All Universities of Wisconsin faculty and staff, including UW–Madison, use Workday for self-service tasks. This includes submitting time off, managing employee information, accessing job-related training, and more.
Workday resources
Topics for employees
Questions?
If you have questions that are not answered by these resources on this page, please contact your department HR office.
Language Assistance
For assistance with translation or interpretation, please contact Cultural Linguistic Services.
Workday Training
Workday training is available to employees.
Benefits
Learn how to view, start, or change your benefits using Workday, including My Insurance Benefits and supplemental retirement options.
My Insurance Benefits
Workday
Supplemental Retirement
Career Profile
The Career Profile in Workday is where employees can update and manage information about their career, skills, and experience. The Career Profile may be accessed by viewing the Job Profile in Workday and selecting the Career button.
Employment
Employment details for new and current employees.
Applying for a job
Form I-9
Referral priority
Overview and Settings
Learn how to manage settings in Workday such as notifications, tasks, shortcuts, and more. Information includes how to navigate to Workday from MyUW.
Payroll
Information about UW–Madison employee pay schedules, earnings statements, direct deposit, and tax resources.
Workday Apps
Payslips and Payment Elections
- Payslips and payment elections (direct deposit)
- Set up payment elections (Direct Deposit) (Translated)
- Remove and edit payment elections in Workday: direct deposit (Translated)
- View and print payslips (Translated)
9 Over 12
Tax Withholding
Performance
Access performance management tools and complete performance reviews.
- Performance review setup at Workday go-live
- Performance management process for employees in probationary period during go-live
- Performance ratings in Workday
- Manage training history
- Manage job history – career
- Manage awards and activity
- Manage publications
- Manage certifications
- Manage languages
- Manage education history
- Employee tasks in performance reviews
- Performance – manage goals
- Completing a talent review – update profile
Personal Information
Update contact information, emergency contacts, preferred name, and other personal details.
- Editing personal information in Workday (Translated)
- Legal name change
- Preferred name change
- Change self identification of a disability in Workday
- Change my veteran status
- Change profile photo in Workday
- Adding or changing emergency contacts in Workday (Translated)
- Change my work space
- Home contact change (Translated)
- Manage education history
- UW–Madison business title guidelines
Remote Work
Submit or update Flexible Work Arrangement through Workday.
Reporting
- Below is information for general HR reports including the process to find, view and generate reports. Report access is determined by security access or roles.
- Running and scheduling a report in Workday
- Basics of reporting in Workday
Time Worked, Time Off, and Leave of Absence
Learn how to request time off and submit timesheets. Review leave balances and absence types.
- Understanding time off and leave of absence
- Important annual dates for time off and leave of absence
Time Worked
- Enter time worked (timesheet or web clock)
- Entering time in Workday (Translated)
- How to view and request a change to my work schedule
Time Off
- Request and manage your time off
- Requesting time off in Workday (Translated)
- Edit time off in Workday (Translated)
- How to view time off balances in Workday
- How job changes affect time off
- No leave taken (faculty, academic staff, and limited appointee only)
- Overview of what is changing for advance use of legal holidays
- Paid and unpaid time off options in Workday during FMLA and WFMLA leaves of absence
Leave of Absence
Leave of Absence (LOA) allows eligible employees temporary non-medical leaves of absence without pay. For Family or Medical leave contact your Divisional Disability Representative. Visit the unpaid leave website for additional information.
Time Clocks
Time clocks allow select employees to log their working hours by clocking in and out. The following four divisions will use time clocks: UW Athletics, Facilities Planning & Management, University Housing, Recreation and Wellbeing. Below are HR resources specific to these areas.
Workday Learning
Select courses are available to employees in the Workday Learning module.
Workday Mobile
Learn how to download the Workday app, log in, and complete tasks on a smartphone.