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Flag Hours and Rate Errors with ADP Payroll Inspector

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What the source describes

ADP's news brief on RUN Powered by ADP describes ADP Assist, which uses generative AI so users can handle tasks like paying employees from the home page search bar in natural language. It also describes Payroll Inspector, which uses GenAI to help catch possible errors in an employee's hours or hourly rates before payroll runs, avoiding re-runs and possible bank fees.

See also our roundup of AI payroll tools for ledger sync and review prompts that sit next to a pre-run check.

Result or outcome

According to the source, Payroll Inspector helps businesses avoid payroll re-runs and possible bank fees by catching errors before payroll runs, and ADP reports that in a survey 9 out of 10 RUN customers said ADP has made their jobs easier.

How to run it

  1. In RUN Powered by ADP, enter or import hours and confirm hourly rates for the pay period as usual.
  2. Before running payroll, review any possible errors Payroll Inspector flags on an employee's hours or hourly rate, and correct confirmed mistakes.
  3. For a second check, run the prompt on this page against de-identified hours and rates, and use the questions it lists with the client.
  4. Use ADP Assist in the home page search bar for routine tasks, such as paying employees, once the inputs are clean.
  5. Run payroll only after every flag is resolved or explained, and keep notes of the corrections you made.

Try it yourself

Copyable prompt

Review this hourly payroll input for likely data entry mistakes before I submit it. I have replaced names with employee IDs and removed SSNs, bank details and addresses. Columns: employee ID, regular hours, overtime hours, hourly rate, rate last period. Please flag: hours above [number] or below [number], overtime entered without regular hours, rates that differ from last period, rates that look like a typo (for example an extra zero or a missing decimal), and rates below [minimum wage for location]. For each flag, give the likely issue and the question I should ask the client. Do not change any figures yourself.

Data: [paste]

Replace the [bracketed] placeholders. Remove client names, account numbers, and personal data before pasting into any AI tool.

What to review

Confirm each Payroll Inspector flag against the approved timesheet and the employee's current rate record rather than accepting or dismissing it unchecked. A clean result does not prove the hours are right, so still compare totals to the prior period. Check that Payroll Inspector and ADP Assist are included in the client's RUN package, and keep SSNs and bank details out of general AI tools.

Related free download: 50 AI Prompts for Bookkeepers (Prompt pack (PDF))

Source: ADP Media Center

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