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NEW QUESTION # 34
A compensation partner runs the Employee Compensation Step Progression Audit report and notices seven employees listed on the report.
What should you do?
- A. Use the Change Job business process to move the employees on the report to a new compensation grade and step.
- B. Use the Set Up Grade Job Profile Adjustment task to update the grade assigned to the employees on the report.
- C. Use the Schedule Automatic Step Progression task to move eligible employees to the next step.
- D. Use the Maintain Compensation Steps task and add a progression rule to the steps.
Answer: C
Explanation:
* progressionbut haven't yet been moved to the next step.
* The corrective action is to runSchedule Automatic Step Progression, which processes all eligible employees and updates their step automatically.
Why not the others?
* B. Maintain Compensation Steps + progression rule# Only needed if rules are missing. If employees appear, rules already exist.
* C. Change Job# Not required; step progression is automated.
* D. Set Up Grade Job Profile Adjustment# Used for grade changes, not step progression.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Step Progression Process:Audit report + Schedule Automatic Step Progression ensures progression is applied.
NEW QUESTION # 35
A customer requires an additional month to be paid as per the country's legislative requirements.
How do you configure this?
- A. Create a period salary plan with a multiplier of one month.
- B. Create a one-time payment plan.
- C. Create an amount-based allowance plan with plan profiles for each month.
- D. Create a percent-based merit plan.
Answer: A
Explanation:
* Some countries (e.g., Italy, Spain) legally require employees to be paid13 or 14 times per year.
* Workday supports this by using aPeriod Salary Planwith amultiplier, which allows additional months, weeks, or days of pay.
* In this case, to meet the legislation for an extra month, configure theperiod salary plan with a 1-month multiplier.
Why not the others?
* A. Amount-based allowance plan# Allowances are supplemental, not designed for legislated base salary multipliers.
* B. Percent-based merit plan# Merit is performance-based, not a legislative requirement.
* C. One-time payment plan# One-time payments are ad hoc, not recurring annual extra months.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Period Salary Plans:Used for countries with 13th/14th month pay requirements.
Workday Community - Regional Compensation Setup Guides.
NEW QUESTION # 36
What report allows you to view the compensation components that the worker is assigned and eligible for, unassigned and eligible for, and assigned and ineligible for?
- A. Employee Compensation Audit
- B. Compensation Rule Assignment
- C. Compensation Summary
- D. Employee Compensation Details by Job Profile
Answer: A
Explanation:
* TheEmployee Compensation Audit reportshows, for each worker:
* Assigned & eligiblecompensation components.
* Unassigned but eligiblecomponents.
* Assigned but ineligiblecomponents.
* This makes it the primary tool for validating comp assignments against eligibility rules.
Why not the others?
* A. Employee Compensation Details by Job Profile# Focuses on job profiles, not assignment eligibility.
* C. Compensation Summary# Summary-level report, not eligibility vs. assignment detail.
* D. Compensation Rule Assignment# Shows rules applied to plans, not worker assignment detail.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Employee Compensation Audit Guide.
NEW QUESTION # 37
When employees request a one-time payment for themselves, they have access to view and update the Gross Up and Send to Payroll checkboxes. Selecting these options could impact their payment.
How can you prevent employees from updating these options?
- A. Configure Optional Fields for Request One-Time Payment to hide the fields.
- B. Remove Employee as Self from the Self-Service: Request One-Time Payment security domain.
- C. Remove Employee as Self from the Self-Service: Payroll security domain.
- D. Configure Optional Fields for Request One-Time Payment for Self to hide the fields.
Answer: D
Explanation:
* Employees requestingone-time payments for selfmay see sensitive options likeGross UporSend to Payroll.
* To prevent them from updating these fields, configureOptional Fields for Request One-Time Payment for Selfand hide the checkboxes.
* This limits their visibility and update access without affecting manager/HR workflows.
Why not the others?
* A. Optional Fields for Request One-Time Payment# Applies to manager/HR use, not self-service.
* C. Remove Employee as Self from self-service comp domain# Would block employees from initiating requests entirely.
* D. Payroll security domain# Payroll security doesn't control compensation request UI fields.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Configuring Optional Fields for Self-Service One-Time Payments.
NEW QUESTION # 38
You must make a change to an employee's salary without changing other worker details.
What task will you use to make the ad hoc change?
