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HR, time & payroll in the United States

HR and payroll. In the US. And overseas.

Payrovia brings HR, timekeeping and global payroll together for your business in the US and its overseas subsidiaries. One employee record connects your people, with local payroll in each country and visibility across the group.

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Local teams and overseas subsidiaries. One platform.

One employee record

Every stage of working life. Connected.

Hiring, development, everyday work and the final handover. Keep the employee's history together, so each team has the context to act.

  1. 01Joining

    A good start, with the details ready.

    Bring the offer, contract, documents and first-day tasks together. Your local HR and payroll teams start with the same employee information.

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  2. 02Everyday work

    The working day, in one place.

    Give people a place for time records, leave and payslips. Managers see requests in the context of the person's employment.

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  3. 03Growing

    Keep progress part of the conversation.

    Connect goals, feedback, development and compensation decisions. Give every manager a fuller view of the person behind the next review.

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  4. 04Moving on

    Finish with the same care you started.

    Coordinate the handover, equipment, documents and final-pay preparation. Keep the people responsible clear about what is complete and what needs review.

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The Payrovia platform

Connect your people across states and teams.

Bring hiring, employee development and everyday support together with work-state information and payroll review. Give distributed US teams a shared place to understand each employment change.

HR & talent

Connect recruitment, onboarding, documents, performance and development around each employee. Keep benefits, compensation decisions and departure tasks with the people responsible for following them through.

Explore HR

Time & leave

Review working time, leave and approved changes alongside employee records. Keep the work location and applicable company policies in view when preparing payroll inputs.

Explore timekeeping

Local payroll

Prepare federal and state payroll components with approved earnings and employee information. Agree jurisdiction coverage, reporting outputs and external payment responsibilities before your first cycle.

Explore local payroll

Employee experience

Give employees a place for requests, documents, available payslips and goals. Managers follow approvals and team development with the same employee context available.

Explore employee services

Local payroll. Global oversight.

Your US business. Your overseas subsidiaries.

Run your US company and overseas subsidiaries on the same platform. Each entity keeps its local payroll requirements, while HR and finance share employee records and review consolidated payroll costs. Start with one company and add countries as your business grows.

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See where payroll stands across your companies.

See where payroll stands across your companies. Screens from Payrovia · Bell Global demo data · English interface

Review headcount, payroll cost, pay dates and open approvals.

Review headcount, payroll cost, pay dates and open approvals. Screens from Payrovia · Bell Global demo data · English interface

Screens from Payrovia · Bell Global demo data · English interface

A team across state lines

A home address is only part of the story.

US payroll draws on federal withholding information, state context and the employee's actual working arrangements. Meanwhile, managers are hiring, developing people and responding to changes in their lives. Give those decisions a place in the employment record, with clear review responsibilities when the next pay period arrives.

A move needs a proper handoff

A change of residence and a change of work location are not always the same event. State and local obligations depend on the circumstances. Keep work state, residence, locality and relevant allocations available for review instead of assuming an address update settles the payroll question.

Different pay calendars meet one workforce

A business may pay hourly staff weekly and salaried colleagues on another schedule. Hours, benefits and compensation changes still need the right period. A shared employee history helps reviewers understand which decision belongs in which run, without rebuilding the same information for each calendar.

Benefits changes deserve an explanation

An updated withholding election, retirement deduction or eligible benefit can change take-home pay even when salary is unchanged. Employees need an answer they can follow. Retain the approved change and the relevant payroll detail so HR and payroll can discuss the same result.

Payroll review · United States Illustrative workflow

US teams in motion

Follow the change, from conversation to payroll.

Three common situations show how people decisions and payroll review can stay connected.

Example workflow

A valued colleague changes where they work

A remote employee tells their manager they will work from another state. HR needs the effective date and employment context; payroll needs the work and residence information reviewed before the affected pay period is prepared.

  1. HR

    Record what has actually changed

    Keep the employee's location information, agreed working arrangement and related documents together. Assign any unresolved question to the person responsible for reviewing the move.

  2. Time

    Check the relevant working period

    Review time records and the period covered by the change. Confirm the work-state allocation inputs with the responsible reviewer before payroll uses them.

  3. Pay

    Review federal and state treatment

    Prepare withholding using maintained W-4 and state information. Review the applicable allocation and local scope, then inspect the employee's result before approving the run.

What changesThe manager's conversation becomes a reviewable payroll change, and the employee can ask questions without retelling the whole story to a different department.

Example workflow

A new role comes with new choices

An employee earns a promotion and changes a retirement or eligible benefit deduction. The manager wants to recognize progress, while HR and payroll need the approved salary and deduction information applied to the right cycle.

  1. HR

    Connect growth with compensation

    Keep performance feedback, the new responsibilities and the approved salary decision together. Retain the employee's benefit information and agree the next development priorities.

