Workday FAQs and Glossary

What is Workday?

Workday is a cloud-based solution that combines administrative applications into a unified system that is our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Student Information System (SIS).

The Workday system manages human resources, payroll, and finance business processes, as well as the entire lifecycle of student information. It allows common data structures and business processes, as well as efficient reporting and transparency.

What can employees do with Workday?

Once logged in to Workday, employees can expect to:

• Manage personal information

• View compensation

• Update direct deposit and W-4 information

• Select benefit elections and look at benefit enrollment (for eligible employees)

• Request time off and leaves of absence

• Enter time worked and report time and leave (for applicable employees)

Managers will have additional functionality within Workday to do the following:

• Approve employee time and leave requests, and view accrued leave

• Manage team talent and performance

• Recruit, hire and onboard new employees

• Check the status of the hiring process (hiring managers and search chairs)

• See the university’s organizational structure in one view