How IT is Changing Payroll Processing and HR Admin-Preview

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It is no secret or surprise that technology is driving a revolution in the areas of payroll
processing andHR administration. Global payroll processing companies have already produced
sophisticated systems to meet the requirements of clients in their main markets, which are
primarily the large, developed economies of the world. How are multinationals managing the
administration of their employees in China? What are the complications? And how are payroll
processing firms“upping their game”to meet the challenges that they and their clients face in
this heavily populated and complex part of the world?
The challenges fall into two distinct parts. The first relates to payroll processingwork, which can
actually be handled remotely from anywhere in the world and is a specific, objective process.
The chief difficulty for payroll processors is how to efficiently receive all the input data from their
clients, which forms the basis of all the payroll calculations and reports.
The second part of the challenge relates to the HR administration support provided to clients.
Employers in many Asian countries need to ensure that the employment relationships with
their staff are properly documented and in compliance with local laws. Failure to do this can
be expensive, and reliance on often inexperienced local staff can be dangerous. But China is
big, and in particular the “last mile”– how to ensure original versions of documents are signed
by employees and securely stored – can be difficult when the company is based in a relatively
remote location.
IT is the main answer to both of these challenges. Solutions are not straightforward, and
they need to be customized to the specific situation of each company. Nevertheless, more
comprehensive solutions are appearing, and this edition of China Briefing aims to explain how
foreign multinationals can take better advantage of IT in the gathering, storing, and analyzing
of HR information across their entities in China.
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