Premier Payroll Solutions Acquires WayRoll HR to Expand HR and Workforce Services

LONG ISLAND, NY | March 16, 2026 | Premier Payroll Solutions has acquired WayRoll HR, a human resources and workforce solutions firm, expanding the company’s ability to deliver HR services, advisory support, and workforce technology to the businesses it serves. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition brings the two organizations together under a shared operating philosophy. Both companies were built on the belief that employers deserve an experienced team behind their payroll and HR rather than a login screen and a support ticket.

Premier clients gain access to a deeper bench of HR expertise alongside the payroll and workforce technology they already use. WayRoll HR clients gain access to Premier’s payroll infrastructure, compliance expertise, and broader operational support. The full WayRoll HR team is joining Premier.

“WayRoll has built a strong reputation for service and for the relationships it maintains with its clients,” said Vinny Pappalardo, Partner and Chief Vision Officer at Premier Payroll Solutions. “The people and the client relationships coming into this organization are the real value of the transaction. The service list matters, but it is not what convinced us.”

The Case for WayRoll HR

WayRoll HR built its reputation the slower way, by operating as an extension of its clients’ teams rather than as an outside vendor. Its work spans HR consulting, payroll and tax administration, benefits systems administration, and HR technology, all directed at removing administrative weight from business owners without introducing new risk.

That approach is what drew Premier’s attention. Every service Premier has added over the years, including recruiting, benefits administration, and time and attendance, has been measured against a single question: does it solve a problem employers are already dealing with, or does it simply add another line item.

WayRoll HR cleared that test without difficulty. Business owners were already calling Premier with HR questions that fell outside payroll, and referring those clients elsewhere never sat comfortably with a company built on being the one call a client needs to make.

A Deeper HR Bench

Premier has spent nearly a decade earning trust as a payroll and tax provider that understands industries where payroll carries real complexity, including restaurants, hospitality, security, trucking, and property management. WayRoll HR adds consulting depth on top of that foundation.

The combined organization now provides payroll processing, payroll tax filing and management, time and labor management, benefits administration, HR compliance support, employee onboarding, recruiting, and integrated workforce technology through a single relationship.

For an employer, that means fewer vendors to coordinate and fewer gaps between payroll, HR, and compliance. Those gaps tend to surface at the least convenient moments, such as a new hire’s first week, a compliance audit, or a benefits question that needs an answer the same day.

What Changes for Clients

Premier clients can now access HR consulting and advisory support without engaging an outside firm. Job classification questions, benefits plan design, and broader workforce strategy sit with the same team already running their payroll.

WayRoll HR clients gain the other side of that equation. They pick up Premier’s payroll infrastructure, time and labor tools, compliance expertise, and operational scale. WayRoll HR retains its own brand and will operate as WayRoll HR, powered by Premier Payroll Solutions, so the people those clients already work with remain in place.

Stacey Holder, Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Premier Payroll Solutions, is leading the integration with service consistency as the stated priority.

“Clients should not be able to feel this transaction in their day to day experience, other than in what we are now able to help them with,” Holder said. “The responsiveness they expect from us does not change because the organization is larger. Protecting that is the first job of this integration.”

How the Two Teams Come Together

Premier has approached the transition as a combination of two organizations rather than an absorption of one into the other.

For the WayRoll HR team, that means their client relationships, industry knowledge, and daily client contact remain intact, now supported by Premier’s larger operational and compliance infrastructure. Premier’s payroll specialists gain something in return: an HR bench they can reach the moment a client question moves beyond payroll into territory that requires dedicated expertise.

The Strategy Behind the Move

The acquisition is part of a longer term plan rather than an isolated transaction. Premier intends to continue investing in product development and advisory services that help employers manage labor costs, compliance obligations, and workforce strategy, as those responsibilities grow more complicated rather than less.

Premier has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest growing private companies for three consecutive years, built on the conviction that businesses deserve a real person on the other end of the phone. Leadership describes the WayRoll HR acquisition as an extension of that conviction rather than a departure from it.

“A restaurant owner handling tip compliance and a sudden staffing gap does not need a payroll processor that stops at payroll,” Pappalardo said. “Neither does a security company working through union rules, or a trucking operation managing drivers across state lines. They need one team that sees the entire picture and can handle what comes next, without a referral and without a handoff to someone they have never spoken to.”

About Premier Payroll Solutions

Premier Payroll Solutions is a payroll, HR, and workforce management company headquartered on Long Island, New York, serving employers across New York State and nationwide. Its services include payroll processing, payroll tax filing and management, HR services and advisory support, benefits and ACA administration, recruiting, time and attendance, employee self service, reporting, and related workforce solutions, with particular expertise in the restaurant, hospitality, security, trucking, and property management industries.

By combining workforce technology with direct, personal support, Premier helps employers reduce administrative work, stay ahead of compliance requirements, and keep their attention on running the business.

More information is available at premierpayrollny.com.