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What’s the Best Pay Cycle for Your 2024 Payroll Calendar?

Weigh the pros and cons of different pay cycles and find the one that works best for you and your people. 
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Failsafe Your Global Payroll Implementation

To multinational organizations, global payroll transformation is a competitive necessity for driving business efficiency and keeping pace with regulatory changes around the world.
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3 Pay Transparency Laws You Must Know for 2024

Pay transparency isn’t new, but states, employers, and employees are all paying more attention. Here are three pay transparency laws to know for 2024. 
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Your 2023 Year-End Payroll Checklist

Use this year-end payroll checklist to help you get organized and set you up for success in the new year.  
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5 Basic Steps in Processing Payroll (Plus, Helpful Tips)

Running payroll can be time-consuming, cumbersome, and overwhelming. Learn the five basic steps in processing payroll. 
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Redefining Payroll: A Holistic Approach

Properly understood, payroll is really a part of a "Center for Excellence" that also carries out important activities such as data analysis, workforce management, and scheduling. Payroll is truly a strategic asset.
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Future of Payroll: Need to Knows of Global Payroll 4.0

The power of control, automation, speed, and ease is ever more important in our desire to remain connected. These four attributes are core pillars in what we’re referring to as Payroll 4.0
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Payroll Strategy: In-house vs Outsourced

When it comes to payroll processing, organizations have three options: do it themselves, outsource to a third party, or some combination of the two. In most cases, in-house payroll services take the form of a team of employees using an off-the-shelf payroll software system. Payroll outsourcing providers can take on various different forms, but most often operate as a form of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), where a third-party team handles affairs. Vendors that offer a hybrid approach combining the two allow for the greatest flexibility and the ability to meet unique needs of global organizations.
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5 Benefits of Automated Employment and Income Verification

Learn how streamlining the employment and income verification process reduces HR’s workload and empowers employees. 
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Remote Work Compliance:
6 Factors to Consider

Employment law for remote workers is increasingly complex. Consider these six factors when evaluating remote work compliance. 
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Financial Well-being For Your Employees

Businesses can promote employee financial well-being by offering savings and financial education programs. In particular, payroll is a powerful tool for organizing and carrying out these programs. It can provide a wealth of information to employers and employees alike, and serve as an entry point for financial well-being programs.
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The Latest on Pay Reporting Requirements for Employers

Despite a federal program, some states have taken pay reporting requirements into their own hands. Here's what employers need to know.
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How Compensation Managers Should Approach Automation

Upcoming advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are exciting to read about. But what will automation mean for compensation managers?
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Building A Better Business Case For Global Payroll

Global payroll can transform a business’s ability to function on a global scale. But transitioning to a global payroll system takes time and effort. Before a company can make the switch, it will have to build a strong business case for global payroll. In this guide, we will take a close look at building a business case for worldwide payroll operations.
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Make Payroll A Strategic Asset For Your Global Company

By automating many of the payroll tasks involved in payroll management, such as calculating taxes and processing benefits, global payroll operations can significantly reduce the workload of HR and finance teams. This frees up time and resources that can be used to focus on other important tasks, such as strategic planning and employee development.
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What Pay Transparency Looks Like in 2023

New pay transparency laws went into effect January 1. Here’s what the laws mean for employers and employees and how they affect HR.
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The Power of HR and Payroll Support Roles

HR and payroll are more than “back-office” support roles. Explore how a people-centric approach paired with data can transform your organization.
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Disaster Unemployment Assistance and Tax Credits After a Hurricane

Hello Income Tax season! This resource features lists of government relief programs, including disaster unemployment assistance and the disaster relief tax credit, to support companies and employees. Be aware of and knowledgeable about possible tax implications.  
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What is Payroll’s Role in Pay Equity?

Payroll professionals can play a pivotal role in leading pay equity initiatives in the workplace. Here’s how.
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Making Pay Equity Work for All

A recently released study by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services and sponsored by UKG gets to the heart of the pay gap problem in today’s workplace.

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