New Release Workday-Pro-Compensation Human Capital Management Questions

TheCompensation Spreadsheet reportprovides a detailed view of:

Worker’stotal base pay.

Assignedcompensation package.

Compa-ratio(position in range).

Can be scoped by organizations and includes subordinates if required.

Why not the others?

A. Total Rewards→ Worker-facing summary report, not detailed comp admin view.

B. Employee Compensation Details by Job Profile→ Focused on jobs, not individual worker comp breakdown.

D. Employee Compensation Audit→ Audit mismatches, not full comp detail.

By default, Workday restricts one-time payments so that onlyone plan per effective date/reasoncan be entered.

To allowmultiple one-time payments(different plans and pay dates, same effective date/reason), you must enable:

“Enable Multiple One-Time Payments”inEdit Tenant Setup – HCM.

Why not the others?

A. Add Review step for HR Partner→ Impacts workflow, not configuration.

B. Disable Pay Date Help Text→ Only changes help text display, not functionality.

D. Configure same eligibility rules & package→ Doesn’t override the one-payment-per-effective-date limitation.

Compensation gradesin Workday definepay ranges(minimum, midpoint, maximum) for job profiles.

Their purpose isguidanceduring compensation transactions (hire, promotion, merit increase, etc.), ensuring pay is competitive and consistent.

They do not enforce payroll mapping or overtime eligibility directly but help managers and HR align salary offers to market ranges.

Why not the others?

B. Connect salary to payroll→ That is done bycompensation elements, not grades.

C. Overtime eligibility→ Determined bywork hours & worker type, not grades.

D. Compensation basis for reporting→ Controlled bycomp basis setup, not grades.

In Workday, when you set anActual End Dateon a compensation plan, the plan remains activethrough that date.

Workday automaticallyremoves the plan the day afterthe entered actual end date.

Example: If Actual End Date = March 31, the plan is removed effectiveApril 1.

Why not the others?

B. Last day of the month +1→ Too restrictive; not always tied to month-end.

C. On the actual end date→ Wrong; the plan is validthroughthe end date.

D. Last day of the pay period +1→ Not relevant; tied to end date, not pay periods.