Understanding your vacation balance

For a future data vacation balance, please review the vacation balance - select a date report

Term Definition
Unit of Time (in hours)

Vacation is tracked in hours in Workday. For example, 1 day of vacation equals to 7 hours for an employee working the standard 35-hour work-week.

Beginning balance

This is the beginning balance for the current vacation period

Carryover from previous year

You can carry over a maximum of 2 weeks of unused vacation from the previous year.

Vacation taken as of today

The amount of vacation that has been already taken in the current vacation year up until today. This does not reflect future booked vacation days.

Remaining vacation as of today The amount of vacation you have left in Workday up until today. This does not reflect future booked vacation days.