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Workday Payroll for Business Users
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
Recommended experience
5 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
How Workday organizes information and tracks changes using the business process framework.
How to update and maintain worker and transactional data to ensure accurate reporting.
How to initiate, approve, and manage business processes to support operational efficiency.
How to perform product-specific tasks to keep up with changing business needs.
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October 2025
Assessments
8 assignments
Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course
In this module, you will learn how to navigate and search in Workday, understand staffing models, and learn how to perform the daily transactions of hiring, transferring, and terminating your organization's workers.
What's included
13 videos2 assignments
In this module, you will learn how to initiate and process benefit events, identify benefit event types; and manage dependents, beneficiaries, passive events, and court orders. You will also learn how to support the open enrollment cycle and passive events.
What's included
10 videos2 assignments
In this module you will learn how to process and audit payroll, complete the payroll cycle, and identify reports to validate results.
What's included
15 videos2 assignments
In this module, you will learn about common reports and tasks in Workday Reporting & Analytics.
What's included
11 videos2 assignments
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