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Pi Research

Explore our research catalog for insights on various payroll and HR themes, trends, and solutions delivered through annual reports, white papers, buyer case studies, pulse surveys, and more. Our research extends beyond payroll to include its key adjacencies, including HR tech, fintech, compliance, managed services (HRO, ASO, PEO), global EOR, and home to the annual Payroll Profession Confidence Index, the world’s first sentiment-based research created by payroll and for payroll and dedicated to elevating payroll and its professionals.  

From Cost Center to Strategic Partner: The ROI of Modern Payroll
From Cost Center to Strategic Partner: The ROI of Modern Payroll

Created in collaboration with Workday, this report explores how treating modern payroll operations as a strategic investment, rather than a cost to control, can provide ROI in the form of agilty, intelligence, and risk avoidance.

Modern Manufacturing, Smarter Workforce: Turning Time and Pay into a Competitive Advantage
Modern Manufacturing, Smarter Workforce: Turning Time and Pay into a Competitive Advantage

Developed in partnership with UKG, this report explores the strategic advantage and business outcomes of integrated Workforce Management (WFM) and Payroll for global manufacturing organizations. Including a WFM Center of Excellence case study featuring Amsted Industries.

2025 Payroll Profession Confidence Index Report
2025 Payroll Profession Confidence Index Report

The PPCI takes the sentiment-based pulse of payroll professionals and measures the health and value-driven impact of their operations to better understand how to nurture the future of the payroll profession and raise the eminence and impact of every payroll professional worldwide. The 2025 PPCI shares the voice of payroll stakeholder respondents from 31 countries and five continents.

The E.W. Scripps Company: Living the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll: A managed payroll services case study featuring OneSource Virtual.
The E.W. Scripps Company: Living the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll: A managed payroll services case study featuring OneSource Virtual.

Based on insights from The Framework for Payroll Excellence: Exploring the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll, this case study reveals how The E.W. Scripps Company transformed its payroll operations through its strategic partnership with OneSource Virtual.

Wayfair: Living the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll: A managed payroll services case study featuring OneSource Virtual.
Wayfair: Living the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll: A managed payroll services case study featuring OneSource Virtual.

Based on insights from The Framework for Payroll Excellence: Exploring the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll, this case study reveals how Wayfair transformed its payroll operations through its strategic partnership with OneSource Virtual.

CarepathRx: Living the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll: A managed payroll services case study featuring OneSource Virtual.
CarepathRx: Living the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll: A managed payroll services case study featuring OneSource Virtual.

Based on insights from The Framework for Payroll Excellence: Exploring the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll, this case study reveals how CarepathRx transformed its payroll operations through its strategic partnership with OneSource Virtual.

Hitachi Energy: A managed payroll services case study featuring Ramco
Hitachi Energy: A managed payroll services case study featuring Ramco

Navigating a complex carve-out for a diverse multinational organization in an active growth mode is a daunting task and one that Hitachi Energy had to deliver when carved out from ABB. Hitachi Energy needed to move quickly to establish its own HR and payroll operations and enable a compliant exit from the previous systems and infrastructure.

The Framework for Payroll Excellence: Exploring the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll
The Framework for Payroll Excellence: Exploring the Five Pillars of Modern Payroll

Developed in partnership with OneSource Virtual, this report explores the 'Five Pillars of Modern Payroll', why they matter more than ever, how organizations are 'living the five pillars', and recommendations for modern payroll operations to enable strategic outcomes!

Maven Wireless: An employer of record (EOR) services case study featuring HRsolution International AG (HRsolution)
Maven Wireless: An employer of record (EOR) services case study featuring HRsolution International AG (HRsolution)

Seeking a new HR and payroll services partner to address its workforce needs in Germany and France, and support its global growth trajectory, Maven Wireless engaged HRsolution International AG (HRsolution) for help.  

Global Payroll Agility Assessment in partnership with Payslip
Global Payroll Agility Assessment in partnership with Payslip

Developed in partnership with Payslip, the Global Payroll Agility Assessment tool enables payroll leaders and executive stakeholders to quickly asses the maturity and transformation potential for their global payroll operations infrastructure. The short assessment provides each participant with a maturity rating result unique to their operational attributes with guidance and next-step recommendations for success.

eBook: Artificial Intelligence in the Golden Age of Payroll in partnership with Ramco
eBook: Artificial Intelligence in the Golden Age of Payroll in partnership with Ramco

AI and cognitive technologies are enabling the modern pay experience and empowering payroll leaders like never before. In this e-book, in partnership with Ramco, we contrast payroll operations of the past with modern payroll operations, explore key uses cases for AI in payroll, and share tips for success with emerging innovation.

2024 Payroll Profession Confidence Index Report
2024 Payroll Profession Confidence Index Report

The PPCI takes the sentiment-based pulse of payroll professionals and measures the health and value-driven impact of their operations to better understand how to nurture the future of the payroll profession and raise the eminence and impact of every payroll professional worldwide. The inaugural PPCI shares the voice of payroll stakeholder respondents from 28 countries and five continents.

The Global EoR Report (2024)
The Global EoR Report (2024)

Pete A. Tiliakos partnered with Global EoR provider atlas to co-author the second annual global employer of Record (EOR) report. The 2024 report emphasizes the critical importance of employee experience as the driving force behind organizational success in the modern business landscape and how EOR services are adapting to cater to this. Download the report here: https://www.atlashxm.com/resources/atlas-global-employer-of-record-report-2024.

Global Payroll Report (2023)
Global Payroll Report (2023)

In late Spring 2023, Payslip partnered with PayrollOrg to survey its practitioner members to determine the state of global payroll operations. This report co-authored by Pete A. Tiliakos summarizes the perspectives of hundreds of global payroll professionals and leaders plus senior executives across HR and Global Business Services.

The Global EoR Report (2023)
The Global EoR Report (2023)

Pete A. Tiliakos partnered with Global EoR provider atlas to co-author a first-of-its-kind report that explores key trends and insights shaping the future of work and the growing importance of the agility-rich Employer of Record (EOR) service model in the modern HCM ecosystem.

Lovisa: A managed payroll services case study featuring Links International.
Lovisa: A managed payroll services case study featuring Links International.

Supporting a fast-moving organization with an aggressive global growth strategy poses many challenges and potential risks for HR and payroll leaders. Lovisa sought a managed payroll services partner with direct in-house capability that could leverage its deep APAC compliance expertise and ‘out of the box’ thinking to meet its needs and solve complex challenges along its journey.

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