- A. Transfer, Promote or Change Job
- B. Request Compensation Change
- C. Request One-Time Payment
- D. Request Grade Change
Answer: B
Explanation:
* The taskRequest Compensation Changeis specifically forupdating salary or allowanceswithout affecting other worker details (position, job, location).
* This allows an ad hoc adjustment to salary while leaving the rest of the worker's profile unchanged.
Why not the others?
* A. Transfer/Promote/Change Job# Used when job details (title, location, org) change, not just pay.
* C. Request Grade Change# Alters grade, not salary directly.
* D. Request One-Time Payment# Temporary, ad hoc payments, not ongoing salary.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Compensation Changes Guide:Salary adjustments without job changes use Request Compensation Change.
NEW QUESTION # 39
How do you configure a salary plan to prorate an employee's scheduled hours?
- A. Apply FTE%
- B. Eligibility Rules
- C. Compensation Element
- D. Exclude from Merit
Answer: A
Explanation:
When configuring asalary plan, you can choose whether the plan amount should automatically adjust for part- time employees based onFTE% (Full-Time Equivalent percentage).
* Apply FTE%ensures that the salary plan prorates according to scheduled hours vs. full-time hours.
* Example: If an employee works 50% FTE, a $60,000 annual salary plan will automatically adjust to
$30,000.
Why not the others?
* B. Compensation Element- Elements link plans to payroll but do not control proration.
* C. Eligibility Rules- Define who is eligible, not how amounts are prorated.
* D. Exclude from Merit- Used in merit review processes, unrelated to proration.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation Training:Salary plans have a checkbox "Apply FTE%" to prorate salaries based on work schedule.
Workday Community - Salary Plan Configuration:Confirms FTE% is the method for automatic proration.
NEW QUESTION # 40
Refer to the following scenario to answer the question below.
A company with salaried and hourly employees has headquarters in London with additional offices in New York and Milan. What configuration allows the company to enter one total compensation amount for employees based in Milan?
- A. Manage Basis Total
- B. Total Base Pay
- C. Total Salary & Allowances
- D. Eligible Earnings Override
Answer: A
Explanation:
* The company wants to enterone total compensation amountfor Milan employees instead of entering salary, allowance, and bonus separately.
* This is achieved byManage Basis Total, which allows admins to configuretotal comp entryat the worker level while Workday allocates automatically across plans.
* This simplifies data entry for regions where comp is communicated as atotal package.
Why not the others?
* A. Eligible Earnings Override# Used for payroll overrides, not comp plan entry.
* C. Total Base Pay# Only includes salary + base pay elements, not full compensation package.
* D. Total Salary & Allowances# Not a standard Workday configuration option; the correct feature isManage Basis Total.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Manage Basis Total Functionality:Used when companies pay/track one total amount for comp.
Workday Community - European Compensation Configurations (Italy, Milan case).
#Final Verified answer: B. Manage Basis Total
NEW QUESTION # 41
A salary plan uses an eligibility rule that evaluates if pay rate type is salaried.
To minimize data discrepancies, what configuration do you complete next?
- A. Assign a pay rate type to job requisitions.
- B. Assign pay rate types to job profiles.
- C. Modify the eligibility rule to evaluate all job profiles.
- D. Assign the salary plan to job profiles.
Answer: B
Explanation:
* Since the eligibility rule evaluatespay rate type = salaried, you need to ensure every job profile has thecorrect pay rate type assigned.
* This prevents mismatches where employees may not qualify for the salary plan due to missing or inconsistent data.
Why not the others?
* A. Modify rule to evaluate all job profiles# Broadens scope incorrectly; doesn't ensure data integrity.
* C. Pay rate type on job requisitions# Impacts recruiting, not existing employee eligibility.
* D. Assign salary plan to job profiles# Comes after ensuring the pay rate type is consistently set.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Eligibility Rules & Job Profiles:Pay rate type must be assigned consistently at the job profile level.
Workday Community - Preventing Data Discrepancies in Eligibility.
NEW QUESTION # 42
Refer to the following scenario to answer the question below.
A company with salaried and hourly employees has headquarters in London with additional offices in New York and Milan. How do you configure pay ranges for the Software Engineer job profile in each location?
- A. Create three compensation grades and attach them to three job profiles.
- B. Create one compensation grade with profiles for each location and attach it to the job profile.
- C. Create one compensation grade with multiple eligibility rules.
- D. Create one compensation grade for each location and attach it to the job profile.
