diff --git a/spec/forms/hyrax/forms/workflow_action_form_spec.rb b/spec/forms/hyrax/forms/workflow_action_form_spec.rb
index 3eda9f2f16..45af7854b3 100644
--- a/spec/forms/hyrax/forms/workflow_action_form_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/forms/hyrax/forms/workflow_action_form_spec.rb
@@ -43,30 +43,15 @@
       it 'gives false for failure' do
         expect(form.save).to be false
       end
-
-      it 'will not add a comment' do
-        expect { form.save }.not_to change { Sipity::Comment.count }
-      end
-
-      it 'will not send the #deliver_on_action_taken message to Hyrax::Workflow::NotificationService' do
-        expect(Hyrax::Workflow::NotificationService)
-          .not_to receive(:deliver_on_action_taken)
-
-        form.save
-      end
-
-      it 'will not send the #handle_action_taken message to Hyrax::Workflow::ActionTakenService' do
-        expect(Hyrax::Workflow::ActionTakenService)
-          .not_to receive(:handle_action_taken)
-
-        form.save
-      end
     end
   end
 
   context 'if the given user can perform the given action' do
     before do
-      allow(described_class).to receive(:workflow_action_for).with('an_action', scope: sipity_entity.workflow).and_return(an_action)
+      allow(described_class)
+        .to receive(:workflow_action_for)
+        .with('an_action', scope: sipity_entity.workflow)
+        .and_return(an_action)
 
       expect(Hyrax::Workflow::PermissionQuery)
         .to receive(:authorized_for_processing?)
@@ -86,57 +71,16 @@
         expect(form.save).to be true
       end
 
-      context 'and the action has a resulting_workflow_state_id' do
-        it 'will update the state of the given work and index it' do
-          expect(work).to receive(:update_index)
-
-          expect { form.save }
-            .to change { sipity_entity.reload.workflow_state_id }
-            .from(2)
-            .to(an_action.resulting_workflow_state_id)
-        end
-      end
-
-      context 'and the action does not have a resulting_workflow_state_id' do
-        let(:an_action) do
-          instance_double(Sipity::WorkflowAction,
-                          resulting_workflow_state_id: nil,
-                          notifiable_contexts: [],
-                          triggered_methods: Sipity::Method.none)
-        end
-
-        it 'will not update the state of the given work' do
-          expect { form.save }
-            .not_to change { sipity_entity.reload.workflow_state_id }
-        end
-      end
-
-      it 'will create the given comment for the entity' do
-        expect { form.save }
-          .to change { Sipity::Comment.count }
-          .by(1)
-      end
-
-      it 'will send the #deliver_on_action_taken message to Hyrax::Workflow::NotificationService' do
-        expect(Hyrax::Workflow::NotificationService)
-          .to receive(:deliver_on_action_taken)
-          .with(entity: sipity_entity,
-                comment: kind_of(Sipity::Comment),
-                action: an_action,
-                user: user)
-
-        form.save
-      end
-
-      it 'will send the #handle_action_taken message to Hyrax::Workflow::ActionTakenService' do
-        expect(Hyrax::Workflow::ActionTakenService)
-          .to receive(:handle_action_taken)
-          .with(target: work,
-                comment: kind_of(Sipity::Comment),
-                action: an_action,
-                user: user)
-
-        form.save
+      it 'enqueues WorkflowActionJob' do
+        expect(WorkflowActionJob).to(
+          receive(:perform_later).with(
+            comment: 'a_comment',
+            name: 'an_action',
+            user: user,
+            work_id: work.id.to_s,
+            workflow: sipity_entity.workflow
+          )
+        )
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/services/hyrax/workflow/workflow_action_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/hyrax/workflow/workflow_action_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2ee49960e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/hyrax/workflow/workflow_action_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+require "spec_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe Hyrax::Workflow::WorkflowActionService, :clean_repo do
+  let(:user) { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+  let(:work) { FactoryBot.valkyrie_create(:hyrax_work) }
+
+  let(:sipity_entity) do
+    FactoryBot
+      .create(:sipity_entity,
+              proxy_for_global_id: work.to_global_id.to_s,
+              workflow_state_id: 2)
+  end
+
+  let(:an_action) do
+    instance_double(Sipity::WorkflowAction,
+                    resulting_workflow_state_id: 3,
+                    notifiable_contexts: [],
+                    triggered_methods: Sipity::Method.none)
+  end
+
+  describe '.run' do
+    subject do
+      described_class.run(
+        subject: ::Hyrax::WorkflowActionInfo.new(work, user),
+        action: an_action,
+        comment: 'a_comment'
+      )
+    end
+
+    context 'the action has a resulting_workflow_state_id' do
+      it 'will update the state of the given work and index it' do
+        expect(work).to receive(:update_index)
+
+        expect(sipity_entity.reload.workflow_state_id)
+          .to change
+          .from(2)
+          .to(an_action.resulting_workflow_state_id)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'and the action does not have a resulting_workflow_state_id' do
+      let(:an_action) do
+        instance_double(Sipity::WorkflowAction,
+                        resulting_workflow_state_id: nil,
+                        notifiable_contexts: [],
+                        triggered_methods: Sipity::Method.none)
+      end
+
+      it 'will not update the state of the given work' do
+        expect(sipity_entity.reload.workflow_state_id).not_to change
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'will create the given comment for the entity' do
+      expect(Sipity::Comment.count).to change.by(1)
+    end
+
+    it 'will send the #deliver_on_action_taken message to Hyrax::Workflow::NotificationService' do
+      expect(Hyrax::Workflow::NotificationService)
+        .to receive(:deliver_on_action_taken)
+        .with(entity: sipity_entity,
+              comment: kind_of(Sipity::Comment),
+              action: an_action,
+              user: user)
+    end
+
+    it 'will send the #handle_action_taken message to Hyrax::Workflow::ActionTakenService' do
+      expect(Hyrax::Workflow::ActionTakenService)
+        .to receive(:handle_action_taken)
+        .with(target: work,
+              comment: kind_of(Sipity::Comment),
+              action: an_action,
+              user: user)
+    end
+  end
+end