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SixFifty, a paychex company, launches agentic HR Compliance specialist. New agentic AI capabilities help businesses navigate changing employment laws, mitigate risk, and confidently complete compliance tasks. Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Paychex (Nasdaq: PAYX), a leading provider of expert-enabled HR, payroll, and benefits, today announced that SixFifty, the company's employment law compliance platform, has released the HCM industry's first agentic HR compliance specialist. Users can chat with the agentic HR compliance specialist to get trusted employment compliance information and turn it directly into action by completing necessary compliance tasks. SixFifty Transforms Compliance from a Manual Burden into an Automated Workflow Employment law requirements often present challenges for businesses and compliance becomes increasingly complex for those operating across multiple jurisdictions. In the past year alone, SixFifty's employment compliance team tracked more than 440 changes to employment laws across nearly 130 federal, state and local jurisdictions, including 45 states and the District of Columbia and more than 80 cities and counties. With new agentic AI capabilities, SixFifty can now execute multi-step compliance tasks, from drafting employment documents and distributing updated handbooks to delivering labor law posters and tracking employee acknowledgments. New Agentic AI Specialist Built to Support HR Compliance at Scale The new agentic HR specialist in the SixFifty platform helps businesses comply with employment laws across the country by: * Answering questions about employment law in every state, city, and county in the United States * Drafting and updating employee handbooks, HR policies, and contracts and sending them for signature * Distributing digital labor posters and new hire notices based on where employees are located * Provisioning required sexual harassment trainings * Collecting complaints, requests, and suggestions from employees * Filing state government documents when a company hires someone in a new location "Employment law has become too complex and changes too quickly for small and mid-sized businesses to manage manually," said Kimball Parker, founder and CEO of SixFifty. "We started SixFifty with a simple belief: the law should be accessible to all. With our agentic HR specialist, we're taking that idea one step further to provide business leaders with trusted employment law guidance and the tools to act on it." Each agentic action is grounded in strict workflows and the federal, state and local employment law database maintained by SixFifty's employment compliance team. The agentic HR compliance specialist acts based on the user's instructions, combining SixFifty's proprietary, attorney-built employment law foundation with agentic technology designed to help businesses turn guidance into action. For business leaders and lean HR teams, automating those steps can significantly reduce the administrative burden associated with employment law compliance. "SixFifty is our go-to for proactive monitoring and compliance, giving us an end-to-end resource to draft and maintain a wide range of policies and procedures with a great ability to customize and adapt to our specific business and culture," said Chris Walker, VP of human resources at Sportsman's Warehouse. "It is often our one-stop-shop for getting tailored perspective on specific situations. It's great at breaking them down, providing solid, practical suggestions, and getting us a solid head start on issues we can resolve internally or take to counsel. It's helped us be more prepared, efficient, and effective in our use of outside counsel - cutting down on unnecessary legal spend." SixFifty is available as standalone to non-Paychex payroll clients, as well as integrated with Paychex Flex(R) and Paycor(R) through WISE (Workforce Intelligence Strengthened by Expertise), the company's AI-powered intelligence engine. The new agentic HR compliance specialist is now available to SixFifty standalone customers and trial users, with advanced capabilities coming to the integrated solutions later this fiscal year. To learn more about SixFifty or start a free trial, visit sixfifty.com. About Paychex Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) provides a comprehensive suite of expert-enabled technology and advisory solutions that help businesses manage HR, payroll, and benefits. Serving approximately 840,000 customers and paying 1 in 11 U.S. private sector workers, Paychex combines scale, trusted expertise, and innovation to help businesses succeed. Built on more than 50 years of workforce experience and one of the industry's largest proprietary HR datasets, Paychex's WISE agentic AI engine embeds intelligence directly into workflows to improve productivity, enhance decision-making, and deliver better outcomes. Learn more at paychex.com. Press Inquiries Media Contact Tracy Volkmann Paychex, Inc. 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Paychex honored as a Workforce Management technology Leader by NelsonHall. By GlobeNewswire October 8, 2026 The company's flagship HCM platforms evaluated and recognized for WFM innovation * Paychex recognized by NelsonHall for the company's ability to deliver immediate benefit and meet future needs of clients through its Paychex Flex(R) and Paycor(R) platforms * The industry evaluation highlights Paychex's strategy and continued investment in AI-powered workforce optimization solutions ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Paychex (Nasdaq: PAYX), a leading provider of expert-enabled HR, payroll, and benefits, today announced that its Paychex Flex and Paycor platforms were each recognized as a "Leader" by global analyst and research firm, NelsonHall, in its "Workforce Management: Employee Experience Transformation 2026 Market Analysis," as part of the