Paylocity + AirMason: Modern HCM Meets Expert Handbooks

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Paylocity powers your payroll, talent, and workforce management. AirMason gives your policies a home employees actually visit. Together, you build a connected, compliant workplace. Please keep in mind requirements may vary based on company size, industry, location, and workforce composition.

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What Paylocity Does Well

Paylocity is a cloud-based HCM platform designed for the mid-market. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, Paylocity serves over 36,000 clients and processes payroll for approximately 6 million workers across the U.S.

What sets Paylocity apart is its focus on the employee experience. Features like Community, a social collaboration hub built into the platform, and on-demand payment through its partnership ecosystem reflect Paylocity's belief that HR software should feel modern, not bureaucratic.

The platform covers payroll, benefits administration, talent management, workforce management, and data insights. Paylocity has been recognized on the Forbes Cloud 100 and consistently ranks among the top mid-market HCM providers.

Modern payroll processingSocial collaboration (Community)Benefits administrationTalent managementWorkforce managementData and analyticsEmployee experience tools
Handbook capabilities: Paylocity offers document management for storing policy files but does not include a dedicated handbook builder with visual design, compliance tracking, or e-signature workflows.
Paylocity Pricing
Typically $22-$32/employee/month for full-suite access; pricing varies by module selection

What AirMason Adds to Your Paylocity Setup

Paylocity gives you a modern HCM platform with dozens of modules. AirMason gives you one thing: the best employee handbook your team has ever seen. When your policies live in a beautifully designed, mobile-friendly handbook with compliance tracking and e-signatures, employees engage with the content instead of ignoring it.

Visual Handbook Builder

Visual Handbook Builder

Drag-and-drop design with your brand colors, fonts, and imagery. Create handbooks that look as modern as Paylocity itself.

E-Signature Tracking

E-Signature Tracking

Every acknowledgment is timestamped and stored. Generate compliance reports for audits, legal proceedings, or internal reviews.

Attorney-Reviewed Compliance

Attorney-Reviewed Compliance

State-specific policy templates that stay current. AirMason flags changes and provides updates so you are never caught off guard.

Seamless Employee Access

Seamless Employee Access

Direct-link access from any device. Employees read the handbook without downloading an app or navigating through Paylocity menus.

How Paylocity and AirMason Work Together

The integration between Paylocity and AirMason keeps your employee data and handbook workflows in sync. Employee records flow from Paylocity into AirMason, handbooks are distributed based on department and location, and acknowledgment data flows back for complete record-keeping.

How It Works: Paylocity + AirMason
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Paylocity
Employee added or updated in HRIS
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Auto Sync
Employee data syncs to AirMason
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AirMason
Right handbook assigned by role, location, or group
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Employee
Reads, signs, and acknowledges via SSO
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HR Dashboard
Track signatures, analytics, and compliance
  • Employee data sync from Paylocity to AirMason
  • Automated handbook delivery for new hires
  • E-signature records synced across both platforms
  • Location and department-based handbook targeting
  • SSO integration for frictionless access
  • Custom integration setup included at no extra cost
AirMason does not typically charge for custom integrations. Whether your setup is plug-and-play, SFTP, or requires custom development, the integration cost is always included in your subscription. We have more native integrations than any HR vendor in the ecosystem.

What You Get With Both

Paylocity handles the broad HR stack. AirMason handles the handbook deep-dive.

FeaturePaylocityAirMasonTogether
PayrollFull-service payroll with on-demand pay and tax complianceNot a payroll toolPayroll runs through Paylocity; handbook policies reference pay practices, overtime rules, and compensation guidelines
Employee HandbookDocument storage for uploaded policy filesPurpose-built handbook platform with visual design, compliance, e-signatures, and analyticsProfessional handbooks connected to Paylocity employee data for targeted distribution
Policy AcknowledgmentBasic document read-receipt functionalityE-signature workflows with audit trails, automated reminders, and legal-grade timestampsEmployees sign in AirMason; acknowledgment records are available in both systems
Employee EngagementCommunity social hub, surveys, and recognition toolsInteractive handbooks with search, bookmarks, and mobile-first designEngagement tools for day-to-day culture in Paylocity; policy engagement through AirMason handbooks
CompliancePayroll tax compliance, ACA reporting, and benefits administrationEmployment law monitoring with attorney-reviewed policy templatesPayroll compliance from Paylocity, policy compliance from AirMason. No gaps.
OnboardingDigital onboarding with forms, checklists, and benefits enrollmentAutomated handbook distribution and acknowledgment collection for new hiresNew employees complete Paylocity onboarding and receive their AirMason handbook automatically