Answer: B
Explanation:
* Compensationgradesdefine pay ranges, andgrade profilesallow variation bylocation, job family, or other attributes.
* In this case, the Software Engineer role exists inLondon, New York, and Milan, so the best practice is to:
* Createone compensation grade(Software Engineer).
* Addgrade profilesfor each location, each with its own pay range.
* Attach thegrade(with all profiles) to the job profile.
Why not the others?
* A. One grade per location# Duplicates maintenance effort; profiles exist for this purpose.
* B. Three grades tied to three job profiles# Unnecessary; job profile is the same role globally.
* D. One grade with eligibility rules# Eligibility determines who qualifies, not pay ranges per location.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Compensation Grades & Profiles Guide:Profiles allow different pay ranges for same grade across locations.
Workday Community - Global Grade Profiles Best Practice.
NEW QUESTION # 43
You need to identify employees assigned to bonus plans for which they are not eligible.
What report will you use?
- A. Employee Compensation Audit
- B. Compensation Spreadsheet
- C. Employees Assigned Multiple Bonus Plans
- D. View Rollout Compensation Plan Rollout Process
Answer: A
Explanation:
* TheEmployee Compensation Audit reportidentifies mismatches, such as employees:
* Assigned to comp plans for which they are not eligible.
* Missing comp plans they should have.
* It is the standard audit tool for verifying eligibility alignment with assigned compensation.
Why not the others?
* B. Rollout Process report# Tracks rollout actions, not eligibility mismatches.
* C. Employees Assigned Multiple Bonus Plans# Only checks duplicate plan assignments.
* D. Compensation Spreadsheet# Used for review/updates, not eligibility audits.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Audit Reports:Employee Compensation Audit identifies eligibility issues.
#Final Verified answer: A. Employee Compensation Audit.
NEW QUESTION # 44
You want to award multiple one-time payments for an employee with different one-time payment plans and different scheduled payment dates while sharing the same reason and effective date.
What will you configure to allow this?
- A. Configure the same eligibility rules on all one-time payment plans and include them in the compensation package.
- B. Select Disable Pay Date Help Text for One-Time and Referral Payment Processes on Edit Tenant Setup
- HCM. - C. Edit the business process definition for Request One-Time Payment and add a Review step for HR Partner.
- D. Select Enable Multiple One-Time Payments on Edit Tenant Setup - HCM.
Answer: D
Explanation:
* 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.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Tenant Setup for One-Time Payments:Multiple one-time payments option enables different plans under the same effective date.
NEW QUESTION # 45
An employee is transferring from one supervisory organization to another and they are subject to compensation change.
What compensation business process will the Change Job transaction trigger?
- A. Propose Compensation Offer
- B. Request Compensation Change
- C. Propose Compensation Hire
- D. Propose Compensation Change
Answer: D
Explanation:
* When an employee undergoes aChange Job(e.g., transferring between supervisory orgs), Workday triggers thePropose Compensation Changebusiness process if compensation is impacted.
* This allows HR/Comp to adjust salary, allowances, or other plans based on the new job/org details.
Why not the others?
* A. Propose Compensation Offer# Used duringhire/recruiting offers, not job changes.
* B. Request Compensation Change# Typically a standalone process, not triggered automatically by Change Job.
* C. Propose Compensation Hire# Used athire events, not transfers.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Business Process Integration:Change Job triggersPropose Compensation Changewhen comp changes are required.
Workday Community - Change Job & Compensation Flow.
NEW QUESTION # 46
When using the Set Up Allowance Plan Adjustment task to update an allowance plan amount, you must ensure employees Managed by Basis Total (MBT) will have no change to their primary compensation basis after their allowance plan amount is updated and instead will reallocate all other compensation in the MBT calculation.
How can you ensure this happens?
- A. Select Adjust to New Defaults on the Set Up Allowance Plan Adjustment task.
- B. Select Retain Basis Total for MBT Employees on the Set Up Allowance Plan Adjustment task.
- C. Clear the Retain Basis Total checkbox on the employee's primary compensation basis.
- D. Clear the Manage Basis Total checkbox on the employee's primary compensation basis.
Answer: B
Explanation:
* Employees managed byManage Basis Total (MBT)require theirprimary compensation basis totalto remain unchanged when allowance plan adjustments are made.
* By selectingRetain Basis Total for MBT Employees, Workday keeps the overall basis constant and reallocates other plans in the MBT calculation instead of increasing the total.
