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Last Updated: 2023-09-08
Concept: Pay Modeling

Concept: Pay Modeling

You can configure pay modeling to enable workers to make hypothetical changes to their pay and view their results. Workers can use the
Model My Pay
 task to adjust their tax elections, deductions, and earnings as the basis for their hypothetical pay. Workday displays a gross-to-net approximation based on these changes to determine how they affect pay calculations.
You can configure employee access to the
Model My Pay
 task on the:
  • Pay
     worklet- Access the
    Configure Worklet
     task and add Model My Pay to the
    Actions
     area for the Pay worklet. For more information, see: Set Up Worklets.
  • Pay
     dashboard- Access the
    Maintain Dashboards
     report and edit the Pay dashboard. For more information, see: Configure Dashboard Content.
  • Benefits and Pay Hub
    - Access the
    Maintain Hubs
     report. For more information, see: Set Up Hubs.
  • My Payslips
     report.
You can also model a worker's pay on their behalf with the
Model Pay for Worker
 task, secured to the
Worker Data: Payroll (Model My Pay)
 domain in the Core Payroll functional area. Once enabled, the task includes workers in:
  • Pay groups
  • Unconstrained groups

Limitations

Workers can only:
  • Model existing on-cycle pay results in the regular run category with a start and end date within the current tax year.
  • Model categories you have enabled in the
    Maintain Model My Pay Configurations
     task.
  • Add eligible earnings from the pay component settings for their pay group.
  • Model tax elections made through Employee Self-Service (ESS). Note that workers can't make changes to local tax elections.
  • Model pay components with a calculation worktag of
    Tax Authority
     or
    Position
    .
  • For Payroll for the U.S., model results for a U.S. state with pay results completed after you added the state. Example: A worker can model what their pay would be if they lived in Nevada, but only for pay results completed after you added Nevada.
For Payroll for the U.S., Workday recommends that FLSA workers model hours instead of amounts for pay calculations that affect FLSA wages and hours.