The Leave Payment Type field is configured when the applicable country-specific Workday Payroll product is in scope. It connects the tenanted Absence leave type with the Workday-delivered statutory payment or earning configuration used by payroll. This relationship enables Workday Payroll to process the leave according to the statutory rules for the relevant country and leave category.
The field is therefore relevant when Workday Payroll for Australia, the United Kingdom, or France is implemented and the leave type is associated with a supported statutory leave. Absence and payroll administrators must coordinate the leave type, statutory payment classification, payroll earning, and related payroll-processing rules so that approved leave produces the intended payment outcome.
When Workday Payroll for the applicable country is not in scope, the Workday-delivered payroll relationship is not used by the tenant's payroll processing. Configuring the field would not provide the required external- payroll integration by itself. The United States options are also incorrect because the scenario explicitly concerns statutory leave configurations for Australia, the United Kingdom, or France. The determining factor is whether the corresponding Workday Payroll country product participates in processing the statutory leave.
Reference: Workday Education - Absence for Administrators: Leave of Absence, "Details Tab - Leave Payment Type"