Why not the others?
* A. Clear MBT checkbox# Would remove MBT management completely.
* C. Clear Retain Basis Total# Opposite of required behavior.
* D. Adjust to New Defaults# Updates values, but doesn't enforce retention of MBT total.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - MBT Handling in Allowance Adjustments.
Workday Community - Retain Basis Total Option.
NEW QUESTION # 47
A recruiter is proposing compensation for a candidate during the offer stage. The recruiter would like to change the value of the home internet allowance from $50 AUD to $100 AUD, but they are unable to.
Why is the recruiter unable to change the amount?
- A. The candidate is eligible for more than one compensation package.
- B. The allowance plan has the No Override checkbox selected.
- C. The allowance plan is not included in the compensation package.
- D. The candidate is not eligible for a plan profile.
Answer: B
Explanation:
* If the recruiter cannot change the allowance amount (e.g., from$50 AUD # $100 AUD), the most likely reason is that the allowance plan is configured withNo Overrideselected.
* No Overrideprevents users from modifying the default plan amounts during transactions.
Why not the others?
* A. Plan not in package# If missing, it wouldn't appear at all, not appear but be locked.
* B. Eligible for more than one package# Doesn't prevent changing amounts.
* C. Not eligible for profile# Would prevent plan assignment, not lock override fields.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Allowance Plan Configuration:No Override restricts modifications to plan amounts.
NEW QUESTION # 48
What report lists all compensation components using any eligibility rule?
- A. Compensation Rule Assignment
- B. Employee Compensation Audit
- C. Compensation Spreadsheet
- D. Compensation Changes
Answer: A
Explanation:
* TheCompensation Rule Assignment reportlistsall compensation components (plans, packages, elements, etc.) that are using eligibility rules.
* This helps administrators verify where and how eligibility rules are applied across the system.
Why not the others?
* B. Employee Compensation Audit# Focuses on mismatches between eligibility and assignments, not all rules in use.
* C. Compensation Spreadsheet# Shows comp details, not eligibility rules.
* D. Compensation Changes# Tracks transaction history, not rule assignments.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Audit & Reporting Tools:Rule Assignment report = all components tied to rules.
NEW QUESTION # 49
What is the advantage of using default compensation for requisition compensation?
- A. You can view the eligible plans when proposing compensation using the By Compensation Package and Rule or By Compensation Rule options.
- B. Every applicant hired using the same job requisition receives consistent compensation values.
- C. Every employee who hires into that position receives the same compensation values.
- D. Default compensation enables the establishment of compensation guidelines, plans, and plan amounts on a position.
Answer: B
Explanation:
* Default compensation for requisition compensationensures thatall hires from a requisition default to the same plan amounts/rates, supporting consistency in offers.
* This prevents discrepancies between candidates applying for the same role and requisition.
Why not the others?
* A. Guidelines on a position# Position compensation is separate from requisition compensation.
* C. Every employee in position receives same compensation# Controlled by position defaults, not requisition.
* D. Eligible plans view# That's determined bycompensation package setup, not requisition defaults.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Requisition Compensation Defaults:Ensures consistency of compensation values for all hires through the requisition.
Workday Community - Recruiting Compensation Configuration.
NEW QUESTION # 50
A company is in the process of introducing pay ranges for specific job profiles to ensure fair and competitive compensation, which are implemented as compensation grades in Workday. What role do compensation grades fulfill within the Workday compensation framework?
- A. To determine the employee's eligibility for overtime pay.
- B. To provide guidance when entering pay rates during a transaction.
- C. To calculate which compensation basis is used for reporting.
- D. To connect the salary amount to payroll earnings.
Answer: B
Explanation:
* 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.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation Training - Compensation Grades:Defines grades as "guidelines for pay ranges used during compensation transactions." Workday Community - Compensation Grades Overview.
NEW QUESTION # 51
You added a signing bonus during the Offer event, but the signing bonus did not carry forward into the Hire event.
What is missing from your configuration?
- A. You must include the Signing Bonus one-time payment in the Compensation Package.
- B. You must add Request One-Time Payment as a subprocess of the Hire business process.
- C. The Request One-Time Payment business process needs to include an approval step.
- D. The Request One-Time business process security policy must include the Initiator for the Review action.
Answer: B
Explanation:
* In Workday, one-time payments (likesigning bonuses) must flow fromOffer # Hireto remain consistent.
