HR Software for Midsize Business

HR that makes everyone’s day easier.

Spend less time on admin and more time supporting people, while you stay confident in accuracy and compliance with AI agents handling routine tasks. Workday GO gets you live fast on the trusted Workday platform, uniting core HR, global payroll, and self‑service.

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See 50% fewer payroll requests with Workday Payroll Agent.

Run accurate payroll and let AI flag issues, fill in missing data, and answer complex payroll questions before they hit your team.

Unlock 20% more productivity with Workday Self-Service Agent.

Give everyone a conversational AI agent that offers instant, accurate answers and guides employees through complex work.

HR AND GLOBAL PAYROLL SOFTWARE

Realize value in less time than ever.

Solve your toughest people problems with actionable, real-time data you can trust. Workday GO combines proven HR and global payroll processes with a team of AI agents in one place, so you can surface what matters, reduce manual work, and act faster to support your business.

One platform, all the simplicity.

Streamline operations and take the busy work out of HR with AI. Workday GO brings together HR, pay, benefits, recruiting, and talent management on the trusted Workday platform, and uses AI agents built into Workday to automate routine tasks so your business runs more efficiently and gets to value faster.

  • Automated workflows, driven by AI agents

  • Recruiting and onboarding

  • Compensation, salary, and incentive plans

  • Benefits plans and enrollment

  • Time and absence management, including for frontline workers

  • User- and role-based security

  • Performance reviews and career planning

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Pay every employee, everywhere.

Reduce errors and increase efficiency with the Workday GO Global Payroll package that scales to over 75 countries. With HCM, payroll, and the Payroll Agent on one platform, you’ll reduce manual work and ensure on-time, compliant payments every cycle.

  • Continuous payroll processing

  • Global payroll & managed payroll services

  • Automated tax and compliance updates

  • Retro pay calculations

  • AI-powered anomaly detection

  • Real-time reporting and analytics

  • Self-service employee experience

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Elevate your talent.

When all employee data—from pay to skills—is unified in Workday, you see both the talent you have and the talent you’ll need. With Workday GO and built-in AI, managers get clear insight to support performance and growth, while employees get simple tools to steer their own careers.

  • Performance reviews

  • AI-powered skills management

  • Development check-ins & feedback

  • Personalized career planning tools

  • Talent profiles & pipeline visibility

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Hiring made simple.

Give hiring teams a single place to find, engage, and move the right candidates forward faster. With HR and recruiting on the same Workday platform, you get an AI‑driven, trusted experience that makes everything feel simple. No rework and smoother onboarding for you and your applicants.

  • Candidate engagement & marketing

  • Seamless recruiter & candidate experience

  • Apply with LinkedIn integration

  • Reporting, compliance, and analytics

  • Hiring team collaboration

  • Interview management

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An effortless experience.

Empower your employees and managers with a simple, personalized experience. The Workday mobile app and Self-Service Agent puts everyday HR tasks—such as payslips, time-off requests, and goals—right in their hands, with AI helping them find answers and get things done faster.

  • AI-enhanced search assistance

  • Employee and manager self-service

  • AI-suggested skills

  • Greater transparency of HR information

  • Mobile access to essential HR tasks

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“Employees now spend more time focused on what they're passionate about and what matters to our organization.”

Nicholas Price

VP, Global Total Rewards & HR Operations
Sphera (Employees 1,300)

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HR AND PAYROLL INTERACTIVE DEMO

Experience Workday your way.

Skip the static video. Test out Workday GO through a beta interactive demo. Ask questions, explore features, and see how Workday HR and Payroll works for your business—just like chatting with an expert.

  • Guide the tour. You're in control. Tell us what you want to see, and the demo adapts to you.
  • Ask questions. Have a specific question? Just ask and gain the insight you need in real-time.
  • Skip the wait. Gain an expert-level walkthrough, right now.

 

*Beta interactive experience

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Fast Activation

Go live fast with AI.

Get up and running fast on Workday GO with a targeted scope activation designed for midsize organizations. Our purpose-built Deployment Agent uses proven best practices from thousands of successful launches to simplify configuration and help lower implementation time by up to 25% so you start seeing value sooner.

FAQ

Questions? We have answers.

What is human capital management software for small and midsize businesses?

Human capital management (HCM) software, often referred to as Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS) or Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) is a digital solution that streamlines and automates HR processes across the employee lifecycle. It typically brings core HR data, time and absence, benefits, payroll, and talent management into one system so organizations can manage people information, reduce manual work, and make faster, more informed decisions. Modern HCM platforms increasingly use AI to surface insights and automate routine tasks.

Payroll software for midsize businesses is a digital system that automates paying employees, including calculating wages, taxes, deductions, and benefits. It helps organizations manage pay schedules, generate pay slips, and stay compliant with tax and labor regulations. Many payroll solutions also integrate with HR and accounting systems and use AI‑driven checks to catch missing or incorrect data earlier, reducing errors and manual rework.

Recruiting software for midsize businesses is a digital solution that streamlines and automates the hiring process, from sourcing candidates to extending offer letters. 

 

At its core, it functions as an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), providing a centralized database to collect resumes, parse candidate data, and track progress through interview stages. By replacing manual spreadsheets with automated workflows and collaborative tools, it helps organizations reduce time-to-hire, improve candidate quality, and maintain consistent compliance with labor regulations. Increasingly, recruiting software also uses AI to prioritize candidates, personalize outreach, and reduce repetitive tasks for hiring teams.

To boost retention, midsize businesses need a holistic approach covering the entire employee lifecycle. To boost retention, small and midsize businesses need a holistic approach that covers the entire employee experience. That includes hiring for fit, paying people accurately and on time, offering clear development paths, and making it easy to manage basics like time off, benefits, and pay information in one place. When HR, payroll, and talent management are unified in a single system, leaders get better visibility into engagement and risk, and employees experience fewer frustrations—leading to higher trust, stronger connection, and lower turnover over time.

AI can be used to automate and improve everyday people processes such as answering employee questions, updating records, screening candidates, scheduling interviews, and recommending learning or career moves. Instead of just providing one‑off suggestions, modern HR systems can include AI agents can work alongside HR teams to handle routine tasks, surface insights, and guide next steps. This can reduce manual work, speed up responses to employees, and give HR leaders a clearer view of workforce trends so they can focus more time on coaching, planning, and solving complex people issues.

AI can be used to monitor payroll data, spot issues early, and answer complex pay questions faster. In modern systems, AI agents can continuously scan for missing or incorrect data, alert payroll teams to potential errors, and guide employees through fixing problems such as incomplete payment elections or tax details. This reduces manual pay input requests, lowers the risk of costly mistakes, and frees payroll experts to focus on exceptions and compliance instead of hunting for data.

AI can be used to automate and improve key steps in hiring, from screening applicants to scheduling interviews and keeping candidates informed. AI agents can answer candidate questions, match people to open roles, handle repetitive communication, and alert hiring teams when action is needed—all within the systems they already use. This can shorten time‑to‑fill, reduce manual coordination for store managers or hiring leaders, and create a smoother candidate experience, especially in high‑volume or frontline hiring environments.

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