Setting up EOR with Workday GPC – Deel

EOR workflows in Deel use the SOAP API to sync employee data from Workday. Depending on which EOR plugins you need, you'll manage them through either the Workday PECI UI or the Workday GPC UI.

This guide covers EOR plugins available through the Workday GPC UI.

EOR plugins available in Workday GPC

One-Time Payment Sync (Beta)
Compensation Amendments (Beta)
External Payroll Documents (ExPD) (Beta)

EOR data syncs use SOAP API.

The choice between PECI UI and GPC UI only determines which management interface you use to enable these plugins.

Which UI to use for your EOR plugins

All EOR features sync through the SOAP API. The choice between PECI and GPC UI depends on which plugins you need to enable.

Integration UI	Setup	EOR plugins available
Workday PECI	OAuth 2.0, no DCoD required	People Match, Time Off Sync, Payslip and tax document sync (Beta)
Workday GPC	Global Payroll Connect, DCoD required	One-Time Payment Sync (Beta), Compensation Amendments (Beta), External Payroll Documents (ExPD) (Beta), Time Off Sync (coming soon)

Use Workday PECI if: You need People Match, Time Off Sync, or Payslip/tax documents only, and prefer simpler setup.
Use Workday GPC if: You need One-Time Payment Sync, Compensation Amendments, or External Payroll Documents. Or if you plan to expand your EOR plugin usage in the future.

Before you begin

Before starting the EOR-specific setup, make sure you have completed both parts of the common connection setup. If you haven't done this yet, go to How to connect Workday GPC to Deel first.

Parts 1 and 2 of the common setup must be complete before continuing:

Part 1: Connecting Workday to Deel - creating an ISU, setting up security groups, an API client, tokens, and connecting to Deel
Part 2: Setting up DCoD - integration system, external payroll vendor, and vendor mapping

You will also need:

EOR contracts set up in Deel for the employees you want to sync
A confirmed list of fields to map between Deel and Workday. Work with your Deel integration specialist before starting. Refer to the Data mapping reference for more information.

Required permissions

The core DCoD permissions configured during the common setup are sufficient for basic EOR data sync. Additional permissions are required only if you enable optional plugins like One-Time Payment Sync.

Permission Category	GP	EOR	PEO	Notes
Core DCoD Permissions	✓ Required	✓ Required	✓ Required	All contract types; assigned during common setup
APD	✓ Optional	—	—	GP only
ExPD	✓ Optional	✓ Optional (Beta)	—	GP and EOR
ExPR	✓ Optional	—	—	GP only
GPH	✓ Optional	—	—	GP only
PTO	✓ Optional	-	—	Requires "Time Off and Leave" scope
Cost Center Sync	✓ Optional	—	—	Requires Organizations and Roles scope
OTP & Recurring	✓ Optional	✓ Optional	—	Requires DCoD scopes

For detailed permission information, see the Security permissions reference in the Overview.

What this integration does

The EOR integration syncs the following data between Workday and Deel:

Plugin	Data	Direction
EOR One-Time Payment (Beta)	Variable pay and entitlements	Workday to Deel
Compensation Amendments (Beta)	Compensation changes trigger draft amendments in Deel	Workday to Deel

Workday setup

Step 1: Enable DCoD for the required pay groups

In Workday, launch the Maintain Pay Group Vendor Associations task.
Add a new vendor with the following settings:

Setting	Value
External Payroll Vendor	The external payroll vendor created during the common setup
Feature	Data Changes On Demand
Pay Group	All pay groups you need to sync with Deel
Payroll Organization Type	The payroll organization defined as the external payroll vendor. Retrieve this using the Maintain Organization Types report, then go to the Custom tab.

Pay groups can only be assigned to one vendor

If a pay group you want to assign is already assigned to another vendor, for example, if GP or PEO is also configured on this tenant, remove it from that vendor first.

Step 2: Activate pending security policy changes

Launch the Activate Pending Security Policy Changes task.
Enter a comment describing the reason for the change and save.

Known limitations

Fixed-term contract end dates

By default, Workday has a setting called Sync Employment/Contract End Dates that controls how fixed-term end dates are shared via the API. When this setting is enabled, Workday requires an Employee Contract to be present before it will return an end date. In most configurations, this means the Fixed Term End Employment Date, set during the hire or job change process, is not returned, and the integration cannot sync it to Deel.

To ensure fixed-term end dates sync correctly, this setting must be disabled in Workday.

To disable the setting:

In Workday, search for and launch the Edit Tenant Setup – HCM task.
Locate the Sync Employment/Contract End Dates option.
Make sure the checkbox is unchecked.
Save your changes.

Once disabled, the integration will pull the Fixed Term End Employment Date from the worker's employment record and sync it to Deel as expected. No changes are required on the Deel side.

This setting affects all fixed-term workers in your Workday tenant

If your organisation uses Employee Contracts separately from fixed-term end dates, check with your Workday administrator before making this change.