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2024 Company Payroll Complexity Report

This research report presents the results of our survey of payroll professionals around the world. It uncovers fascinating findings about how companies are processing payroll including the level of adoption of AI for payroll processing, as well as how many companies were penalised for non-compliant payroll.

Some key numbers from the report:

  • 36% don’t measure the performance of their payroll function
  • 69% use the cloud in some form to process payroll
  • 14% plan to integrate payroll and benefits into one platform within the next 2 years

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