  2. Time

    Review the period around the move

    Check attendance and leave information for the relevant pay window. Resolve any exception before it becomes an unexplained difference in the employee's earnings.

  3. Pay

    Explain gross pay and deductions

    Review the salary change alongside supported 401(k) or Section 125 deductions. Compare the itemized result with the prior period and the approved inputs.

What changesThe promotion has a career record as well as a pay effect, and the employee can understand why take-home pay changed.

Example workflow

A new hire joins a weekly-paid team

A growing US business hires an hourly employee into a weekly payroll group. The first week includes a longer working day and an onboarding question. The manager and payroll reviewer need a shared picture before the first payday.

  1. HR

    Prepare the person's starting record

    Follow the accepted offer into onboarding tasks and employee documents. Confirm the approved pay, work-state details, withholding information and the correct pay frequency.

  2. Time

    Use the hours actually worked

    Review clock events and overtime status against the relevant policy. Resolve missing or disputed time with the manager before preparing the weekly run.

  3. Pay

    Review the first period carefully

    Prepare weekly payroll with the applicable federal and state deductions. Make the digital payslip available through the agreed process and retain the first-cycle explanation.

What changesThe new employee starts with a clear record, while HR and payroll can trace the first payslip back to the offer and working time.

People across locations

Make a distributed team feel connected.

A shared record should help people grow, not simply keep their payroll details current. Bring hiring, feedback, benefits and everyday support together so a manager can follow an employee's progress across locations and roles.

A consistent welcome

Track hiring stages, interviews and offers into onboarding. Assign documents, equipment and first-week tasks so remote and on-site colleagues can see what needs to happen before work begins.

Progress beyond the annual review

Keep goals, one-to-one notes and development plans available between meetings. Use that history when considering an internal move, salary recommendation or the employee's next stretch assignment.

An answer with the history attached

Employees can find pay information, manage benefits and raise HR requests. Give questions an owner so an explanation about a deduction or employment change survives the departmental handoff.

Explore the HR workspace

More than a name in a directory.

Follow the decisions behind a hire, a review, a pay recommendation and an everyday request. The employee record carries the context between teams.

01 / Hire & onboard

Turn an accepted offer into a prepared first day.

Keep the vacancy, interviews and offer together. Carry the new colleague into onboarding, with documents, equipment and tasks assigned to the right people.

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The hiring decision becomes the start of the employee record.

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payrovia↗ Hiring workspace United States
Interview4
01 Interview feedback For review
Offer2
02 Accepted offer For review
Joining1
03 First-week plan Complete
  • ✓Employment documentsComplete
  • ✓Equipment requestComplete
  • ○Manager welcomeOpen

One hire. A shared plan for HR, the manager and the new colleague.

02 / Develop your team

Make development part of the working year.

Connect goals, regular feedback, review cycles and development plans. Give the next manager the history behind a person's progress, with appropriate access.

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A review leads to a useful next step, with an owner and follow-up.

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payrovia↗ Performance & development United States
US
Employee record · 0142 Example employee
For review
Build the team playbook 75%
Coach a new colleague 50%
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Next conversation Career check-in
Sep 24
Review cycle Development plan Succession discussion

Goals, review history and future opportunities stay connected.

03 / Reward fairly

Bring pay and benefits into the same conversation.

Review salary recommendations alongside budgets, employee history and benefit choices. Record the approval before the change reaches the relevant payroll period.

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HR and finance can explain what changed, when and why.

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payrovia↗ Compensation review United States
US
Employee record · 0142 Example employee
For review
Current USD 4,000
→
Proposed USD 4,400
Effective date Oct 1 For review
  • ○Budget review
  • ○Manager recommendation
  • ○Payroll handover

Illustrative recommendation. No salary change is submitted by this screen.

04 / Support employees

Give every employee question a place to go.

Connect HR requests, documents and employee services to the person. Keep a clear owner, status and response history so a question survives a departmental handover.

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The employee sees progress. HR sees the context needed to respond.

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payrovia↗ Employee service desk United States
US
Employee record · 0142 Example employee
For review
Request Owner Status
Employment document People team Complete
Leave question Line manager Open
Benefit change Benefits team Open

Access follows the role. Sensitive case details stay with authorised people.

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Useful to everyone

One place for the everyday questions.

Make the employee record part of daily work. Employees, managers and HR participate through the information and actions relevant to their role.

