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Ready-made workflows that run your recurring people processes, catch gaps early and route the right approvals.

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Payroll cut-off risk

Sources checked
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Risk found
2 records missing payroll details.

John Snow and Dwight Schrute, before Thursday 17:00 cut-off.

Prepared next step
Follow-up drafted with the missing fields and the owner set.
Review follow-upThread updated

Pre-built checks and follow-ups for recurring PeopleOps work.

PaperThread handles recurring checks and follow-ups across your connected systems, using approved context, routing approval where needed and recording every outcome in a Thread.

Built on approved context

Every workflow runs on your approved policies and connected system context, so checks reflect how your workspace actually operates.

Acts, routes and records

Workflows identify gaps, prepare or complete supported actions, route approvals, create human steps and record the result in a Thread.

Scoped to your setup

What each workflow can do depends on connected sources, workspace permissions, approval rules and available API capability.

Checks your people team already runs, automated.

Browse workflows by the part of the employee lifecycle they cover.

Payroll

Payroll data and cut-off risk checks.

Attention neededWF-PAY-01

Payroll cut-off risk

Detected ·
3 employees missing payroll-critical information
Sources ·
Employee record, payroll system, approval workflow
Prepared ·
Reminder drafted for the payroll admin to review
Recorded to Thread

Catch it early. Keep it moving.
Keep control.

Three stages, one case. Scroll through what a workflow does once a gap appears.

Catch the gap.

Workflows surface missing information, overdue actions and conflicting records while there is still time to respond.

  • Payroll cut-off risks
  • Incomplete onboarding records
  • Missing approvals
Checks needing attention
0 open
  • Payroll cut-off risk
    2 records missing information
    Risk
  • Manager onboarding tasks
    3 actions overdue
    Needs owner
  • Connected source not syncing
    Last refresh outside expected window
    Check source

Keep recurring work moving.

PaperThread prepares or progresses supported follow-ups, keeps ownership visible and shows what has already moved forward.

  • Prepared reminders
  • Assigned owners
  • Due dates remain visible
Done by PaperThread
  • Policy acknowledgements
    12 reminders prepared
  • Training completion
    Follow-up sent
  • Onboarding task
    Manager reminded

Keep control.

When judgement, approval, permission or a system limitation prevents the final action, the workflow creates a visible next step instead of losing the work.

  • Ready to approve
  • Human step needed
  • HR review needed
Ready to approveWF-PAY-02

Bank-detail change awaiting approval

Owner · Payroll admin
Reason · Payroll-impacting change requires approval
Next state · Human step needed if the connected system cannot complete the update
Thread remains open

Automation where it is safe.
Approval where it matters.

PaperThread workflows are designed to move recurring work forward without hiding the sources, permissions, decisions or people who remain responsible.

Approved source context

Workflow checks use the policies, records and connected context available to the authorised workspace.

Role-aware access

The information and actions available should respect workspace roles and permissions.

Approval and human fallback

Sensitive actions wait for approval, while API or permission gaps become visible human steps.

One clear Thread

Sources, decisions, approvals, actions, human steps and outcomes remain connected to the case.

A payroll cut-off risk, from
detection to record.

The same five stages run behind every workflow in the library. Only the systems and the policy change.

  1. 01Attention needed

    Detect the risk

    The payroll cut-off check finds three employees missing payroll-critical information.

  2. 02Sources read

    Gather the sources

    Employee records, the payroll system and the approval rules for the workspace are read together.

  3. 03Prepared

    Prepare the action

    A reminder is drafted for the payroll admin, with the owner and cut-off date already set.

  4. 04Ready to approve

    Route the approval

    The bank-detail change is payroll-impacting, so it waits for the named approver.

  5. 05Recorded

    Record in the Thread

    Checks, sources, decision, approval and final outcome stay connected to the case.


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Use case

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Connect the systems behind each workflow

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Audit trail

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Follow sources, decisions and human steps in one case history.

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Common questions about Workflows.

Everything you need to understand how PaperThread works, where it fits, and how it connects with the tools your People team already uses.

A PaperThread workflow is a pre-built PeopleOps check or follow-up that uses approved workspace context to identify a gap, prepare or progress the next step, route approval, create a human step where needed and record the result in a Thread.

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between systems.

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