WORKDAY-PRO-COMPENSATION practice question 10 of 15

You have a seniority dynamic calculated plan to increase the amount of the plan every three years of an employee's employment. An employee reaches their sixth anniversary. What do you need to do to make sure this employee's plan updates with the new amount?

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Domain Compensation Events

Answer options
A: You need to create a custom audit report to identify employees who reach their anniversary, and then submit a Request Compensation Change to run the calculation and update the amount for the employee.
B: You need to set up the Schedule Automatic Step Progression task so Workday is on schedule to process the calculation on the anniversary and change the amount for the employee.
C: You need to schedule a Mass Operation Management task to evaluate and update anyone assigned to the dynamic plan.
D: You do not need to do anything. Workday will check daily and automatically change the amount for the employee. Correct answer
Correct Answer:
D. You do not need to do anything. Workday will check daily and automatically change the amount for the employee.
Explanation

Dynamic calculated plans in Workday are designed to update automatically based on changes to the inputs of the calculation. For a seniority-based plan, an employee's length of service is a key input. Workday runs a background process, "Update Calculated Plan Assignments," which typically runs daily. This process re-evaluates the eligibility and calculation for employees assigned to such plans. When an employee reaches their six-year anniversary, this process will automatically detect the change in their years of service and update the plan amount accordingly without any manual intervention.

Why Incorrect

A. This describes a manual process. The purpose of a dynamic calculated plan is to avoid the need for manual identification and updates.
B. Automatic Step Progression is a specific process used for grade and step-based compensation structures, not the general mechanism for all dynamic calculated plans.
C. A Mass Operation Management (MOM) task is a tool for performing bulk manual changes and is not the intended automated trigger for this type of plan.

References

1. Workday Compensation Administrator Guide: In the section on "Calculated Plans," the documentation explains that these plans derive amounts from calculations that use other data within Workday. It details the "Update Calculated Plan Assignments" background process which runs automatically to update these plan amounts when the underlying data (like service dates) changes.

2. Workday HCM Core Concepts Guide: The guide discusses business processes and data updates. It clarifies that certain system-level processes run on a recurring schedule to maintain data integrity and apply updates based on effective-dated changes, which includes recalculating compensation components tied to dynamic inputs like seniority.

3. Workday Community, "Calculated Plan Not Updating": Numerous articles and discussions on the official Workday Community platform confirm that the standard behavior for calculated plans is automatic updates via a daily background process. Troubleshooting steps often involve checking the configuration of the calculation and the status of the "Update Calculated Plan Assignments" process, reinforcing that no manual action like a compensation change request is the standard procedure.

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