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The future is payroll: 2026 research report


82% of payroll professionals say payroll is changing more than ever.

A strong payroll team can be the difference between everyone getting paid on time and an organisation of disgruntled employees. But how can you make the most of the latest payroll developments and unlock the full power of your team?

MHR has surveyed 250 payroll professionals across the UK and Ireland to discover exactly that: the challenges teams are facing, the tech shaping their processes, and the skills they’re mastering to stay ahead.

You’ll discover:

  • Why 88% of professionals say they need new skills to keep up with innovation

  • How AI is transforming payroll operations today

  • The real cost of manual processes and outdated systems

Whether you’re a payroll leader or a business decision-maker, this research report will help you navigate change with confidence.

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About MHR

At MHR, we enable sustainable high-performance by making work flow – for organisations and for the people working within them. It takes a shared vision, clear goals, and effective communication to make work feel worthwhile. Learning from our own track record, we help to embed these factors in our customers’ operations.

We're the AI-enabled technology working seamlessly in the background to make sure skills are honed, voices are heard, teamwork works, data flows, and those workplace smiles are genuine. We do this by refining HR, payroll and finance processes through our integrated, AI-enabled platform. Plainly speaking. Independently minded. 40 years of experience. It’s everything you need to enable smarter, real-time decision making.
 
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