At activpayroll, we are committed to continually evolving our global employer platform activ8 to deliver further visibility, actionable outcomes, seamless integration and robust compliance. This ongoing evolution supports our relentless focus on providing outstanding customer experiences.

Building on the significant user experience enhancements introduced over the past year, we are pleased to announce the next step in this journey with the launch of an updated and enhanced eFile capability.

Continuing the activ8 user experience evolution

The evolution of the activ8 experience began last year with a series of major improvements, including:

  • A new Payroll Home providing greater visibility of payroll status
  • eSupport, delivering more efficient and transparent query management
  • New Payroll and eSupport performance user experiences, offering clear insights to support informed action

Our upcoming release continues this momentum by extending these usability principles to one of activ8’s most critical capabilities, eFile.

What is eFile and why it matters

eFile is a core capability within activ8 for all global payroll customers. It provides a secure and structured environment to add, review and approve payroll data that is essential to ensuring accurate and timely global payroll delivery.

For the activ8 development team, enhancing eFile was a natural next step in the wider user experience evolution. It also creates a strong foundation for future enhancements that will further support customers when managing additional payroll data.

What’s new in the evolved eFile

The evolved eFile experience has been designed to deliver meaningful improvements across usability, control and efficiency. Key benefits include:

  • Clearer, more intuitive design, reducing the risk of errors and incorrect data uploads
  • Centralised access control and user permission visibility, all in one place
  • Simplified file upload, download and approval processes, enabling faster action
  • Seamless approval-stage completion signatures, embedded directly into the workflow
  • Enhanced audit capability, allowing users to easily track the history of secure files
  • A platform for future efficiency gains, including upcoming further features such as real-time file data validation

What this means for you

The evolved eFile helps reduce manual effort and risk when managing critical payroll data. With improved clarity, streamlined approvals and better visibility of access and audit history, payroll teams can work with greater confidence and efficiency.

These enhancements support faster decision making, improved compliance and a smoother payroll process across all regions, allowing teams to focus more time on value added activities rather than administration.

Rollout and user support

While the new experience has been designed to feel familiar and intuitive, users will receive in-platform notifications when the new eFile has been activated for them.
Updated user guides will also be available via eSupport to help teams get up and running quickly.

Find out more

If you would like further information about the evolved eFile or the wider activ8 roadmap, please fill in our Contact Us form and a member of our expert team will be happy to assist with your queries.  

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