Payslip distribution from a single payroll PDF

Upload the file your payroll provider sends once. Each page is matched to an employee, reviewed by HR and saved to the Payslips folder, which managers can't open by default.

Payslip distribution from a single payroll PDF

Splitting

PDF splitting for payroll files

Upload the combined PDF from your payroll system and choose the Payslips folder. Every page becomes a separate document, one page for one employee, and up to 100 files of up to 200 MB each can go into one upload.

  • Split & distribute PDF

    For a single file that holds everyone's payslips. The file is split page by page before matching starts.

  • A separate PDF for every page

  • Upload & distribute files

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Matching

Employee matching and review

Choose which fields PeopleForce looks for on each payslip: employee ID, name, email or a custom field. An employee is suggested only when all chosen fields are found on the page, and every match can be checked against the payslip before anything is sent.

  • Matching fields per folder

    The fields are set once on the Payslips folder and apply to every upload. Letter case is ignored, a name is recognised in either order, and only active employees are suggested.

  • Send matched docs in one action

  • Review queue with payslip preview

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eSignature

eSignature for payslips

Where payslips must be acknowledged, request a signature in the same step as distribution. Each payslip then shows where its signature stands.

  • Signature request on distribution

    Turn on the request while distributing payslips. The employee who owns the payslip always signs first, and further signers can be added after them.

  • Signing statuses and reminders

  • Signature providers

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Payslip access by employee and role

Payslips follow two rules: each document belongs to one employee, and who can open the folder is decided per role.

One employee per payslip

In the Payslips folder, each document is assigned to exactly one employee to protect personal data.

One employee per payslip

Own payslips by default

Employees can view their own Payslips folder from the first upload, with no extra setup.

Own payslips by default

Closed to managers

Managers and team leads have no access to the Payslips folder unless a role grants it.

Closed to managers

Full reach for document admins

Administrators and roles with the Manage employee documents permission can open every folder.

Full reach for document admins

Employees

Payslip history in every employee profile

Employees open Documents, then My, to find every payslip in their Payslips folder, preview it in the browser and download the file, and they get a notification in PeopleForce when a new one is added.

Payslip history in every employee profile

API

Payslip upload through the API

A payroll provider or your own script can place a payslip straight into an employee's Payslips folder through the PeopleForce public API, with an optional signature request, and it sits under the same access rules as payslips uploaded by HR.

Payslip upload through the API

Pay period

Payslip distribution in the pay cycle

A completed payroll run is exported for your payroll provider, and the payslips it returns are distributed to employees in the same system.

Payroll run

Approved and completed in Payroll.

Export

Excel or CSV for your payroll provider.

Payslip PDF

Issued by your payroll provider.

Split and automatch

Pages matched to employees and reviewed.

Payslips folders

Each employee opens their own payslip.

See payslip distribution on your own payroll file

Bring a payslip PDF from your payroll provider and walk through splitting, matching, review and employee access with a product specialist.

Beyond the features

Why HR teams choose PeopleForce

HR teams describe the same three payslip problems on our calls. Here is how PeopleForce removes each of them.

No more printed payslips

No printing or handing out. One payroll PDF reaches every employee's Payslips folder.

No separate payslip tool

Every payslip stays in the employee's own profile, not in a separate portal or drive.

Signed acknowledgement

Request a signature on distribution and see who has signed and who needs a reminder.

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