RUN Powered by ADP® is ranked as one of the best payroll software solutions for small businesses, and nearly 800,000 small businesses use ADP payroll software. But this software isn’t just for paying employees. RUN Powered by ADP® also has advanced human resources (HR) tools and can serve a wide range of human resource management needs for your small business.
The ADP team recently updated and enhanced the features of RUN Powered by ADP®, including some generative AI tools. We got a special behind-the-scenes tour to see how the new features work and why RUN Powered by ADP® might be more powerful than ever.
Here are a few new features of RUN Powered by ADP® and ideas for how these capabilities can help your small business.
Best new features of RUN Powered by ADP®
RUN Powered by ADP® is using generative AI and machine learning to make its payroll and HR software more personalized and easier to use. AI technology is being built into various features to help small business owners find the information they need faster, get personalized insights into their small business HR performance, and avoid costly mistakes when processing payroll.
Here are a few of the best new features.
No. 1: Generative AI search
RUN Powered by ADP® now uses generative AI for natural language processing and personalized search results. The software uses a machine learning model to help people quickly find search results that are most relevant and tailored to the way each person uses RUN.
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This can help small business owners save time and effort, navigating the entire RUN product with just a few keystrokes. Search is more powerful, making it easier and more precise to find specific employees, reports, or HR forms within the software, and get access to high-frequency help topics.
No. 2: Payroll Inspector
RUN Powered by ADP® now includes enhanced AI capabilities for a feature called Payroll Inspector. This tool monitors the small business’s payroll workflows and calls out for attention when there are irregularities or possible problems.
Payroll Inspector can be a lifesaver for small businesses, helping avoid costly mistakes with payroll, tax compliance, and more. With the power of AI, Payroll Inspector can give small business owners more confidence that their payroll is correct.
No. 3: Payroll, insurance, and other HR management tools in one place
RUN Powered by ADP® is not just for payroll software. The new updates include a full integration of payroll-related capabilities and other human capital management (HCM) features, all seamlessly accessible within RUN. This includes:
- Payroll
- Business insurance
- Health insurance
- Timekeeping
- HR programs
- Retirement plans
For example, if your construction company is giving a price quote to a customer at the customer’s home, and the homeowner asks for proof of insurance, you can open the RUN Powered by ADP® mobile app, generate a Certificate of Insurance from within the app, and share it with the homeowner.
No. 4: Smart HR handbook
The world of HR is ever-changing. Companies have to stay up to speed on new regulations and employment laws. With the latest updates to RUN, small businesses can get a new, effortless way to create and manage the company’s HR handbook. This includes smart notifications when your HR handbook policies need to be updated based on new laws or new regulatory and compliance changes.
No. 5: Salary Benchmarks
If you’re getting ready to hire new employees for your small business, it’s important to know the latest data about salaries in your industry and geographic area. Don’t risk falling behind and losing good people.
RUN Powered by ADP® includes integrated Salary Benchmarks, powered by ADP-wide worker data from tens of millions of paychecks across the country. This helps your business see what pay ranges make sense for each role and location so you can offer competitive salaries and attract the right people — while staying compliant with employment laws around pay equity, pay transparency, and more.
Bottom line
Most small business owners want payroll software that helps get the details right, keeps the business in compliance with regulations, and saves time (and ultimately money). RUN Powered by ADP® can serve as a one-stop shop for small business payroll, benefits, HR, and more. The new features of RUN Powered by ADP® can help business owners get back more time to focus on strategic goals, making sales, developing new products, and otherwise doing what they do best: running their business.
And as your business grows, RUN Powered by ADP® can grow with you. As a business’s needs get larger and more complex, RUN flexes to accommodate and solve those emerging demands. It has four bundles, the first two serving core payroll and tax filing, and the next two adding in powerful HR Admin-level tools catering to an operation that most likely has someone on staff handling HR alongside other office management duties.
