Create One-Time Payment Plans
- Set up compensation components and grades.
- Security:Set Up: Base and Plandomain in the Core Compensation functional area.
You can create one-time payment plans and use them for:
- Referral bonuses.
- Retention incentives.
- Signing bonuses.
- Severance pay.
After you create one-time payment plans, you can assign them to employees.
- Access theCreate One-Time Payment Plantask.
- (Optional) Select theEnable Coverage Datescheck box to display theCoverage Datessection on theRequest One-Time Paymenttask.Coverage dates enable Workday Payroll or Payroll Integration to associate dates with the one-time payment for US Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) reporting requirements.
- (Optional) Select aCategory.Workday delivers these categories:
Option Description ClawbackIf selected, Workday displays theClawback Payment Optionssection and enables theClawback Datefield on anyRequest One-Time Paymentprocess configured using this plan.ReferralFor use with amount-based employee referrals only.To add theOne-Time Payment for Referralstep to theHirebusiness process, you must add theReferralcategory. One-time payment plans that use theReferralcategory aren't available for use in other business processes.You can create additional categories for reporting and sorting purposes on theCreate One-Time Payment Plan Configurable Categorytask. - (Optional) Configure theClawback Payment Optionssection.This is only available if you selected theClawbackcategory.
Option Description Clawback ScheduleSelect a schedule created with theCreate One-Time Payment Plan Scheduletask.Example: Create a schedule calledRetention Bonusto recover the bonus up to 2 years after theScheduled Payment Date. Workday populates theClawback Dateon anyRequest One-Time Paymentprocess configured with this plan.You can access theOne-Time Payments Eligible for Clawbackreport to display one-time payments with a clawback date that occurs after the worker's termination date.Clawback CalculationSelect a calculation created in the Compensation category on tasks such asCreate Arithmetic Calculationand others to assist in calculating an amount for clawback during the worker's termination process. You can use Workday-delivered calculations as a starting point, such as:- Recommended Clawback Percent based on Length of Employment.
- Recommended Clawback Percent based on Scheduled Payment Date.
- (Optional) ConfigureReferral Payment Options.This is only available if you selected theReferralcategory.
Option Description Payment Schedule(Optional) Select a schedule created with theCreate One-Time Payment Plan Scheduletask.Example: Create a schedule calledWait Periodto hold payment for 3 months after the hire date.If not selected, Workday pays the referral bonus on the hire date.Cost to New Hire Organizations(Optional) Select to charge the referral to the hiring organizations during theHireprocess.If selected, Workday:- Automatically populates worktags with relevant organization assignments from the referrer and hiring organizations.
- Displays the organization assignments for both the new hire and referrer.
- In theDefaultssection, consider:
Option Description Compensation ElementIf you select a compensation element with a gross up earning, Workday automatically selects theGross Upcheck box.Target AmountEnter the amount to pay to the employee.For a gross up earning, enter the desired net payment.Target PercentageEnter the percentage of total base pay used to calculate the payment amount.For a gross up earning, enter the percentage for the desired net payment.CurrencyEnter the currency for the payment.Reference FrequencySelect the frequency for Workday to use when calculating the payment amount.Example:- Total base pay for Leslie is 125,000.
- You select 10 percent for theTarget Percentage.
- You selectQuarterlyfor theReference Frequency.
Workday calculates the payment amount: 125,000 * 0.10 * 0.25 = 3,125, or 10 percent of one quarter of the total base pay.Recommended Minimum / Recommended MaximumSelect values to serve as guidelines for the manager requesting the one-time payment. Managers can enter values outside of the range. - In thePlan Eligibilitysection, select 1 or more eligibility rules.For referral plans, eligibility rules can use report fields on the hired worker and the referral to determine eligibility.
- (Optional) Select 1 or moreWorktagsconfigured on theMaintain Worktag Usagetask for integration with Workday Payroll or a third party payroll integration.You can't select worktags if you selected theCost to New Hire Organizationscheck box.
- (Optional) Set up 1 or more profiles in theOne-Time Payment Plan Profilessection if you want multiple plan targets.If you're defining the plan to have multiple targets, theOne-Time Payment Plan Profilessection enables you to create a single plan for what are effectively multiple plans.Example: You can set up 1 profile where the target for individual contributors is 500 USD and the target for directors is 1000 USD.
You can hide the compensation plan type from specified groups of workers using the
Worker Data: Compensation Plan Type
domain in the Core Compensation functional area.