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Improving Your Global Payroll Approach

Running payroll, delivering timely and accurate paychecks to all employees, keeping up with local and global compliance changes, and hiring qualified resources are major…

Case Study – Strategy Aligned, Success Amplified

CLIENT CHALLENGE: Originally, a regional healthcare provider with 12,000 employees, four hospitals and over 200 clinical settings and administrative offices sought an independent assessment…

Case Study – Overhauling an Outdated Employee Experience Program

CLIENT CHALLENGE: The Sikich Business Transformation team was contacted by a prominent national bank to enhance employee experience during a technology evaluation and strategic…

The World of “Global Payroll”

The Evolution of Global Payroll Not too long ago, global companies operated country payroll operations as independent functions and deployed expatriates in local countries…

New Illinois Paid Leave for “Any Reason” Takes Effect

The new Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act was signed into law in March by Governor J. B. Pritzker. The Act is the…

4 Considerations Before Making an HCM or Payroll Technology Investment

Has implementing a new HCM or payroll technology been an item on your ever-growing to-do list that has finally made its way to the…

Where Does Global Payroll Belong? Finance or Human Resources

In most organizations, we’ve found that the role global payroll plays historically falls under either finance or human resources (or both). Its position, ultimately,…

Finish Strong with your 2022 Year-End Payroll: Webinar Recap

As 2022 comes to a close, accurately updating your company’s payroll processes should be at the top of the to-do list. Our recent webinar…

Year-end Planning and Beyond: Payroll, HCM and Benefits Series Recordings

Year-end payroll considerations In this one-hour webinar, our payroll experts discuss important considerations for 2022, including: Noteworthy IRS updates Form 941/941-X changes and updates…

Have You Refreshed Your HR Technology Roadmap?

As we reflect on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic (and those we continue to learn), a common theme across industries is that…

Human Capital Management Leaders: The Year-end Checklist to Help You Prepare

The end of the year is just a few short months away. While planning for year-end should be part of your annual process, if…

Building the Right Staffing Model for Your HR Systems Project: Part Two

In this two-part article, our team of human capital management specialists cover key concepts to consider when staffing an HCM project, whether it is…

Can a Post-Implementation Audit Help You Get Your Projects Back On Track?

You’ve just introduced a new HR/payroll system, but the results have been underwhelming. This is maybe not even the first time you’ve been disappointed…

Payroll Considerations for Mergers & Acquisitions: Part 2

Though many industries faced challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, one that has continued to flourish is the merger and acquisition (M&A) market. Of course,…

Payroll Considerations for Mergers and Acquisitions: Part 1

Despite the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic brought organizations, the merger and acquisition (M&A) market endured, and we continue to see an increase in deal activity….

M&A in Payroll and Benefits Webinar Recording

While there are many considerations businesses must review prior to closing a deal, some that should be at the top of the list are…

Case Study – Process Improvement and System Optimization Post Go-Live

Client Background: A financial services organization employed approximately 1,000 staff members at the onset of our assessment. Additionally, they were about nine months into…

Year-End Planning & Beyond: Payroll, HCM and Benefits Webinar Series Recap

Human Capital Management-related rules and regulations are constantly changing; and especially so in 2020 and 2021 due to legislation passed in response to COVID-19….

Payroll in a Pandemic: What Our Peers are Saying

I recently had the pleasure to get together with a group of my favorite people: payroll professionals. During this virtual peer-to-peer discussion, payroll professionals…

Rapid Company Growth Creates Need for Payroll Process Improvement

We were contacted by a company in the internet technology industry with 5,000 worldwide employees and an annual revenue of $2 billion when they…