How to Change My Emergency Contacts in Workday

A guide walking a user through changing their Emergency Contacts in Workday.

How to Edit My Emergency Contacts

Step 1: Open the Global Navigation menu (the A picture containing icon

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The Workday Today homepage for Stevens. In the upper left corner, there is a highlighted global navigation icon for the user to open.

Step 2: Select Personal Information in the Apps section of the Workday homepage.

Step 3: In the Change column, select Emergency Contacts.

Step 4: To edit current Emergency Contact information, select the Edit button.

Step 5: Find the section you wish to edit and select the pencil icon to make changes. (In this example, the Legal Name of the Primary Emergency Contact will be changed, but you can also change Relationship, Preferred Language, Primary Address, Phone, Email, etc.)

The Primary Emergency Contact information page. There are several sections listed, including Legal Name and Relationship. In each section, there is a pencil icon on the right to edit the section.

Step 6: Complete the required (*) fields and add any optional information. To save your changes, select the checkmark ( Checkmark outline ) icon.

The Legal Name section open with editable fields showing. There are three options with a red asterisk next to them, signifying they are required, and three optional fields. On the right there are two buttons: a left-facing arrow, and a checkmark. The checkmark button is highlighted.

Step 7: Once you have completed all changes, select the Submit button.

The Primary Emergency Contact page with all changes made to the information. There are three buttons at the bottom of the page: a blue Submit button, a white Save for Later button, and a white Cancel button. The Submit button is highlighted.

Step 8: The process is now complete. Select View Details to view the information that was changed.

The window informing the user that the information has been submitted. There is a blue link where the user can View Details; this link is highlighted.

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