by jazdale » Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:32 pm
helpers
Sorry I and others didn't reply to your first request. Though I've installed countless in-house payroll applications, I'm not real versed in the out-sourced version. I'm also guessing payroll administrators aren't big forum readers.
Here's how I see it.
Many dealers outsourced payroll for 2 primary reasons.
One was total confidentiality of the records on a separate computer system.
The second reason was all the necessary after-payroll transactions that had to take place. Direct deposits, 401k, witholdings, quarterly, and annual W2s.
Outsourcing shifted your efforts and liability to ADP for being on time with the payments.
There was a time (the 80s) when doing payroll was a simple partial day job for the office manager. Since then, its become a human resource dept where the demands of compliancy have made it more than clerical.
To get to your question, I don't think the actual processing of payroll will take longer, its everything else attached to it!!
Hiring, firing, cobra, 401k, saving acocunts, insurances, direct deposit, withholding, unemployment, reviews, disputes, the list goes on.
ADP Dealer services recently combined the deep integration of in-house payroll with the outsourced functionality of Employer services. The list is huge, and is ala carte. Items like (but not limited to)
on-line applications
Background screening of applicants
HR help desk
Direct deposit and debit pay card
EFT tax withholding submission
I'm guessing that part of your dissatisfaction is the lack of deep accounting integration that you were used to when all was in-house. I believe with outsourced, you may need to set up a department for virtually every position to have the accounting control you once had. Consider whether making this setup change would solve your issue before you make the change back to in-house.
If you choose to go back to in-house, you'll get the accounting detail back among other deep integration items like electronic time card, tech payroll interface, and web2000 statistics.
You will want to look into the ala carte items that compliment the in-house payroll package. From here you can weigh out which way to go.
I'd be happy to go offline with you on the details of your needs.
Dale