Guideline + Lattice: Teaming up to automate HR busywork

Here at Lattice, we’re people, people — and proud of it. Over the last decade, we’ve huddled in countless rooms (and Zooms) with strategic HR leaders to help solve some of their most pressing professional challenges. With each conversation, a common theme emerged.

People teams do not get enough time to work on actual people strategy. In fact, HR teams are spending a shocking 57% of available work time on administrative tasks — more. than. half.  🤯 And if you’re a lean team or a department of one? Yikes.

It’s impossible to make time for strategic people-work if you’re stuck wrestling endless paperwork — so we’re doing something about it. Lattice combined our best-in-class employee performance with full-service payroll and HR to help growing businesses onboard, pay, review, coach, and retain your most valuable asset: your people.

And now? We’re tackling the whole, “spending half my time on HR admin tasks” thing, starting with a fresh integration aimed at removing repetitive tasks classically associated with offering 401(k).

Lattice Payroll now integrates Guideline 401(k) to help HR teams eliminate admin tasks. 🤝

But why Guideline? Frankly, they remind us a lot of well, us:

• Employee-centric, focused on building modern, self-serve tools that save HR from repeat requests
• Award-winning customer support that stands out in the HR crowd
• Commitment to building all-in-one solutions that simplify taking care of hardworking teams
• Prioritize product quality and product integrity over quick fixes or half solutions
  

Plus, Lattice and Guideline both understand the impact reliable automation can make for lean teams in particular. ‍

Here’s how Lattice Payroll + Guideline 401(k) collaborate to automate HR busywork:

We’ve built a custom, two-way integration between our products. Each night, changes to your employee info in Lattice Payroll (like new hires or terminated employees) sync to Guideline. Meanwhile, when your team makes 401(k) changes in Guideline they’re updated every 24 hours to keep Lattice Payroll accurate, without manual data entry.

Teams connecting their Lattice Payroll account to their Guideline 401(k) won’t need to spend time on:

• Tracking employee 401(k) eligibility
• On-and-offboarding employees to 401(k)
• Maintaining 401(k) deductions
• Manually re-entering payroll or 401(k) data

Added bonus? Lattice and Guideline are both full-service providers.

Lattice Payroll tackles required payroll tax form prep, filing, and recurring tax deposits — along with a whole lot else. While Guideline offers 3(38) and 3(16) fiduciary services, 401(k) record keeping, and government form filing in all eligible, payroll-connected plans.

We genuinely believe your company can do HR right on day one — even if you’re a department of one — with the right mix of foundational HR tools and sequenced people strategy.

Ready to run accurate, effortless payroll with seamless 401(k)? Book a demo.