* If the signing bonus added duringOfferdoesn't carry intoHire, it means theHire business processis missing theRequest One-Time Payment subprocess.
* Adding it ensures that any one-time payments from the offer are automatically included in the hire event.
Why not the others?
* A. Include in package# Package inclusion allows proposal but doesn't ensure carry-forward into Hire.
* B. Add approval step# Workflow step won't fix missing subprocess link.
* D. Update security policy# Security won't solve missing subprocess configuration.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Offer & Hire Integration:One-time payments carry into hire only if Request One-Time Payment is a subprocess.
NEW QUESTION # 52
A consultant is configuring plan eligibility using organizational membership and job family as the two qualifying factors (inclusive). Five employees meet the job family criteria and 50 employees meet the organization criteria. Rules must be executed at optimal performance.
How does this requirement impact the design of the rule?
- A. Organizational membership will precede job family.
- B. The consultant will remove the job family criterion.
- C. Eligibility is sequenced automatically.
- D. Job family will precede organizational membership.
Answer: A
Explanation:
* In Workday,eligibility rules are optimized by sequencing broader population filters first, followed by narrower ones.
* Here:
* Organization = 50 employees
* Job family = 5 employees
* To ensure performance optimization, the system should firstfilter by organizational membership (50), then applyjob family (5).
* This reduces the number of workers Workday needs to evaluate at the second step.
Why not the others?
* B. Eligibility sequenced automatically# Not entirely true; sequencing can be configured for optimization.
* C. Remove job family# Would ignore requirements.
* D. Job family precedes organization# Less efficient, because it would start from 5 but miss optimal evaluation across 50 employees.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Eligibility Rule Performance Best Practices:Sequence broader criteria first (org membership) for efficiency.
Workday Community - Rule Design Guidance.
NEW QUESTION # 53
A company's employees based in Italy get paid 13 times in the year compared to the rest of the employees.
What base pay plan supports additional months, weeks, or days of pay?
- A. Unit salary plan
- B. Period salary plan
- C. Hourly plan
- D. Salary plan
Answer: B
Explanation:
* APeriod Salary Planin Workday supports paying employees more than 12 times per year (e.g., 13 or
14 payments for regions like Italy or Spain).
* This allows payroll to spread annual salary across the correct number of pay periods.
Why not the others?
* A. Unit salary plan- Pays based on units (like per credit hour for faculty), not extra months.
* B. Hourly plan- Pays by worked hours, not relevant to salaried employees.
* D. Salary plan- Standard salary plan assumes 12 months and does not support extra pay periods.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Salary Plans Overview:Period salary plans are designed for geographies with >12 pay cycles per year.
Workday Community - Global Compensation Setup:Confirms Italy's 13-month pay is supported via Period Salary Plan.
NEW QUESTION # 54
A customer configured a step-based grade with a progression sequence that uses eligibility rules. The design will progress an employee if the employee does not have a poor performance rating.
Performance is measured from 1 - 5, with selection list 1 being poor performance, and selection list 5 being outstanding performance.
The progression sequence is as follows:
* Step 1 is $25 Hourly
* Step 2 is $30 Hourly
* Step 3 is $35 Hourly
What should the conditional logic be?
- A. Step 2 and Step 3 require condition logic that evaluates if performance review rating is not in the selection list 1.
- B. Step 1 and Step 2 require condition logic that evaluates if performance review rating is not in the selection list 1.
- C. Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 require condition logic that evaluates if performance review rating is in the selection list 1.
- D. Step 1 and Step 2 require condition logic that evaluates if performance review rating is in the selection list 1.
Answer: A
Explanation:
* The design requires thatemployees only progress if they do NOT have poor performance (rating = 1).
* Thus:
* Step 1= entry, no condition needed.
* Step 2 and Step 3require conditional logic:Performance rating # 1.
* This ensures employees can only progress beyond Step 1 if their performance is above "poor." Why not the others?
* A. All steps require condition logic rating = 1# Would block all progress (wrong condition).
* C. Step 1 and 2 require # 1# Step 1 is the baseline, no condition required.
* D. Step 1 and 2 require rating = 1# Opposite of requirement, would keep poor performers eligible.
References:
Workday Pro Compensation - Step Progression with Conditional Logic:Conditional rules can block progression based on performance criteria.
Workday Community - Step-based Progression Setup.
NEW QUESTION # 55
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