WorkAxle Payroll Export delivers pre-classified time data to your payroll or accounting system, ready for processing. Overtime, premiums, and differentials are already calculated, because every hour was verified and classified upstream. No re-entry, no reconciliation cycle. Finance gets numbers it can trust on the first pass.
Payroll-ready data. Every cycle. No assembly required.
Manual payroll prep exists because time data is dirty. WorkAxle removes that step. Time data arrives at payroll pre-validated, pre-classified, and ready to process.
The payroll reconciliation tax.
Seven steps that shouldn't exist.
1. Pull time records from the WFM system.
2. Cross-check against schedules for discrepancies.
3. Manually apply overtime calculations.
4. Look up premium rates and shift differentials.
5. Fix rounding errors and missed punches.
6. Format the data for the payroll system.
7. Submit it and hope the numbers match.
None of this is payroll processing. It is data cleanup, repeated every single cycle.
The bill comes due as late paychecks, payroll disputes, eroded trust, and the stack of HR tickets that lands after every error.
When the data arrives clean.
Time data is captured with identity and location verification. Overtime, premiums, and differentials are classified by the rule engine, not by a payroll coordinator.
Timecards are auto-generated with totals by time type: regular hours, overtime hours by tier, premiums, and differentials. Manager approval is the checkpoint, not data assembly.
→ Every client has reached positive ROI within the first few payroll runs.
Why the export is clean: everything upstream is validated.
Time is captured and verified.
Every clock-in is identity-verified and location-validated through beacons, facial recognition, or geofencing. Geofence violations and schedule mismatches are surfaced at the moment of capture, and overrides are logged.
Pay rules are applied automatically.
Overtime, holiday premiums, shift differentials, and jurisdiction-specific rules are classified by the rule engine, not by a payroll coordinator. Prebuilt jurisdiction packs ship for the markets you operate in, and every threshold is configurable per jurisdiction and group.
Timecards are auto-generated.
Complete timecards with totals by time type: regular hours, overtime hours (by tier), premiums, and differentials. Manager approval is the checkpoint, not data assembly.
Export to payroll.
Validated, classified data exports directly to your payroll or accounting system. API-first architecture supports standard formats and direct integration with major payroll platforms. Finance receives data that's been validated at capture, classified by rules, and approved by management.
Built to close the reconciliation gap.
| Capability | What it does |
|---|---|
| Pre-classified time data | Overtime, premiums, and differentials calculated before export. Payroll receives pay-ready rows that need no rebuilding. |
| API-first export | Connects to major payroll and ERP systems through WorkAxle's open API with standard export formats. |
| Validation at every step | Time data is verified at capture, classified by rules, and approved by management before it reaches payroll. |
| Schedule vs. actual visibility | Scheduled vs. actual hours visible in timecards, driving automatic overtime calculation upstream. |
| Audit trail | Every clock-in, classification, and payroll row is traceable end to end, with every change and override logged. |
| Multi-jurisdiction support | Pay rules apply automatically per employee location, in every jurisdiction you operate. |
| Retroactive recompute | Historical periods recomputed after rule changes, with full before/after change history for audit. |
How payroll export connects to the rest of the platform.
Payroll Export receives clean data because every upstream module has already done its job.
Forecasting & Optimization
Ensures the right number of people are scheduled, labor cost starts accurate before a single shift is worked.
Scheduling & Rostering
Assigns employees compliantly, with rules enforced at creation. Overtime exposure is visible before the schedule publishes.
Time & Attendance
Captures and verifies every hour worked, identity, location, and schedule adherence validated at the moment of clock-in.
Compliance & Rule Engine
Classifies time and applies pay rules automatically, overtime thresholds, premiums, differentials, jurisdiction-specific calculations.
Payroll Export
Delivers validated, classified data to your payroll system. No reconciliation step because there's nothing to reconcile.
Validated at every step
By the time data reaches Payroll Export, it has been verified at capture, classified by rule, and approved by management. The reconciliation spreadsheet shrinks to an exception check.
Different industries. Different pay rules. One clean export.
Security & Guarding
Contract-coded hoursHours classified per client contract and post, so one export feeds both payroll and billing without a reconciliation spreadsheet.
See solutions →Public Sector
Audit-trailed payPremiums and differentials per bargaining unit, classified upstream. The export survives a records request because every hour carries its trail.
See solutions →Manufacturing & Processing
Differential-heavy payRotating-crew overtime and shift differentials calculated by rule before export, across 24/7 lines.
See solutions →Airport Operations
Activity-coded payActivity-level time classification feeds payroll and operational reporting at once, across terminals and multiple CBAs.
See solutions →Retail
High-volume exportMulti-location exports with break premiums and minor-labor rules already applied, validated at enterprise scale.
See solutions →Healthcare
CBA-matched payNight and weekend differentials per CBA classified at the punch, so the payroll file matches the agreement on the first pass.
See solutions →Construction
Job-coded hoursPer-diem, rain-day, and multi-site rules applied before export. Every worker's hours land coded to the right job and union local.
See solutions →Port Operations
Vessel-coded hoursGang premiums and hazardous-work rates classified upstream, exportable per vessel call for payroll and cost allocation.
See solutions →The numbers after go-live.
Your questions, answered.
Is WorkAxle a payroll system?
No. Payroll Export is the handoff. It delivers validated, pre-classified time data to your existing payroll system. WorkAxle handles scheduling through time classification, and your payroll system handles payment processing.
What payroll systems does WorkAxle integrate with?
Major payroll and ERP systems including SAP and Workday. Standard exports in CSV, JSON, and PDF, with custom formats per integration. The architecture supports GraphQL and gRPC.
How does WorkAxle ensure payroll data is accurate?
Accuracy is built upstream: time captured with identity and location verification, classified by automated pay rules, approved by management. The audit trail traces every hour from clock-in through classification to payroll row.
Can WorkAxle handle payroll for multiple jurisdictions?
Yes. Pay rules are configured per jurisdiction and applied automatically. Organizations operating across multiple countries get jurisdiction-correct payroll data without manual adjustment.
What happens when a pay rule changes mid-cycle?
The operator triggers a recompute for the affected period. Every classified-time row carries change history, so before/after impact is fully auditable. Updated data re-exports with the complete change trail.
Exports that land in the payroll system you already run.
Your payroll and ERP stack stays exactly where it is. WorkAxle connects through an API-first architecture and delivers pay-ready data in the format your system expects.
Workday Innovation Partner (Silver), Design Approved. Listed on Workday Marketplace.
SAP PartnerEdge partner, listed on the SAP Store since 2022. Compatible with SAP BTP deployments.
API-based enterprise integration for employee data and time export.
API, GraphQL, REST, SFTP, XML. Whatever your stack speaks, we cover it.
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What does switching from legacy WFM look like?
The migration playbook, how organizations move from manual spreadsheet payroll prep to automated export.
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