But with the huge number of laws and regulations around payroll, even that is a challenge. Then came technology, allowing us to enter numbers into a database to be automatically calculated. Before spreadsheets, there were old-fashioned time clocks used to keep track of employee hours. Time and Attendance/Workforce managementĪ good guess for why this trend is happening would be the availability of simple, easy-to-use programs that help streamline processes and eliminate the need for outside services.The processes most often done in-house include: In their 2019 Payroll benchmarking survey, Deloitte found many companies who formerly outsourced at least part of their payroll processes, were returning to do it in house.