More Employers Embrace Global Payroll Strategy, Survey Says

An increasing number of employers have a global payroll strategy or are planning to develop one as part of a corporate initiative, a survey said June 4.

The payroll benchmark survey by Deloitte, which was presented at the annual American Payroll Association Congress, showed that 88% of companies have such a strategy, up from about 50% in 2018. About 12% of survey respondents did not have a global plan.

About 52% of employers with operations in multiple countries said they managed payroll from the U.S. as a central location, compared with 29% that were using a regional location to manage ...