Workday Journal

Workday journal

Welcome to our Workday journal where we post thoughts, insights, updates, findings and highlights of our Workday week.

Kerrin Walder

Dreading Compliance?

Sleepless nights over not understanding or not meeting 2026’s UK and/or EU Directives? Read our recent LightWork’s Latest articles:  HCM/HR/Payroll Compliance UK 2026 and Workday & HCM Compliance 2026.

We discuss what changes are coming and when, ways to avoid non-compliance and how Workday can help!

For more guidance i.e who is responsible for what, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We can also provide you with a free demonstration of how our customisable dashboards can data mine your business processes and show if you are meeting gender/pay/workforce guidelines.

Stephen Slevin

LightWork’s Advanced Workday Worksheets

Do you know if your hire process has not been fired in 60 days? Or that your organisational dynamics are not within the legal parameters? And are you aware of which business processes keep getting “stuck” in your Workday system?

Let us show you how simple it is to navigate through the myriad of Workday HR questions with our advanced worksheets and dashboards – created using standard Workday functionality!

Remember they come as part of your Bronze LightWork 24/7 Portal™ membership!

Free demonstrations available.

Kerrin Walder

Think you’re too late to self-manage your Workday Release?

If you’re wondering if it’s too late to manage the 2025 R2 Workday Release yourself, you can always read our 10-Step Guide to Release Management or learn how to manage your own Workday Release using our new LightWork 24/7 Portal™ resources.

For more guidance concerning the upcoming Workday Release, or any other Workday queries that you have, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Kerrin Walder

Award-winning Workday User Adoption Metrics Worksheets

What is poor adoption truly costing your business in time and money?

Do you need to track employee habits and trends in real time?

Can you pinpoint which location or Leadership Team has the lowest/highest Workday user adoption uptake per head?

Find answers to questions and concerns like these with LightWork’s new award-winning Adoption Analytics Worksheets – fully interactive and adapted to your system using standard Workday worksheets. Get in touch for a demonstration!

And the good news is they come as part of your Bronze LightWork 24/7 Portal™ membership!

Sharon Jackson

Worldwide Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Day

Many of you might know that I’ve been passionate about finding a cure for Motor Neurone Disease for many years now.

Whilst on holiday recently, I met Tom, a young lad whose dad had tragically passed away from the disease. He kindly agreed to share his experience in this short, moving video.

As there is currently no cure, I’d like to bring awareness to the tireless efforts of charities such as the MNDA who bring hope to the many lives affected by this cruel illness.

https://lnkd.in/gUbvCRDW
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hashtag#MND hashtag#FindACureMND hashtag#GlobalMNDAwarenessDay

Stephen Slevin

Our New Innovative Business Process Dashboards

Following the introduction of Hieu, LightWork’s new data guru, we’d like to showcase some of his innovative work which is helping our Workday customers to maximise their ROI.

As business processes are at the heart of every Workday HR system, it is essential that they are set up correctly and efficiently. Hieu’s unique and interactive dashboards help to analyse and streamline these processes.

Find out how this new analytics can improve your daily Workday life and save resource time and money in our recent LightWork’s Latest or by joining our free online Workday resource centre, the LightWork 24/7 Portal™.

*Small output for maximum reward*

Stephen Slevin

Meet Hieu: Our New Data & Analytics Guru

We have another new member who’s just joined the LightWork family. A big welcome to Hieu – our new Workday data Guru.

Not only has Hieu won a 2024 Workday Industry Innovation Award for “Innovative Implementation of Worksheets and Discovery Boards”, he has helped clients gain invaluable insights into their organisations through his unique Advanced Worksheets and dashboards.

Read all about Hieu and his speciality in our current LightWork’s Latest. You can see first-hand examples of his work by joining our free LightWork 24/7 Portal™.

Stephen Slevin

Meet Will: Our New Rewards Expert

We are proud to welcome Will – our new HR specialist in optimising Workday Rewards and Benefits – into our LightWork family.

You can read his thoughts and insights on “Preparing for your Reward Review on Workday” in our current LightWork’s Latest or by joining up to our free LightWork 24/7 Portal™.

*Remember: Reward reviews play a crucial part in helping your business stay compliant and avoid costly fines £££$$$€€€ 

Kerrin Walder

Access past Workday Releases in the report’s archive

With the 2025 R1 Workday Release out this weekend, of course it’s important to think about the new features and how they will improve your business from a cost and process efficiency point of view with as little disruption as possible.

But remember: the ‘What’s New’ report is there all year-round!

Don’t underestimate the value of looking back and seeing all the functionality that has not yet been embraced.

Stephen Slevin

The new LightWork 24/7 Portal™ is here!

It was a monumental moment in LightWork’s calendar last week.

The launch of our brand new and unique Portal: a self-serve learning resource centre for Workday customers.

Jammed packed full of useful tools, case studies, how-to guides and other resources to help build up your Workday knowledge and re-establish the reasons why you “went Workday”.

Thanks for all the hard work and inspiring dedication team, in seeing our ideas realised!