Manage pay and update banking

Workday provides increased flexibility to update banking for up to 3 accounts. This allows you to split your pay into different accounts such as chequing and savings.

  1. From the Workday inbox, open the Payment Election Enrollment Event task.
  2. Leave Direct Deposit as the default setting under Preferred Payment Method and enter your direct deposit information in the Account Information section below the sample cheque.

Note: Branch ID refers to Branch Code as shown on the sample cheque (3 digits).

payment method
account info
  1. Click OK to continue to the payment elections screen.
  2. If using only one account, click Submit to complete the direct deposit set up. If adding multiple accounts, see step 5 below.
  3. Click the Add button underneath the account information and follow the steps above to enter the additional account information.
  4. Click Edit in the far right column of the Payroll Payment row to split the deposit between the accounts.
payment election
  1. Click the + in the table to enter the additional account information.
  2. Select Canada as the Country, Direct Deposit as the Payment Type and the additional account by clicking in the associated empty fields.
  3. Select the appropriate distribution between accounts in the far right-hand column. If an amount is allocated to an account, the remaining account must be designated as Balance. If percentages are selected, the combined total must equal 100 percent.
add payment election
  1. Click OK and then Submit on the next screen to complete your direct deposit set up.

  2. Click Open in the Up Next: Complete Federal Withholding Elections screen to continue the onboarding steps.