Update your emergency contacts in Workday

Overview

An emergency contact is the first person notified or contacted if you experience a serious emergency. In Workday you can provide contact information for one or more emergency contacts, and easily keep their contact information up-to-date.

Steps

Add an emergency contact

• After logging into Workday, click the worker profile icon at the top right corner, then click on the View Profile button.
• Click on the Contact menu item in the blue sidebar on the left side of the screen. You may need to click More to reveal the Contact button.
• On the Contact screen, select the Emergency Contacts tab at the top of the page, then click on the Add button.

• Click the pencil icon in each section to add information about the contact. The "Legal Name" and "Relationship" fields are required,  and you must provide at least one primary phone number or email address for each emergency contact. Including your emergency contact's preferred language is optional, but encouraged.

• Complete the form fields, then click Submit at the bottom of the page when you are finished.

Update information for or change your emergency contacts

• Navigate again to the Contact menu in the worker profile sidebar. Then open the Emergency Contacts tab at the top of the screen. Click the Edit button. This will open the Change My Emergency Contacts screen.
• Click the pencil icon in each section to add or change information about the contact
• You may add additional people as your Alternate Emergency Contacts by clicking the Add button at the bottom of the Change My Emergency Contacts screen.

• If you have multiple emergency contacts on file, you must specify one contact as your Primary Emergency Contact. You can change your Primary Emergency Contact by reordering contacts in the Priority field, or by selecting the Mark as Primary check box for a contact. 

• Click the Submit button at the bottom of the screen when you have finished making changes.