Description: For employees on a 9/9 pay schedule, encumbrances may not fully align with how pay is earned and issued in partial months. In some cases, encumbrances reflect a full month of salary during months when the employee is only paid for part of the month, such as the final month of an appointment. This behavior is driven by Workday’s delivered encumbrance calculation logic, which does not fully account for partial‑month work or pay periods after payroll calculations have been customized. As a result, encumbrances and actual payroll expenses may temporarily diverge, creating timing differences that fluctuate over the course of the year.

Priority: High

Estimated Resolution Date: May 8, 2026

Status: The Payroll team is conducting simulations of the May and August payroll periods to validate encumbrance behavior for 9/9 employees with mid‑month appointments.

Group(s) Impacted: Finance Community

Point of Contact: Jacqueline Derrick Herl