Delegating tasks in Workday

Delegating tasks in Workday

Please remember to set a delegate in Workday together with setting an out-of-office message to Outlook. If a supervisor doesn't set a delegate for during their absence, no possible requests from subordinates, such as absence requests or other changes to employment details, can be processed before the supervisor returns. 

If the employee heading to leave has no supervisor responsibilities, setting a delegate is not mandatory. However, for long absences (over 2 weeks), with reason code other than annual leave, a request to set a delegate will appear in your inbox after making the request and it must be skipped, if you don't wish to set a delegate.

1. Find the correct business process from Workday using the search bar option on top: My delegations
2. Click Manage delegations

1. Choose the delegating period by settinga start and end date.
2. Set a delegatee aka the collegue, who will take your responsibilities within Workday. You must also set up an alternative delegatee.
   • The delegatee must be an employee with a connection to your team and with an appropriate position to handle the responsibilities. This person coud be eg. supervisor's supervisor or HR. The system restricts delegations based on the delegatees position and roles.
3. If you so wish, you can give the delegatee a permission to start processes, such as requesting a Job Requisition, on your behalf: choose processes in Start on My Behalf.
4. You can choose to give the delegatee acees either to all delegatable tasks or to specific tasks you may receive in your inbox. Yuou can also choose to retain access to the same tasks the delegatee receives in you absence: click Retain Access to Delegated Tasks in Inbox.
5. Not everything is delegatable, eg. tasks regarding you own personal details can not be delegated. You can see what's delegatable on the table behind the link: Business Processes Allowed for Delegation.
6. Press Submit to save your choices.