Payroll, time and labour management investment supports greater efficiency, accuracy and UK store opening

Payroll, time and labour management investment supports greater efficiency, accuracy and UK store opening

Decathlon, the French sports retail chain, has chosen ADP to provide payroll and time and labour management for its 650 employees across seven UK stores.

The company will use the ADP freedom and ezLaborManager services, with the aim of improving payroll efficiency and accuracy, while supporting expansion plans, which involve a new Decathlon store in Belfast and smaller-store format, Koodza, later this year.

Decathlon chose ADP because it was the only provider able to supply an integrated payroll and time and labour management solution, removing any need to transfer time and attendance data from one system to another. The company also has a successful existing relationship with ADP through Decathlon Brazil and its operations in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Putting control in managers’ hands

An added attraction was its manager self-service functionality, which enables department managers within stores to manage their own payroll information, with human resources (HR) and senior staff able to check and approve data at any time through automation of tasks, email alerts and validation reports. This functionality means that Decathlon only needs to implement a processing service, whereas previously it used a managed service, as the workload will now be spread across the company. It is anticipated this will significantly increase efficiency and also help cut costs.

An added bonus for Decathlon is ADP freedom’s employee self-service function, which allows staff to view their payslip and personal details online, as well as manage their holidays remotely, simply by logging into the online system. This is particularly useful for temporary and shift workers. The company was also impressed with ADP freedom’s reporting capability, which enables it to access pay and HR information instantly and at any time during the pay cycle.

Replacing manual processes

Lisa Dunstan, Decathlon UK payroll manager, said: “Our manual process for collating staff pay data was cumbersome and prone to errors. With expansion planned in the UK, we needed a system that was more efficient, secure and that would give us access to payroll and HR data at short notice. We approached a number of suppliers but ADP was the only one to offer time and labour management and payroll as a package. Plus the self-service and reporting will give us added value, ensuring everything is as streamlined as possible. ”

Decathlon is currently implementing ADP ezLaborManager with hand-punch scanners being piloted at the Giltbrook store, ready for a full role-out at the end of June. The payroll element will go live in July.