But don't forget about the payroll giants Automatic Data Processing, Ceridian, and PayChex, who are in various stages of offering Web-based systems. EasyPayNet, the Web service from Roseland, N.J.-based ADP, offers payroll processing, payroll tax filing, and benefits administration. Users can review and revise payroll information on their time, create management reports instantly, and submit payroll information to ADP via the Internet. But it's being big and being able to offer customer-handholding that ADP believes gives it a great advantage, online and off. Our online model is high touch and that sets us apart from other payroll services.
Users can do same-day payroll processing.
Information is available one hour after a customer puts it in. Besides performing tax filing and reporting functions, the system also handles such HR functions as background checks, plan administration, and optional employee benefits programs available through payroll deductions. Likewise, Rochester, N.Y.-based Paychex focuses on companies with less than 200 employees. Paychex's remote-entry system Paylink enables clients to enter payroll data, add and change employee information, and produce reports via a modem at any time. The general ledger service provides a file or report of a company's payroll information via the Internet for direct posting to widely used accounting software packages.