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News from askUS - November 20, 2024

Nov. 20, 2024
In This Issue: Important Dates and Deadlines / Preparing for Spring 2025 / End of Year 2024 Payment Processing Deadlines / You asked US! – Answers to Common Questions / Texas Development Shares Plan for VIP Replacement / Training Opportunities – Self-Paced or Instructor-Led / askUS Release Notes

News from askUS - October 30, 2024

Oct. 30, 2024
In This Issue: Important Dates and Deadlines / Preparing for Spring 2025 Resources Now Available / Mass Processes for Spring 2025 / What’s New in the All-in-one Job Costing Tool / You asked US! – Answers to Common Questions / Training Opportunities – Self-Paced or Instructor-Led / askUS Release Notes

What’s New in the All-in-one Job Costing Tool (JCT)

Oct. 7, 2024
The new All-in-one Job Costing Tool (JCT) is now available. Among other updates, the new JCT integrates the functionality of the current Summer Faculty JCT. This removes the need to keep up with multiple JCT versions. The new JCT also includes improvements to help address the complexity of costing for 9-month faculty while preserving current functionality for 12-month populations.

News from askUS - September 25, 2024

Sept. 25, 2024
In This Issue: Important Dates and Deadlines / What’s New in the Workday Fall Update? / Workday Hire Process Enhancements / New All-in-One Job Costing Tool Coming Soon / You asked US! – Answers to Common Questions / Training Opportunities – Self-Paced or Instructor-Led / askUS Release Notes

New All-in-One Job Costing Tool Coming Soon

Sept. 23, 2024
A new all-in-one Job Costing Tool (JCT) to become available soon. The new JCT will integrate the functionality of the current Summer Faculty JCT, removing the need to keep up with multiple JCT versions. The new JCT will also include improvements to help address the complexity of costing needs for 9-month faculty while preserving current functionality for 12-month populations.

What’s New in the Workday Fall Update?

Sept. 21, 2024
The Workday Fall Update occurred on September 21. Updates in this release focused on refinements to the user interface.

Hire Process Enhancements Coming Soon to Workday

Sept. 19, 2024
Recent enhancements to the Hire Employee and Convert to Employee tasks in Workday improve the process for users and provide a more simplified experience when hiring employees and contingent workers. These enhancements also improve searching for pre-hires and former workers on the Hire Employee and Contract Contingent Workers tasks to help avoid creating duplicate records.

The Annual Commuter Subsidy Mass Process Submission Window is Open

Sept. 9, 2024
The Annual Commuter Subsidy Mass Process submission window is now open and will run until Wednesday, September 18, at 5 p.m. The process assists Colleges, Schools, and Units (CSUs) in processing a One-Time Payment (OTP) to eligible employees.

News from askUS - August 28, 2024

Aug. 28, 2024
In This Issue: Important Dates and Deadlines / New Financial Navbar Puts 100+ Applications and Resources A Mouse-Click Away / Annual Commuter Subsidy Mass Process Opens September 9 / Planned Downtime for Workday Fall Update on September 21 / ICYMI: Fiscal Year-End and Fall Prep Resources / You asked US! – Answers to Common Questions / Training Opportunities – Self-Paced or Instructor-Led / askUS Release Notes

Planned Downtime for Workday Fall Update on September 21

Aug. 23, 2024
On Saturday, September 21, 2024, Workday, Inc. will implement their fall update (Workday 2024 R2). During the update, Workday may be unavailable, slow, or unresponsive. Due to these potential issues, we encourage everyone to delay accessing Workday on March 9 until the update is complete and the system returns to normal operation.