What’s New for February 2025 Product Release
Our latest platform releases in Paychex Flex® focus on building a better workplace to help businesses thrive by elevating your workforce and transforming your employee experience.
Simplify benefits and cut admin tasks with Paychex Flex Annual Employee Checkup
Ease tax filing with W-2 notifications, and TurboTax® and H&R Block® integrations
Accelerate hiring with AI-assisted recruiting and scheduling tools
Product Release Categories: What They Mean For You
Product Introduction
New Paychex technology solutions are introduced to address clients’ unique business needs as payroll and HR evolve, accompanied by in-app education and instruction to incorporate the product into your operations successfully.
Major Enhancement
Noticeable improvements are made to existing features in Paychex Flex, expanding the platform’s capabilities and offering you more tools to achieve business goals.
Feature Release
Additional features or enhancements are made to existing areas of the platform to improve overall user experience and efficiency while remaining at the front of the ever-changing technology landscape.
Minor Update
Subtle technology refinements are built to maintain a secure, best-in-class technology solution in the market, ultimately providing you with long-term value.
Feature Releases
Candidate Search in Paychex Flex Hiring
Admins can now use specific keywords to search across all postings within a Paychex Flex Company ID, simplifying candidate searches across multiple job openings.
Practice Management Bridge
Forensic Payroll Consultants Partnership
Annual Employee Checkup – Paychex Flex Perks
Send employees annual reminders to update their Paychex Flex info, encourage electronic W-2 use, and more in the My Perks hub.
W-2 Integration & Tax Prep Software Service
Tax Prep Software Service: Allow employees to purchase H&R Block® or TurboTax® directly through My Perks, at no additional cost to you, and easily import W-2s to save time and minimize filing errors.
W-2 Integrations: Allow employees to import their W-2 information directly into TurboTax® and H&R Block’s® tax prep software.
AI Recruiting Integration with Paychex Flex Hiring
Paychex Recruiting Copilot, in partnership with Findem, now integrates with Paychex Flex Hiring and Classic Hiring, and enables direct access through Paychex Flex for job postings and AI-assisted recruiting to find top talent quickly.
HR Analytics Premium Plus Includes Compensation Benchmarking
HR Analytics Premium Plus allows clients to leverage real payroll data to benchmark employee compensation against industry, regional, and size metrics, supporting a competitive, data-driven compensation strategy.
Candidate Meeting Scheduling Tool
Consolidate initial meeting invitations, records, and invite statuses directly into Paychex Flex Hiring to quickly send meeting invites to multiple candidates with minimal scheduling effort.
Minor Updates
- Edit Form I-9 Assignment (Phase 3)
- Notifications – Client Employees will be notified when W-2s are Available
- Delaware Paid Family Leave
- Maine Paid Family & Medical Leave
- Payroll Hold and Error Messaging
- Flock – Rate Configuration Flexibility
- Flock – Supplemental Plans – Support Combined EE/ER Cost
- Paychex Flex Engage—Compensation, Performance Management, Survey Updates
Oasis PEO Updates
- Form I-9 Report – Client Join
- Enhance My Time Off Widget
- 401K MEP Plan – New Partnership with Transamerica
