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Payroll Automation Features

What are the features of Payroll Automation?

Employee Self Service

  • Web Portal
  • Benefits Manager
  • Mobile

Administration

  • Payroll Entry
  • Time Off Accrual
  • Expense Reimbursement
  • Pre-tax Deductions
  • Wage Garnishment
  • Approvals

Taxes

  • Tax Calculation

Integration

  • Time Tracking Integration
  • Accounting Integration

Platform

  • User, Role, and Access Management
  • Performance and Reliability
  • Scalability

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Employee Self Service

Web Portal

As reported in 12 Payroll Automation reviews. Allows employees to access current and past pay stubs, W-2 forms, and additional salary information.
93%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Benefits Manager

Based on 12 Payroll Automation reviews. Allows employees to answer or update questions pertaining to benefits and receive information about benefit providers.
88%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Mobile

Allows employees to view pay stub and W-2 information via a smartphone app or mobile optimized website. 12 reviewers of Payroll Automation have provided feedback on this feature.
90%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Administration

Payroll Entry

As reported in 12 Payroll Automation reviews. Allows administrator to enter payroll for all employees based on salary or total hours worked.
94%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Time Off Accrual

Calculation and tracking of sick and vacation days. This feature was mentioned in 12 Payroll Automation reviews.
94%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Direct Deposit

Based on 10 Payroll Automation reviews. Automatically deposits paychecks into employees' bank accounts.
85%
(Based on 10 reviews)

Expense Reimbursement

Allows administrator to reimburse employees for business-related purchases. 12 reviewers of Payroll Automation have provided feedback on this feature.
88%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Pre-tax Deductions

Automatically deducts wages for health care, 401(k) plans, etc. from paychecks. This feature was mentioned in 12 Payroll Automation reviews.
82%
(Based on 12 reviews)

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Allows administrator to set up for wage garnishments to be deducted automatically from employers' paychecks. 11 reviewers of Payroll Automation have provided feedback on this feature.
91%
(Based on 11 reviews)

Approvals

Administrator can submit payroll approval request and the approver can approve, deny, or re-assign it to the appropriate approver. This feature was mentioned in 11 Payroll Automation reviews.
91%
(Based on 11 reviews)

Check/W-2 Printing

Allows administrators to print valid paychecks and W-2 forms. 10 reviewers of Payroll Automation have provided feedback on this feature.
90%
(Based on 10 reviews)

Check/W-2 Delivery

Based on 10 Payroll Automation reviews. Sends printed checks to administrator to distribute to employees.
92%
(Based on 10 reviews)

Taxes

Tax Calculation

Calculates taxes due and may include resources or tools for federal and state tax compliance. This feature was mentioned in 12 Payroll Automation reviews.
93%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Tax Filing

As reported in 11 Payroll Automation reviews. Files payroll tax forms automatically for federal, state, and local taxes.
91%
(Based on 11 reviews)

Automatic Tax Payment

Based on 10 Payroll Automation reviews. Allows payroll vendor, via power of attorney, to make electronic payments of withheld taxes to government.
90%
(Based on 10 reviews)

Integration

API / Integration

As reported in 11 Payroll Automation reviews. Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.
82%
(Based on 11 reviews)

Time Tracking Integration

As reported in 12 Payroll Automation reviews. Enables administrator to import hours from time tracking systems.
86%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Accounting Integration

Provides standard integration with third party accounting software. 12 reviewers of Payroll Automation have provided feedback on this feature.
92%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Core HR Integration

Based on 11 Payroll Automation reviews. Provides standard integration with third party core HR software.
91%
(Based on 11 reviews)

Platform

Reporting and Dashboards

Based on 11 Payroll Automation reviews. Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards.
94%
(Based on 11 reviews)

User, Role, and Access Management

Based on 12 Payroll Automation reviews. Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.
92%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Performance and Reliability

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took. This feature was mentioned in 12 Payroll Automation reviews.
93%
(Based on 12 reviews)

Scalability

Allows administrator to easily add employees and grow payroll process as their company grows. 12 reviewers of Payroll Automation have provided feedback on this feature.
89%
(Based on 12 reviews)