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Workday screening plaintiffs move to certify a class

The named plaintiffs moved on September 14, 2026 to certify a class against Workday itself, and the briefing runs to a March 9, 2027 hearing.

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What a Workday take-private would change for customers

Workday shares jumped on a report that take-private financing is coming together. Nothing is signed, and here is what a tenant owner should ask anyway.

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Workday's Sana award raises a governance question

Sana's HR award points to 300-plus skills reaching into Gmail, Slack, and Salesforce, and the checks a security lead needs before turning one on.

An HR director holds a framed award certificate beside a table covered in a payroll supervisor's binders of pay rules.

What Workday's Gartner HCM recognition can't tell you

Eleven straight years as a Gartner Leader says Workday will keep investing in HCM. It says nothing about your pay rules, your ledger, or your integrations.

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When to build in Workday Extend and when to wait

Workday may close the gap you are about to fill. Test whether the need is common, price the year of waiting, and name who removes your app later.

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The integration owner role is better than it sounds

An integration belongs to neither system team, so it goes unowned. What the owner role really involves, and why it is a stronger career position than it looks.

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Planning next to the ledger or in a model of its own

A plan only means something next to actuals, and a separate model only earns its keep if planners can change it. Dimension ownership decides which one works.

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What actually makes a Workday custom report slow

Most slow Workday reports retrieve far more than the question needs and then discard it. Fix the data source and the filters before you touch the columns.

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