HR Operations

Furlough transaction process

Last updated: January 31, 2025

After your unit’s furlough plan is approved, UWHR will coordinate the following Workday entries for furloughed employees:

  1. Employee placement on LOA: Temporary Layoff with the appropriate reason code (lack of work or lack of funds) that reflects the approved request. If both reasons apply, the “lack of funds” reason will be selected in Workday.

    This leave of absence is not payroll-impacting; it “opens” unpaid time offs that must be used to stop pay for the duration of the furlough.

  2. Entry of Unpaid Time Off – Temporary Layoff (hours) for the duration of the furlough.

  3. Entry of Holiday Taken Time Off (hours) on a single paid holiday in the amount based on the employee’s FTE in months that include a holiday, if the furlough is expected to cover the entire month. For part-time employees, entry of paid time off hours, to be selected in the order outlined below, to ensure 8 total hours of paid holiday and time off are entered for benefits maintenance purposes.

  4. Entry of 8 hours of eligible paid time off if the furlough period covers the entire month in which there is no holiday to ensure healthcare benefits maintenance. This paid time off will be entered on the last business day of the month. The type of paid time off will be selected in the following order depending on the employee’s available balance:

  1. Discretionary time off
  2. Holiday credit time off
  3. Compensatory time off
  4. Personal holiday (can only be used as a whole day)
  5. Vacation time off
  6. Sick time off (if all other balances are exhausted)

If the employee does not want to maintain healthcare benefits during furlough, please contact hrhelp@uw.edu.