🌐 Representing global mobility in Workday
With a global workforce, there is a lot of different ways that people can spread their work across the world. These are a few situations I've ran into and how to solve or think about which ones are appropriate for different situations.
tl;dr
➕ Additional Jobs
Additional jobs are where workers split their time working in multiple jobs.
For example:
Maybe 50% of their job is in one location and 50% is in another. With multiple jobs, a worker can have different pay groups, compensation, and hours/FTE for each job. Each job is a unique position and comes with it's own position related attributes. Consider if your condition rules throughout the tenant are position or worker based. Someone dropping form 40 hours to 20 hours in a position may lose benefits eligibility if the rule requires a minimum of 30 hours to be benefit eligible.
Setting up Additional Jobs
Minimally you'll need to:
- Enable
Multiple Jobson the Position Setup Options in Tenant Setup - HCM - Configure the Add Additional Job business process definition.
- Configure the End Additional Job business process definition.
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- Add Additional Jobs
- Impacts of Enabling Multiple Jobs
- Impacts of Primary Position Designation
- Setup Considerations: Payroll for Multiple Jobs
🛫 International and Domestic Assignments
Add international and domestic assignments is very similar to add additional jobs. In fact, Workday even recommends you use Add Additional Job over Start International Assignment for improved functionality and flexibility. These are some key differences:
- Workers on assignment can optionally be distinguished with a
(DA)or(IA)on their profile. - IA/DA differentiates between "home" and "host" positions.
- IA/DA tracks an expected end date.
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- Setup Considerations: International and Domestic Assignments
- Reference: International Assignments Comparison
- FAQ: International and Domestic Assignments
↗️ Flexible Work Arrangements
Flexible work arrangements enable tracking and reporting flexible work arrangements. You could configure types like a compressed work schedule, fully remote or office/remote hybrid, or a work hours change.