Lump Sum Payments

What is an Allowance Plan?

Supplemental and recurring payments at a set amount and frequency that are part of the worker's compensation.

• Paid on existing job/position
• Single or multiple payments
• If duration spans more than one biweekly pay period, paid evenly on all biweekly pay periods

What is an OTP?

Used to give an employee a one-time lump sum payment for a special circumstance or activity.

• Paid on existing job/position
• Single payment
• Paid on one biweekly pay period

What is a PAP?

A method of paying employees a lump sum for activities completed over a fixed-term time period.

• Paid on existing job/position OR new job may need to be created via Add Job
• Single or multiple payments
• If duration spans more than one biweekly pay period, paid evenly on all biweekly pay periods. Payments can be customized if required.

Workday KnowledgeBase Job Aid

• Job Change (with SJD)
• Compensation Change (no SJD)
• Temporary Change in Responsibilities

Workday KnowledgeBase Job Aid

• One-Time Payment (OTP)

Workday KnowledgeBase Job Aid

• New Job & PAP 
  • Period Activity Pay (PAP) (when adding new job); and
  • Direct Hire (new employee); or
  • Period Activity Pay (PAP) (existing employee).
• Adding PAP to Existing Job
  • Period Activity Pay (PAP)
  • Managing Multiple Period Activity Pay (PAP) Assignments
• Adjusting or Ending PAP
  • Period Activity Pay (PAP)

Reasons to Use Allowance Plan

• Basic Sciences Faculty Incentive Program (SMPH)
• Car Allowance
• Craftworker Leads, Managers, Sups
• Housing Allowance
• Shoe Allowance
• Student Hourly Differential
• Student Hourly Differential Exam and Summer
• Supplemental Night Differential
• Supplemental Weekend Differential
• Temporary Change in Responsibilities *
• Uniform Allowance
• Vilas Pension Payment

*Paid as Temporary Base Adjustment (TBA) in HRS

Reasons to Use OTP

• Child Care Stabilization Program
• Faculty Staff Award
• Gen Wage Pay Plan Lump
• Hiring Bonus
• Moving Expenses/Post-Hire
• Performance Bonus
• Referral Bonus
• Retention Bonus
• Paying Non-Service Scholar
• Supplemental Wages (Athletics - No WRS)
• Supplemental Wages (Athletics - WRS)

Reasons to Use PAP

• Camp
• Committee Participation
• Continuing Education (CE) Course
• Coverage
• Course/Curriculum Development
• Event Speaker
• Lecture
• Mentoring
• Lecture (Not for Credit)
• Service Related Payment
• Service Related Payment (Overload)**
• Residence Hall House Fellow
• Standby
• Stipend (Fellow/Trainee)
• Summer Session
• Summer Service

**If overload payment falls under multiple categories, always use "Service Related Payment (Overload)" as the reason