Guide to payroll API integrations

The text provides an overview of payroll APIs, emphasizing their crucial role in connecting the expanding payroll ecosystem, and highlights Merge's Unified API as a solution for integrating multiple payroll systems. It explains key payroll concepts, such as pay periods, payroll runs, employee pay rates, and employer costs, and discusses the fragmented nature of the payroll software market, which includes major players like Rippling and Gusto. The text outlines common uses of payroll data in various business applications, including employee onboarding, reimbursements, benefit administration, and financial analytics, while also touching on the challenges and considerations involved in payroll API integration. Merge is presented as an integration platform that simplifies the process of connecting with numerous payroll providers, offering a REST-based API to streamline development efforts for businesses looking to leverage payroll data in their products.

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