What the Industry Says About Paylocity

Independent ratings from major review platforms

G2
4.5/5
★★★★★
2,800+ reviews reviews
Capterra
4.4/5
★★★★☆
1,200+ reviews reviews
Trustpilot
1.2/5
★☆☆☆☆
100+ reviews reviews

Why Paylocity Users Need a Dedicated Handbook Platform

Paylocity is one of the strongest mid-market HCM platforms available. It handles payroll, benefits, talent management, and even social collaboration. But when it comes to employee handbooks, Paylocity offers document storage, not a purpose-built handbook solution.

Storing policies as uploaded files creates gaps. Documents go stale, formatting breaks on mobile, and there is no reliable way to track who read what. For HR teams that need audit-ready compliance documentation, uploaded PDFs are not enough.

AirMason fills this gap. By pairing Paylocity with a dedicated handbook platform, you get the full HCM suite you need for daily operations and the compliance confidence that comes from a professionally designed, tracked, and updated employee handbook.

Building an Employee Experience That Extends to Policies

Paylocity has built its brand around the modern employee experience. Features like Community bring social collaboration into the workplace, and the platform's design reflects a commitment to making HR tools feel approachable.

Your employee handbook should match that standard. When policies live in a visually compelling, mobile-friendly format with clear navigation and search functionality, employees actually engage with the content. AirMason handbooks complement Paylocity's employee experience philosophy by turning policies into a resource people use, not a document they ignore.

Multi-Location Compliance for Paylocity Customers

Many Paylocity clients operate across multiple states. Paylocity handles the payroll tax implications; AirMason handles the employment law implications at the handbook level.

With AirMason, you can create state-specific handbook versions that are automatically distributed based on employee location data from Paylocity. When employment laws change in a specific state, AirMason flags the affected policies and provides attorney-reviewed updates. Employees in that state are notified to re-acknowledge, and the audit trail is recorded.

This approach eliminates the manual work of maintaining separate policy documents for each location and ensures no employee receives outdated information.

Getting Started With Paylocity and AirMason

Setting up AirMason alongside Paylocity typically takes less than two weeks. Our onboarding team configures the integration, migrates your existing policies into a branded handbook, and tests the employee sync before going live.

If you are currently managing policies through Paylocity's document storage, our team will help you restructure that content into a modern, compliant handbook. Many teams start with our free handbook audit to identify compliance gaps and outdated language before the migration.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. AirMason is not an HRIS. It is a dedicated employee handbook platform that integrates with Paylocity to handle handbook design, distribution, e-signatures, and compliance tracking.
Paylocity offers document storage for policy files, but it does not include a visual handbook builder, compliance monitoring, or e-signature tracking. AirMason is purpose-built for these workflows.
AirMason syncs employee data from Paylocity, including names, departments, work locations, and hire dates. Handbooks are distributed automatically based on this data. E-signature acknowledgments are tracked in AirMason and can be synced back to Paylocity.
No. AirMason includes all integrations in your subscription at no additional cost, whether it is a standard API connection, SFTP, or custom build.
Most teams are live within two weeks. That includes integration configuration, policy migration, handbook design, and testing.
Yes. AirMason supports location-based handbook versions. Employee location data from Paylocity determines which handbook version each person receives.
AirMason handbooks can be linked from Paylocity Community posts or pinned as a resource. Employees click through to access the full handbook on any device.
AirMason monitors federal and state employment law changes. When a change affects your handbook, we flag the relevant policies, provide attorney-reviewed updates, and notify affected employees to re-acknowledge after you publish.
Yes. AirMason tracks every e-signature with timestamps, IP addresses, and completion status. Reports can be exported for audits or legal proceedings.
AirMason serves companies from 50 to 10,000+ employees. Paylocity focuses on the mid-market, making the combination a strong fit for growing organizations that need professional-grade handbooks alongside their HCM platform.

See AirMason + Paylocity in Action

Expert-curated handbooks, seamless HRIS integration, compliance that stays current.