New hires from your hiring tool
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ADP Workforce Now integration consulting
Connect ADP Workforce Now to the rest of your business.
ADP Workforce Now runs your payroll, HR and benefits. We build the connections and tools around it, so HR and finance stop copying the same people data between systems.
Keep it, then extend it
What ADP Workforce Now does well, and where teams outgrow it.
Where ADP Workforce Now shines
- People and pay in one placePayroll, HR, benefits, talent and time share one platform, so an employee's record follows them from hire to paycheck.
- Payroll taxes handledADP calculates and files payroll taxes across federal, state and local jurisdictions, which takes a heavy compliance load off your team.
- Hundreds of ready-made connectionsADP Marketplace lists apps that already plug into Workforce Now, from benefits to expenses to recruiting.
Where teams hit the limits
- New hires and hours start somewhere elseOffers come from a hiring tool and hours from job sites or scheduling apps, and someone checks and keys them in before payroll.
- Other systems need the same peopleYour directory, ERP, project tools and equipment lists each need hires, transfers and departures, and keeping them matched takes manual work.
- Labor cost reports mix systemsOvertime and labor cost by job, branch or product line needs payroll data next to operations data, so it ends up in spreadsheets.
What we build around it
Connecting ADP Workforce Now to the rest of your work.
Onboarding and offboarding across tools
A hire sets up accounts, equipment and training in your other systems, and a departure reverses them.
Hours checked before payroll
Time from job sites, scheduling or project tools compared against schedules, with gaps flagged before the cutoff.
Payroll costs into your books and jobs
Pay data mapped to your general ledger, departments or jobs, with differences flagged for finance.
Org changes kept matched
Department, manager and title changes in ADP reflected in your directory and other systems.
Workforce reports across systems
Headcount, overtime and labor cost from ADP combined with sales or production data in one scheduled report.
Before we start
How access works.
For a connection built for your company alone, the usual route is ADP API Central, an add-on your company buys for Workforce Now through ADP Marketplace (see ADP's API Central page). Once it is switched on, your ADP administrator creates the project, its security certificate and its credentials, adds outside developers as users, and decides exactly which employee data the project can reach. Software sold to many ADP clients is a different route: it goes through ADP's Marketplace partner program, which has its own application and security requirements. If a ready-made Marketplace app already does the job, we'll tell you before anything is built.
Related problems
Common places to start.
New hires lost in week one
The new hire shows up Monday. The laptop isn't ready, half the accounts don't exist and the manager is in meetings. They spend the week reading a handbook nobody has updated in two years.
Read moreSchedules built by hand
A supervisor sits with a whiteboard, three spreadsheets and a stack of time-off requests. Then someone calls in sick on Tuesday, and the whole puzzle starts over by text message.
Read moreRetyping the same information
An order arrives by email. Someone types it into one system, then another, then a spreadsheet. It's slow and dull, and mistakes are easy to make.
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FAQ
Common questions.
Do we have to replace ADP?
No. Workforce Now stays your system for payroll and HR. We build around it and connect what it doesn't reach.
Do we need to buy anything from ADP?
Usually API Central, an add-on your company buys through ADP Marketplace, unless a ready-made Marketplace app already covers the job. We confirm which route fits before we start.
Who controls access to employee data?
Your ADP administrator. They choose which data the connection can reach and can add or remove our access at any time. We keep pay and personal details to what the job needs.
Are you a certified ADP Workforce Now partner?
No. We're an independent integration consultant and development team. We build with ADP Workforce Now's official developer tools and approved access, using the access your team grants, and we work alongside your ADP Workforce Now admin or implementation partner rather than replacing them.
Sources
- ADP: API Central
- ADP Marketplace: ADP API Central for ADP Workforce Now
- ADP: ADP Workforce Now
- ADP: Integrations
- ADP Marketplace: Become a partner
Facts checked against the vendor's own documentation, November 2026. Names are trademarks of their owners. Inkwell is independent and not affiliated with these companies.
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Tell us how you use ADP Workforce Now today.
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