Harnessing a Cloud Platform
Workday is a cloud-based technology that the university uses for human resources, payroll, academic appointment information, and job-related learning. Workday provides 24/7 access to a secure network from any computer, smart phone, or tablet; continuous innovation, and an intuitive user experience.
Collaborating with the Penn Community
The Workday at Penn teams work with the university's business and content owners to continually adapt and integrate processes to improve data accuracy, facilitate informed, data-driven decision-making, and enhance the user experience. The team also uses change management practices to sustain and enhance Workday expertise across campus.
Workday Functionality at Penn
The University community uses Workday to streamline processes for HR, pay, benefits, and more.
- Manage position- and job-related training
- Update personal information
- Maintain academic appointment information
- View pay slips and manage pay elections
- Enter time worked and review/approve timesheets for others
- View compensation and benefits
- Request and approve time off and leaves of absence
- Apply for new positions within Penn
Security in Workday
Workday uses a number of approaches to ensure the security of your data. Details can be found on this Workday page.
Penn's Office of Audit, Compliance and Privacy (OACP) functions in partnership with University and Penn Medicine management to anticipate and aggressively manage operational, financial, compliance, strategic and reputational risks; ensure the integrity of Penn's systems of internal control; and ensure strong stewardship and management accountability at all levels.
Learn how you can contribute to protecting your data, including policies, guidance, tips, assessment procedures, tools and more on the OACP website.
Workday Support
Penn Employee Solution Center
The Workday Operations team collaborates with the Penn Employee Solution Center to support schools, centers, departments, and individuals with services, training, and information. Please make the Penn Employee Solution Center your first contact. Solution Center specialists can be reached online, by phone at 215-898-7372, or by email.