91ÁÔÆæRF Workday Training

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Welcome to Workday!

Workday is a cloud-based human resource (HR) and financial management (financials) system. It's a one-stop shop for workforce management, including payroll, timesheets, benefits, and more.



Questions

Issue Who to Contact
Login issues, password resets, or tech questions

Email fdn-it-group@sjsu.edu  or 

Time tracking, paystubs, W-2s

Email the RF Payroll Team

Grants or account balances

Email your RF OSP Post-Award Analyst

Invoices and reimbursements

Email the RF Accounts Payable Team

Additional Resources

Training Hub

Benefits (Presented: Jun. 17, 2025)

Target Audience: All Employees (except 91ÁÔÆæ students)
Presenter: Jocelyne Peña

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Description

Benefits: How to enroll/waive benefits-retirement plan, parking, Commuter Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

Employee Dashboard (Presented: Jun. 3, 2025)

Target Audience: All Active Employees
Presenter: Myles Reed

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Human Resources: Employee Dashboard — Learn how to navigate your employee dashboard, including:
–&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Accessing and updating your employee profile
– Using the menu options
–&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Updating Direct Deposit (DD), W-4, Emergency Contact, and EEO information
–&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Viewing your payslips, W-2s, and 1095 forms

Job Changes (Presented: Jun. 10, 2025)

Target Audience: All PIs & Account Signers
Presenter: Ranjit Kaur

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Human Resources: How to manage employment changes — salary action, account change/extension, add job, end job, and termination.

New Hire Process (Presented: Jun. 5, 2025)

Target Audience: All PIs & Administrative Staff
Presenters: Ranjit Kaur & Vicky Farias

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Human Resources: For non-benefited, faculty, and benefited positions.

New Suppliers, Purchase Orders, and Invoices (Presented: Jun. 13, 2025)

Target Audience: Central Office, All PIs, & Administrative Staff
Presenter: Loralee Quintero

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Finance/Acounts Payable: This workshop will cover the following processes:

– Submitting purchase order requisitions through Workday
– Submitting non-PO invoices through Workday
– Requesting a new supplier through Workday
– Approving requisitions and invoices
– General information and questions

Performance Evaluations (All Benefited Employees)

Target Audience: All Benefited Employees and their Supervisors
Presenter: Vicky Farias

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– Updated Employee Rating Scale [pdf]

Description

Overview of the performance evaluation process and how to complete it in Workday.

Performance Evaluations (Managers)

Target Audience: All Benefited Employees and their Supervisors
Presenter: Vicky Farias

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Overview of the performance evaluation process and how to complete it in Workday.

PI Grants Access in Workday (Presented: Jun. 17, 2025)

Target Audience: PIs
Presenters: Lan Ngoc Duong & Amy Zhao

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Description

In this Workday training session, the OSP Post-Award Associate Director and Manager will walk through how to navigate the system to access grant account information. There will be a demonstration of key details, such as remaining balances, purchase orders, and expense history.

Program Accounts in Workday (Presented: Jun. 27, 2025)

Target Audience: PIs for Self-support Programs
Presenters: Ricky Yoneda & Patrick Murray

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– Scribe: Program Accounts in Workday [pdf]
– Slides: Program Accounts in Workday [pdf]

Description

This workshop will cover the following processes:

– Funds recorded as revenue
– Interfund transfers done via journal entries
– Admin fees
– Timing of calculations
– Fees

Timesheet and Requesting Time-Off (Presented: Jun. 12, 2025)

Target Audience: All Active Employees
Presenter: Vicky Farias

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Payroll: Instructions for submitting timesheets and time off for hourly, exempt, faculty, and multiple positions.

Timesheet and Time-Off Approval (Presented: Jun. 12, 2025)

Target Audience: All PIs & Account Signers
Presenter: Vicky Farias

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Payroll: Learn how to review and approve time entries and time off/leave requests.

Travel, Expenses and P-Cards (Presented: Jun. 10, 2025)

Target Audience: Central Office, All PIs, & Administrative Staff
Presenter: Loralee Quintero  

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Description

Finance/Accounts Payable: This workshop will cover the following processes:

– Spend Authorization: Approval for travel will be submitted through Workday rather than using our current RAT form (employees only, separate process for students and non-employees)
– Expense Reports: Creating expense reports in Workday for travel or expense reimbursement. How to link your expense report to your Workday travel authorization.
– Approving Spend Authorizations and Expense Reports.
– P-Card Reconciliation: How to reconcile your P-Card charges using Workday. How to delegate reconciliation to support staff.
– General information and questions