What’s next for HR and payroll? Big reveals from Dayforce Discover 2025

Today’s leaders face some big challenges. Payroll teams see growing compliance demands across borders. HR professionals are buried in routine requests that leave little time for strategic thinking. Leaders feel uncertain about how to navigate AI innovation while keeping people at the center. And, across organizations, employees often feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure about where to get the information and support they need. 

At Dayforce, we get these challenges. And we’re building solutions to help you overcome them. 

We just announced some of our most important innovations to date at our annual Dayforce Discover conference. These new capabilities were designed to simplify the complexity of global payroll operations, ease the weight of administrative overload, bring people closer together, and give organizations the flexibility to scale for the future. 

We see it as three phases, and have innovations for each of them: 
 

• Plan: Anticipate workforce needs and align your talent strategy to business goals. 

• Grow: Help people upskill, reskill, and thrive in their roles. 

• Deliver: Maintain compliance at scale, from HR to payroll. 

Here’s a closer look at what’s new. 

Plan - Dayforce AI Agents: Cutting through administrative overload 

You're not alone if you’ve ever spent hours responding to the same employee questions. Or if you’ve seen your team caught up in repetitive tasks. HR and payroll professionals are weighed down by routine work that hurts efficiency. 

Dayforce AI Agents are here to change that. Unlike simple chatbots, these task-oriented assistants don’t just answer questions. They take action. And they’re purpose-built to deliver measurable value. The new Dayforce AI Agents – including people analytics, writing, pay clarity, and PTO requests – embed intelligence directly into workflows to reduce complexity, unlock efficiency, and create more agile and resilient workplaces.  

Using our real-time single data model and built on responsible AI principles, these agents help you deliver accuracy, compliance, and trust at scale. 

Dayforce AI Agents provide a lifeline for HR teams struggling with admin overload. They spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time focused on people. They are embedded directly into the flow of work to help leaders work smarter, deliver differentiated employee experiences, and focus on doing the work they’re meant to do. 

Grow - Dayforce Communications: Breaking down silos and fostering belonging 

Disconnected employees, fragmented communication tools, and inconsistent updates undermine culture and productivity. Too many organizations struggle to keep people informed and engaged, leaving employees feeling undervalued and isolated. 

Dayforce Communications brings everything together in one streamlined experience, helping your teams succeed. Embedded directly into the Dayforce platform, it unites communication, engagement, and collaboration — no separate logins, no disconnected tools. 

With Dayforce Communications, you can share timely updates in the flow of work, encourage belonging with recognition and community tools, and support secure collaboration across teams and locations. 

The result? A stronger, more connected culture where employees feel seen, supported, and aligned to shared goals. 

Deliver - Dayforce Studio: Removing barriers to innovation 

Technology should adapt to your business, not the other way around. But rigid enterprise systems often slow innovation and force teams to compromise. That can leave organizations stuck with workarounds instead of solutions. 

Dayforce Studio empowers organizations to extend Dayforce with a secure, scalable platform to meet their unique needs. Whether adding rules engines, adapting workflows, or integrating niche systems, Studio makes it possible to build what works for you. This includes extending pay rules calculations to handle specific union wage calculations, creating form-based applications that extend the core employee data model, and supporting smooth global payroll processing with country-specific data. 

And for complex needs, Dayforce Studio Services can help deliver tailored solutions faster. Backed by a growing library of templates and reference apps, Dayforce Studio allows organizations to innovate confidently on their own terms. 

Deliver - Dayforce Payroll Interface: Meeting global payroll complexity head-on 

Payroll isn’t just about processing payments. It’s about getting it right every time. Yet payroll teams today are stretched thin, juggling global compliance requirements, complex pay rules, and rising workforce demands. Errors are costly, and inefficiencies can quickly ripple across the organization. 

That’s where the Dayforce Payroll Interface helps. It makes connecting Dayforce with the right payroll partners in each country easy while keeping everything tied back to a single HCM system. 

With Dayforce Payroll Interface, you can get up and running faster with ready-made connections to leading payroll providers. Cut down on errors with consistent, reliable data, and expand into new markets knowing your payroll can keep pace. It’s payroll integration built for today’s complexity and tomorrow’s growth. 

Looking ahead 

HR and payroll leaders' challenges, whether compliance, communication, or connection, aren’t going away anytime soon. But with the right tools, those challenges don’t have to hold organizations back. 

The innovations unveiled at Dayforce Discover 2025 were built with your work in mind. From easing compliance headaches and reducing administrative overload to strengthening culture and unlocking flexibility, these new capabilities are designed to help you and your people thrive. 

Because at the end of the day, success isn’t just about technology. It’s about making work simpler, smarter, and more human. And we can’t wait to see how you put these innovations to work to plan strategically, drive growth, and support your people.