Workday Workday-Pro-Compensation - WorkdayProCompensationExam

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.

If you want to restrict employees so they can only submita single one-time payment per payment event, you must ensure thatMultiple One-Time Payments is not enabledin tenant setup.

When disabled, Workday enforcesone plan per effective date/reason.

Why not the others?

A. Segment security→ Controls data access, not number of payments allowed.

B. Rule-based BP→ Governs approvals/workflow, not structural system behavior.

C. Enable Multiple One-Time Payments→ Would allow multiple entries (opposite of requirement).

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.

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.

Acompensation packageis a grouping of multiple compensation plans (salary, allowances, one-time payments, bonuses, etc.).

Workday allows you tobundle one-time payment plansinto a package (e.g., relocation bonus, signing bonus).

Why not the others?

A. Retirement plan→ Benefits plans are not part of comp packages.

C. Calculated plan→ Standalone, not typically added to comp packages.

D. Future payment plan→ Not a Workday plan type.

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.

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.

In eligibility rule setup, theSource External Field or Condition Rulecolumn shows both fields and condition rules.

To restrict your entry tofields only, Workday requires theprefixfield:.

Example: enteringfield:Worker Typeensures only fields appear, excluding other condition rules.

Why not the others?

B. Brackets→ Not a recognized syntax.

C. All caps→ Doesn’t change filtering behavior.

D. Asterisk→ Used for wildcard searches, not filtering.

The requirement is aflat $500 monthly allowancefor Sales employees.

Amount-based allowance planis the correct choice since it supports fixed, recurring payments in a defined currency and frequency.

Adding aneligibility ruleensures only employees in theSales job familyare assigned this allowance.

Why not the others?

A. Unit-based allowance plan→ Used when pay is based on number of units (e.g., kilometers, credits), not flat amounts.

B. Percent-based allowance plan→ Tied to % of base pay, not a fixed dollar figure.

D. Reimbursable allowance plan→ Used for expense reimbursements, not recurring flat compensation.