Leave plans and entitlements
The guides document plan eligibility, accruals, balances, entitlements, validations, and plan components.
Workday
A practical guide to its HR modules, capabilities, buyer fit, pricing, alternatives, and customer stories.
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- 29 Aug 2026
- Last reviewed
LVE / reviewed 29 Aug 2026
Workday Absence Management: Leave & absence
Leave plans, eligibility, accruals, requests, approvals, calendars, and payroll/time connections.
Buyer fit
Workday customers managing global absence plans on their HCM foundation.
Modules covered
4 product modules
Feature guide
10 capabilities covered
Requests and approvals
Workers can request time off and managers can approve, correct, or route requests through the Request Time Off business process.
Regulated leave case management
No explicit evidence found in the reviewed Workday Absence Management material. This is not evidence that the capability is absent.
Workplace accommodations
No explicit evidence found in the reviewed Workday Absence Management material. This is not evidence that the capability is absent.
Payroll and time coordination
The setup guide documents Workday Payroll effects, absence-related calculations, time connections, and paid time-off configuration.
Workflow and configuration
Request and correction business processes support routing, review, and approval.
Reporting and analytics
The guide lists operational reports for plans, accruals, balance overrides, and absence tiers.
Roles, permissions, and audit
The guide documents Time Off and Leave security domains, segmented security, and business-process policies.
Integrations and API
The setup guide documents payroll touchpoints and third-party calendar integration.
Self-service and mobile
Workers and managers can request, review, and track time off through self-service and mobile experiences.
Localization and compliance
The guide describes statutory, collective-agreement, and country-specific payroll interactions.
AI and automation
The current guide documents Smart Summaries for personalized time-off balance results.
Packaging notes
- Payroll calculations described in the guide depend on Workday Payroll being in scope.
Geography notes
- Statutory examples vary by country; buyers should validate country coverage and calculation templates for each deployment.