Workday Pro HCM Core flashcards
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- Supervisory Organization
- The primary organizational unit in Workday that groups workers and drives hierarchy, staffing, and security. Each worker has exactly one home supervisory organization.
- Staffing Model
- Configuration attached to a supervisory organization that defines allowed worker types and whether positions are used to manage headcount.
- Position Management
- A staffing approach where each worker occupies a defined position. Enabled per supervisory org through the staffing model and controls headcount by position.
- Job Requisition
- A hiring demand record created to fill one or more openings. It is linked to a supervisory org and job profile and drives the recruiting process.
- Effective-Dated Change
- A record change with a future effective date. It does not alter the current record until that date is reached, preserving historical data.
- Change Job Business Process
- A transaction that moves a worker to a new position, job, or supervisory org. It can trigger compensation, payroll, and security updates together.
- Business Process Security
- Policy defining which security groups can initiate or participate in a business process step. It is separate from domain data security policy.
- Pay Group
- A payroll configuration that sets the processing schedule, pay period, pay date, and default run categories for the workers assigned to it.
- Pay Component
- A configured earning or deduction with calculation rules and taxability settings. Pay components are grouped into categories used during payroll calculation.
- Payroll Pre-Run
- A review phase after calculation where payroll results are validated before completion. Adjustments are made here prior to finalizing the run.
- Payroll Cut-Off Date
- A date, set relative to period end, that determines which payroll input items are included in a given payroll run.
- Off-Cycle Payroll Run
- A supplemental run using a separate run category and pay period override. It does not change the regular schedule and must be reconciled.
- Retroactive Pay
- An adjustment generated when a compensation or job change is effective in a prior period. The system recalculates prior results and produces correction payments.
- Payroll Accounting Rules
- Configuration that maps pay components to general ledger accounts so payroll results post correctly to the financial system.
- Taxable Wages
- Gross pay minus pre-tax deductions, determined by each pay component's taxability settings. It forms the base for withholding and employer tax calculations.
- Review Template
- A performance review configuration containing sections and rating scales. It determines which roles, such as manager, self, or peer, submit evaluations.
- Goal Cascading
- A process that pushes organization-level goals down to teams and individuals. Goal statuses include Not Started, In Progress, Completed, and Canceled.
- Talent Calibration Grid
- A talent review configuration with x and y axes, such as performance versus potential, used to place workers into boxes for discussion.
- Succession Readiness Level
- A rating attached to a successor in a talent pool indicating preparedness, typically Ready Now, Ready in 1-2 Years, or Ready in 3+ Years.
- Competency Proficiency Scale
- A rating scale used to assess competencies attached to jobs, positions, and review templates. It standardizes how skill levels are measured.
- Anytime Feedback
- A talent feature allowing feedback requests outside formal reviews. Visibility is controlled by configured privacy settings on the feedback request.
- Development Plan
- A worker's plan of development items linked to career interests, competencies, and learning content to support growth toward target roles.
- Review Cycle
- The time period that scopes a performance review process. Review and calibration data are tied to the specific cycle in which they occur.
- Time Entry Code
- A configured code workers select when entering time, such as regular or overtime. It links entered hours to applicable calculation rules.
- Time Calculation Tags
- Tags applied to time entries that determine which calculation rules, such as overtime or premium rules, apply to the recorded hours.
- Time Calculation Rules
- Rules evaluated in sequence to apply daily overtime, weekly overtime, and consecutive-day logic per the organization's labor policy.
- Absence Plan
- A time-off configuration defining accrual frequency, accrual amount, carryover limits, and eligibility. Accruals post on the plan's accrual schedule.
- Accrual Balance
- The available time-off amount in an absence plan. Time off requests are validated against eligibility and the balance at submission.
- Published Schedule
- A schedule released to workers for a schedule period. Workers view it and may submit shift-swap or time-off requests per configured rules.
- Demand-Based Scheduling
- A workforce scheduling method that sets required headcount per time interval and assigns shifts so coverage meets the labor demand.
- Payroll Time Input
- The approved, locked time and attendance data that flows into payroll as input for pay calculation. Unapproved entries are excluded.
- Labor Rule Exception
- A violation of configured labor rules, such as missed breaks or excessive consecutive hours, surfaced during time approval for resolution.