01

For employees

Employees request leave, find documents, read available payslips and follow goals, with everyday HR questions connected to their employee record.

payrovia↗ Employee workspace United States
◎ A clear place for everyday work.
  • ◷Leave request↗
  • ▤Published payslip↗
  • ↗Employment documents↗
02

For managers

Managers review requests, approve relevant changes and follow team goals, with employee history available when a decision needs more context.

payrovia↗ Manager workspace United States
◎ The information behind the next decision.
  • ◷Team requests3
  • ▤Time corrections2
  • ↗Development conversations4

Illustrative product screens · fictional records and amounts

US payroll detail

Different states and schedules. A consistent review.

Prepare the employee groups and pay periods your business uses, with local scope agreed before rollout. Keep earnings, withholding and employer costs traceable to the records reviewed by your people and payroll teams.

Explore payroll

Federal and state withholding

Work with W-4-based federal withholding, state-aware calculations and multistate allocation inputs. Review work state, residence and locality requirements for the specific jurisdictions in your rollout.

Payroll taxes and deductions

Prepare FICA, federal and state unemployment components, and supported retirement or benefit deductions. Keep employee amounts and employer costs available with year-to-date payroll information.

Pay frequencies and special pay

Support weekly, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly pay windows. Review bonus treatment, termination payments and applicable leave payouts with the employee's history and relevant state requirements.

Reporting preparation

Prepare supported federal and state reporting information, including Forms 941, 940 and W-2. Confirm the required jurisdiction, form version, transmission route and acceptance responsibilities before operational use.

Inside the payroll review

See what changes pay. And why.

Choose a situation. Follow the source information into an illustrated payslip, then see the checks before release. Local treatment stays with the country and employee.

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An approved hour has a place on the payslip.

Compare time with the roster and the approved request. Keep the earning separate so payroll and the employee can follow its source.

01 / Source record

The approved time record

US
Example employee United States · 0142
Recorded time
8 additional hours
Manager decision
Time approved
Payroll input
Additional earning
02 / Payroll preview For review

Example employee

Illustrative pay period · USD

Basic pay
USD 4,000
Additional earnings
USD 200
Gross pay
USD 4,200
Employee tax / contributions
USD -500
Net pay USD 3,700

Employer costs · separate from net payUSD 280

03 / Before release
  1. 01

    Check the hours and supporting request.

  2. 02

    Review the applicable local treatment.

  3. 03

    Approve the payroll version before release.

What this means for your team Federal and state withholding

Work with W-4-based federal withholding, state-aware calculations and multistate allocation inputs. Review work state, residence and locality requirements for the specific jurisdictions in your rollout.

A pay rise starts with the right effective date.

Carry an approved salary change from HR into the right period. Retain the earlier amount and the explanation behind the difference.

01 / Source record

The HR pay change

US
Example employee United States · 0142
Previous pay
USD 4,000
Revised pay
USD 4,400
Effective date
Start of this example period
02 / Payroll preview For review

Example employee

Illustrative pay period · USD

Basic pay
USD 4,400
Gross pay
USD 4,400
Employee tax / contributions
USD -500
Net pay USD 3,900

Employer costs · separate from net payUSD 280

03 / Before release
  1. 01

    Confirm the approved employee change.

  2. 02

    Check dates, proration and any earlier periods.

  3. 03

    Explain the variance before finalising.

What this means for your team Payroll taxes and deductions

Prepare FICA, federal and state unemployment components, and supported retirement or benefit deductions. Keep employee amounts and employer costs available with year-to-date payroll information.

Explain take-home pay, line by line.

Review employee deductions individually. Keep the employer's costs separate, with the approved basis for any repayment visible.

01 / Source record

The employee's local setup

US
Example employee United States · 0142
Payroll country
United States
Employee details
Current record
Repayment instruction
Approved schedule
02 / Payroll preview For review

Example employee

Illustrative pay period · USD

Basic pay
USD 4,000
Additional earnings
USD 200
Gross pay
USD 4,200
Employee tax / contributions
USD -500
Approved repayment
USD -100
Net pay USD 3,600

Employer costs · separate from net payUSD 280

03 / Before release
  1. 01

    Review tax and contribution inputs.

  2. 02

    Check the authorised deduction or repayment.

  3. 03

    Reconcile balances and employer costs separately.

What this means for your team Pay frequencies and special pay

Support weekly, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly pay windows. Review bonus treatment, termination payments and applicable leave payouts with the employee's history and relevant state requirements.

The last payslip needs a fuller review.

Bring leaving dates, remaining pay and applicable settlement items together. Keep clearance, calculation approval and payment responsibilities distinct.

01 / Source record

The departure record

US
Example employee United States · 0142
Employment change
Leaving date recorded
Pay treatment
Partial period in this example
Handover
Final items for review
02 / Payroll preview For review

Example employee

Illustrative pay period · USD

Basic pay
USD 2,000
Additional earnings
USD 200
Gross pay
USD 2,200
Employee tax / contributions
USD -300
Net pay USD 1,900

Employer costs · separate from net payUSD 280

03 / Before release
  1. 01

    Confirm dates and locally applicable amounts.