firm's Vendor Evaluation and Assessment Tool (NEAT). The NEAT enables buyers to assess the capabilities of WFM vendors across a range of criteria and business requirements to identify the best-performing providers. NelsonHall's Head of Research, Dominique Raviart, said "Paychex's position as a Leader in NelsonHall's 2026 Workforce Management NEAT reflects its particular strength in scheduling and workforce planning. Also, its combination of payroll adjacency, embedded time and attendance, scheduling, leave management, labor forecasting, and advisory services gives customers a pragmatic path to reduce payroll friction, improve workforce visibility, and support frontline operations at scale." NelsonHall evaluated 12 WFM platforms in the 2026 NEAT report and based results on two criteria: (1) ability to deliver immediate client benefit and (2) ability to meet future client requirements. The company received a leader designation in the Scheduling & Workforce Planning Capability NEAT matrix and innovator designation in both the Employee Experience Capability NEAT and Overall WFM NEAT matrices. Advancing Workforce Management Through AI-Assisted Workforce Optimization "This recognition from NelsonHall reflects our commitment to transforming workforce management from transactional timekeeping into a more intelligent, AI-assisted experience," said Ryan Bergstrom, chief product and technology officer at Paychex. "Our comprehensive portfolio provides businesses with intelligent solutions tailored to their distinct needs, with Paychex Flex bringing simplicity and automation to users and Paycor helping organizations manage greater workforce complexity." Recent workforce management enhancements include: * Paychex Flex: AI-powered attendance insights, automated time-off approvals, predictive scheduling, shift-swap capabilities, and enhanced compliance tools that help business owners reduce the administrative burden and make smarter workforce decisions. With WISE Intelligent Pay Cycle, Paychex proactively detects and resolves employee hours-worked errors before payroll is run, helping prevent mistakes, reduce compliance risks, and eliminate costly rework. * Paycor: AI-powered Smart Scheduler, agentic timesheet approvals, auto-generated shift planning, enhanced manager controls, and workforce optimization capabilities can help organizations enhance scheduling efficiency, labor compliance, and operational performance. About NelsonHall NelsonHall is the leading global analyst firm dedicated to helping organizations understand the 'art of the possible' in digital operations transformation. NelsonHall provides buy-side organizations with detailed, critical information on markets and vendors (including NEAT assessments) that helps them make fast and highly informed sourcing decisions. And for vendors, NelsonHall provides deep knowledge of market dynamics and user requirements to help them hone their go-to-market strategies. NelsonHall's analysis is based on rigorous, all-original research, and is widely respected for the quality and depth of its insight. About Paychex Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) provides a comprehensive suite of expert-enabled technology and advisory solutions that help businesses manage HR, payroll, and benefits. Serving approximately 840,000 clients and paying 1 in 11 U.S. private sector workers, Paychex combines scale, trusted expertise, and innovation to help businesses succeed. Built on more than 50 years of workforce experience and one of the industry's largest proprietary HR datasets, Paychex's WISE agentic AI engine embeds intelligence directly into workflows to improve productivity, enhance decision-making, and deliver better outcomes. Learn more at paychex.com. Media Contact Chelsea Wernick Public Relations Program Manager Paychex, Inc. (585) 216-2974

Paychex names Sam Malik as Affiliate Marketing Manager. Paychex has named Sam Malik as Affiliate Marketing Manager, adding a new marketing leadership role as the company continues to develop its approach to partner-driven customer acquisition. Malik's new position will focus on affiliate marketing, a channel that connects brands with external publishers, partners, and other third parties to reach relevant audiences and generate measurable business outcomes. The role places affiliate activity within Paychex's broader marketing efforts and reflects the continued importance of performance-oriented channels in the B2B services market. Affiliate marketing has become increasingly relevant for companies looking to diversify customer acquisition beyond traditional advertising and owned media. By working with publishers, industry partners, content creators, and other affiliates, businesses can extend their reach while linking marketing activity more directly to leads, conversions, and customer growth. For Paychex, which provides payroll, human resources, benefits, and related business services, affiliate marketing can serve as another channel for connecting with businesses evaluating solutions for workforce management and administration. Malik's appointment also comes against a backdrop of continued changes in the payroll and HR technology landscape, where companies are investing in digital acquisition strategies and partnerships to reach small and midsize businesses. The move follows Malik's previous experience associated with Paycor, adding familiarity with the payroll and HR services sector to his new role at Paychex. His transition brings experience from a closely related business environment into Paychex's marketing organization. As affiliate marketing continues to evolve through better attribution, audience targeting, and performance measurement, marketing teams are placing greater emphasis on understanding which partnerships contribute to customer acquisition. Malik's role will position him within this evolving channel as Paychex continues to build its marketing and partner ecosystem.