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Home / Job Aids / Processing Error on Reversal

Processing Error on Reversal

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Provides guidance to Payroll Partners for completing a Reversal for a Retro Assign Pay Group event in Workday

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Prerequisites

A Worker has an unsupported retro event for the Assign Pay Group task.

Important Information

  • A Payroll Reversal should always have a pay calculation In Progress status
  • Assign Pay Group is an unsupported retro event so additional steps are needed to complete a Reversal for a pay result that occurred prior to the Retro Assign Pay Group event

Getting Started

Find the Unsupported Retro

  1. Navigate to the Employee’s Worker profile. Using the Actions button, select Worker History > View Worker History by Category.View Worker History by Category
  2. Select Organization tab. This will refine the Worker’s History to Assign Pay Group results. The Worker History would show that the Employee has a Retro Assign Pay Group event. In the example here, the Effective Date is 2/16/2021, but the Assign Pay Group business process is not completed until 3/29/2021.Organization tab of View Worker history

In the event that an Employee requires pay recalculation, the Payroll Partner will need to begin the Reversal Process

Locate Pay Results for Worker

  1. Navigate to the Pay link. It will default to the Results tab.An example worker profile. display of related actions > security profile > assign roles-add/remove
  2. From the Results tab, locate the Pay Result. In this Example, the Employee has a current period pay result that is “In Progress” for 4/4/2021 to 4/17/2021 and the Employee has a completed pay result for the March Monthly payroll. The March monthly pay result is incorrect, because the Employee was incorrectly placed in the Monthly Pay Group.Pay Results examplesThis payment will need to be canceled using a Pay Reversal in Workday.

Enter Pay Reversal

  1. Using the Related Action icon from the Pay Result you need to reverse, select Pay Calculation > Reversal.
  2. Enter the relevant information for the March completed Pay Result.

Warning Message

The message at the top of the screen indicates the Reversal will not process as expected.Message appears after reversal

When this occurs, we recommend to complete a Manual Payment or contact Workday Services Payroll to complete the Reversal individually.
The next section will describe what will need to occur if the message is not seen and the recommendation was not followed.

Warning Message Overlooked

The Reversal will appear in the pay results with a Reversal status of In Progress and the regular On Cycle Payment status is Requires Recalculation. See below.Reversal results in status

When the Full Pay Calculation runs for regular On Cycle Payroll, the Reversal status changes to Requires Recalculation and the On Cycle status changes to In ProgressReversal Results status of calculation

When the Reversal is Re-calculated – an error message is received. The Reversal is removed from the Pay Calculation.Recalculation error messageInvalid results removed

 

Update Pay Calculation Off-Cycle Inputs for Group of Workers report

The recalculation is complete and the reversal is removed. However, it is still on the Pay Calculation Off-Cycle Inputs for Group of Workers report. The Payroll Partner will now need to remove it from this report.

Delete Payment ID

  1. Search for the Pay Calculation Off-cycle Inputs for Group of Workers report. Enter the information for your Employee and select OK.
  2. Using the Related Action icon from the payment, select Off-cycle Payment > Delete.how to delete the payment ID

Off-Cycle Pay Calculation Task

Review the Run Off Cycle Pay Calculation Task on the morning of the Run Pay Complete, if there are any Off- Cycle payments with an action reason of Cancellation, the Reversal will need to be deleted and a Manual Payment entered.An example of checking the pay calculation

Another option would be for the Payroll Partner to enter the Reversal again and contact Workday Services Payroll to complete the Reversal individually.

Quicklinks

  • Locate Pay Results for Worker
  • Enter Pay Reversal
  • Update Pay Calculation Off-Cycle Inputs for Group of Workers report
  • Off-Cycle Pay Calculation Task

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