Automated payroll for staff

Purpose

1.1. Enable seamless, consistent payroll calculations for all amusement park ride staff, ensuring compliance, timely payments, benefits management, overtime, and deductions.
1.2. Integrate schedules, attendance, HR records, tax calculations, and payments into a single automated workflow, reducing manual errors and increasing efficiency.
1.3. Maintain financial tracking and reporting for audits and management, allowing granular breakdowns by department, shift, and role.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Payroll period end date reached (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly).
2.2. Manager approval of employee hours or timesheet submission.
2.3. Import/update event in HRMS or scheduling tool.
2.4. Specific absence, overtime logged, or change in staff status detected.
2.5. External data/approval received for allowance or commission events.

Platform Variants

3.1. ADP Workforce Now
• Feature/Setting: Payroll API — Configure automated pay cycle runs (`/payroll/v1/payrolls/run`).
3.2. Gusto
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Schedule/On-Demand Pay (`POST /payrolls` and webhook triggers).
3.3. Paychex Flex
• Feature/Setting: Real Time Payroll API (`payroll/payruns`) mapped to HR and attendance.
3.4. BambooHR
• Feature/Setting: Employee and Timesheets API (`/v1/employees/{id}/time_tracking`) for data pull.
3.5. QuickBooks Online Payroll
• Feature/Setting: PayRun endpoint (`/v3/payroll/payruns`) automation linked to time entries.
3.6. Zenefits
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Run (`POST /payroll_batches`) webhook for data ingestion.
3.7. Rippling
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Automation API (`/v1/payroll/submit`).
3.8. Sage HR
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Scheduler and Expense API (`/api/payroll/payruns`).
3.9. Paylocity
• Feature/Setting: Time & Labor Data Integration API (`/api/v2/payroll`).
3.10. OnPay
• Feature/Setting: Pay Run API (`/api/v1/payruns`) invoked on payroll schedule.
3.11. Deel
• Feature/Setting: Payroll API (`/v1/payroll/generate`) for contractors or multi-country staff.
3.12. Wave Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Calculation Automation (Webhooks + API `/payroll`).
3.13. Square Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Payroll API (`/v2/labor/payroll-runs`) — integrated with timecards.
3.14. Workday
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Calculation & Payslip API (`/v1/payrolldata`).
3.15. TriNet
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Batch Processing (`POST /v3/payroll`).
3.16. Xero Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Pay Run API (`/payroll.xro/PayRuns`) with timesheet auto-entry.
3.17. SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Control Center APIs.
3.18. Oracle HCM Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Calculation & Payment REST API.
3.19. Zoho Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Pay Run API (`/payruns`) auto-triggered on timesheet finalization.
3.20. FreshBooks Payroll (via Gusto partnership)
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Sync API — auto-pay configuration.
3.21. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Apps Script or API (`/v4/spreadsheets`) for auto calculations or as an integration layer.
3.22. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automate trigger and action for HRIS and payroll integration, using Pre-built connectors.

Benefits

4.1. Eliminates manual payroll processing errors, ensuring accurate, timely payments.
4.2. Enables full compliance with labor, tax, and industry regulations for amusement park ride staff.
4.3. Enhances transparency with real-time payroll status, notifications, and auditable logs.
4.4. Integrates leaves, attendance, shift premiums, commissions, and deductions without delay.
4.5. Reduces payroll processing time, enabling HR to focus on staff engagement and park operations.