down on Paul's total hours to report the hours that they worked in each state:
  • 40 hours in California.
  • 120 hours in Nevada.