As a growing business in Chicago, managing your own payroll can quickly become a burden. Between navigating complex compliance regulations, managing employee time tracking, handling tax filings, and ensuring accurate direct deposits, it’s a time-intensive, high-stakes task.
That’s why more businesses are turning to outsourced payroll in Chicago. And if you’re using or considering Paylocity, there’s an even greater opportunity to create efficiency and reduce risk with a partner who knows the platform inside and out.
At EmphasisHR, we help businesses unlock the full power of Paylocity while taking payroll and HR off their plate entirely. We call it: “Let us do the work.”
Why Chicago Businesses Are Choosing Outsourced Payroll
- Time Savings
Every minute your team spends on payroll is time not spent growing your business. Managing schedules, correcting timecards, calculating taxes, it adds up fast. With outsourced payroll, your internal team is freed from these recurring tasks, allowing them to focus on strategic goals. - Cost Reduction
Contrary to popular belief, outsourcing payroll is often more cost-effective than handling it internally. The costs of payroll software licenses, training, compliance penalties, and employee overhead are all reduced when you outsource to experts who do this work every day. - Accuracy and Compliance
In a city like Chicago, where businesses must comply with local, state, and federal regulations, mistakes are costly. We ensure accuracy and compliance by pairing deep HR knowledge with technology mastery, reducing the risk of fines or lawsuits.
Why EmphasisHR + Paylocity = A Smarter Outsourced Payroll Model
If you’re using Paylocity, outsourcing your payroll to just any provider can mean duplication, missed opportunities, or platform misalignment. EmphasisHR is different.
We are mutually exclusive to the Paylocity platform. That means we live and breathe it, our team consists of certified Paylocity experts who know how to optimize the platform for your unique needs.
Benefits of our Paylocity-specific partnership include:
- Total Platform Integration – We don’t work around Paylocity, we maximize it. You get clean data, seamless reporting, and efficient workflows.
- Expert-Level Customization – From time tracking to automated onboarding, we tailor Paylocity to fit your business, not the other way around.
- Single Source of Truth – No more jumping between systems. We centralize your payroll, HR, benefits, and compliance into one streamlined platform.
- No PEO Lock-In – Many businesses come to us while exiting a PEO. We provide full HR support with greater flexibility and transparency.
A True Partnership in Growth
EmphasisHR isn’t a vendor, we’re a strategic growth partner. Our clients often start with payroll, then expand into HR outsourcing, compliance management, onboarding, and more. Because we’re Paylocity-exclusive, we grow with you on a platform that scales with your team.
Whether you’re transitioning out of a PEO, adding your 50th employee, or opening your second office in Chicago, we ensure your HR infrastructure supports your business goals, not slows them down.
Is It Time to Rethink Payroll?
If your current payroll process is:
- Eating up too much internal time
- Prone to errors or compliance risks
- Failing to utilize Paylocity to its full potential
- Not scaling with your business…
Then it’s time to explore a smarter solution. With EmphasisHR, you don’t have to choose between service and technology, you get both, fully integrated.
Let Us Do the Work
Ready to save time, reduce costs, and unlock the true power of Paylocity? Our team of payroll and HR experts is here to help.
📅 Schedule a Free Consultation Today
Let us show you how outsourced payroll in Chicago can transform your back office—and give you more time to lead your business.