  2. 02

    Review leave and outstanding obligations.

  3. 03

    Authorise settlement and follow the payment outcome.

What this means for your team Reporting preparation

Prepare supported federal and state reporting information, including Forms 941, 940 and W-2. Confirm the required jurisdiction, form version, transmission route and acceptance responsibilities before operational use.

Teaching example only. These are not statutory rates, a quotation or a live payroll calculation. Pay frequency, tax, contributions and final-pay treatment must be confirmed locally.

EOR arrangements

Bill centrally. Manage people locally.

Use Payrovia's central agreement and billing tools to coordinate your own employing entities or separately contracted providers. Review worker assignments, agreed fees and client access together. US payroll connections, employer-cost coverage and automated reconciliation require separate confirmation. Payrovia supplies operating software; the legal employer and each party's responsibilities remain defined by your arrangement.

01 / The agreement

Agree the terms. Connect every assignment.

Define the client, employing entity or provider, countries, fees and responsibilities. Connect each person to the arrangement under which they work.

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Connect clients, agreements and worker assignments.

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payrovia↗ Client agreement United States
US
EOR-028

Client agreement

For review
Client
Example client
Local operation
United States
Employment arrangement
Your entity or agreed provider
Billing terms
Agreed service fee

The agreement names the parties and responsibilities; software does not become the legal employer.

02 / Local people

Keep local employment close to the person.

Bring HR records, leave, benefits and payroll coordination into the assignment. Give clients access to the information and approvals you have explicitly agreed.

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Review assignment costs and fees before issuing invoices.

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payrovia↗ Worker assignment United States
US
EOR-028

Worker assignment

For review
Employee
Example employee
Client agreement
Linked to the agreement
Local payroll currency
USD
Client access
Configured by role
Attendance Leave request Payslip

Local payroll connections and employer-cost coverage are confirmed for your arrangement.

03 / Central billing

Make the central bill easy to explain.

Review employment costs, agreed fees and adjustments by client and period. Keep the supporting assignment detail beside the draft invoice.

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Set client access to the relevant people and billing records.

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payrovia↗ Central client invoice United States
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INV-024

Central client invoice

For review
Employment costsCosts for the example period
USD 12,000
Service fee · example 10%Example commercial terms
USD 1,200
Approved expensesSeparately identified
USD 300
Draft totalFor finance review
USD 13,500

Illustrative USD invoice, not Payrovia pricing. FX evidence, tax, credits and settlement need their own review.

Illustrative EOR workflow. Availability of local connections and automated reconciliation is confirmed separately.

Why teams choose Payrovia

Depth in every part. One connected business.

HR that goes beyond a directory.

Recruitment, onboarding, performance, development, succession, compensation, benefits and employee services—around the same record.

Payroll with the history behind it.

Connect employee changes, approved time and leave to local payroll review. Give reviewers the information behind the result.

A local team. An international group.

Run one company or connect overseas subsidiaries. Keep local payroll requirements visible while finance reviews the wider business.

Choose your next step with Payrovia.

Explore the product and detailed features, review pricing and security, or see how implementation works. Book a demo to discuss your people, countries and first rollout.

Questions from US employers

Does multistate support cover every state and local rule?

State-aware withholding and multistate allocation are available, but coverage must be confirmed for your actual work states, resident states and localities. Bring the locations and worker types in your rollout, including remote-work changes. We review the required calculations, registrations and reporting routes without treating all jurisdictions as one uniform rule.

Can hourly and salaried teams use different pay schedules?

Weekly, biweekly, semimonthly and monthly payroll windows are supported. Set the appropriate employee groups and review periods, then check compensation changes and time inputs against each calendar. Your walkthrough should include one ordinary run and a mid-period change so the setup reflects how your teams are paid.

Can we switch on ACH direct deposit immediately?

The current US ACH file format has not been verified for production bank acceptance and is not a ready-to-use direct-deposit route. Payment execution must use a separately confirmed process. Payroll preparation and reporting can be assessed independently; agree the bank format, validation and funding responsibilities before changing how employees receive pay.

Will payroll automatically decide whether someone is an employee or contractor?

No. That determination depends on the actual working relationship and the applicable rules. US employee payroll and supported 1099-NEC reporting are distinct processes. Your team confirms worker classification and the relevant scope before setup; choosing a record type in software does not establish the person's legal status.

A walkthrough for your business

See the work you could bring together.

Tell us about your local team and any overseas subsidiaries. We'll focus the demonstration on the HR, timekeeping and payroll work you want to improve.

  • Start with your people and priorities.
  • See the relevant local and global workflows.
  • Discuss scope, implementation and next steps.

Primary market United States

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