Add/Update Emergency Contacts (Employees)
Before you begin
This guide is for faculty and staff employees only. Students should follow the how-to guide Update your Emergency Contacts (Students).
Use this guide to add emergency contacts for your manager or staff members in Human Resources to contact in case of an emergency.
1 Access your Emergency Contacts screen
Navigate to your Workday profile by clicking on your photo/avatar in the top right corner of the page. Then choose Personal from the left side panel. Then go to the Emergency Contacts tab.
- Alternatively, you can search for the task Change My Emergency Contacts and launch the task from the search results.
2 Add/Update Primary Emergency Contact
If you have an Emergency Contact already listed, click the Edit button at the top of the page to make updates.
If you have not yet added an Emergency Contact, click the Add button at the top of the page.
Enter the Name and Relationship for your Primary Emergency Contact in the fields provided.
You will be required to provide either a Primary Phone or Primary Email for each Emergency Contact, and are invited to include both.
3 (Optional) Add Alternate Contacts
At the bottom of the page, you can choose to click the Add button to add Alternate Emergency Contacts, which could be useful if your primary contact cannot be reached.
For each alternate contact, indicate the Priority in which each contact should be used (e.g. 2) and include a Primary Phone or Primary Email, preferably both.
4 Submit
Click Submit to save your emergency contact information.