eDiscovery Collection for ADP

Wage & Hour Disputes

Compare scheduled vs. actual punches to identify off‑the‑clock work.

Independent‑Contractor Misclassification

Cross‑reference payroll vs. vendor payments to surface “ghost” W‑2s.

Pay‑Equity & Discrimination

Analyze compensation history, pay adjustments, and merit‑increase cycles.

Tax/Garnishment Disputes

Validate withholding calculations and remittance timelines.

The ADP Platform

ADP’s ecosystem comprises multiple SaaS solutions that share a common worker/payroll data core:

• ADP Workforce Now® – Mid‑market HR, payroll, and talent suite.
• ADP Vantage HCM® – Enterprise HCM with global payroll connectors.
• RUN Powered by ADP® – Small‑business payroll.
• Wisely® Pay & Wisely® Cash Card – Earned‑wage access and pay‑card rails.
• ADP DataCloud – Workforce analytics engine providing 50+ built‑in metrics and peer benchmarking.

Extracting ADP Data for Investigation​

Payroll Register & GL Interface (CSV/PDF)

• Gross‑to‑net details, taxes, deductions, GL mappings
• Good for High (per payroll cycle) data volumes
• Always pull Employee ID, Pay Period End, Check Number; hash PDFs to preserve integrity.

Custom Reports (Workforce Now/Vantage)

• Any reportable table exported to CSV/Excel
• Good for Low → Medium data volumes
• Include Termination Reason & Effective Dates for wage‑and‑hour matters.

ADP DataCloud Data Connector

• Scheduled S3 or Snowflake feed of normalized workforce tables
• Good for High data volumes
• Enables join with CRM/ERP data; snapshots retained up to 7 years.

ADP REST APIs (/hr/v2, /payroll/v1)

• Real‑time worker, payroll, and timecard JSON
• Good for Low → Medium data volumes
• Use state=changedSince filter; token scope enforces least privilege.

SmartCompliance® Reports

• Tax, garnishment, ACA compliance files
• Good for Low data volumes
• Helpful for government inquiries; export as pipe‑delimited to avoid comma issues.

Preservation Tip: ADP retains check‑level history indefinitely, but Time & Attendance punches may roll off after 24 months unless a premium archive is enabled—issue a litigation hold through Client Service Portal.

“Being able to filter and sift through these records so efficiently is an absolute game changer.”

Happy Attorney
Big Law Firm

Company

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP) is the largest pure‑play payroll and human‑capital‑management (HCM) provider in the world. For fiscal 2024 (ended June 30, 2024), ADP reported $19.2 billion in revenue, up 7 % year‑over‑year, and guided to mid‑single‑digit growth for FY 2025.

Origin

ADP traces its roots to 1949, when 22‑year‑old accountant Henry Taub founded Automatic Payrolls, Inc. in Paterson, NJ, offering manual payroll processing to local businesses. By the early 1960s the company rebranded to Automatic Data Processing and moved payroll calculations onto IBM mainframes, pioneering outsourced, computer‑based payroll. ADP went public in 1961 and has since expanded into time‑and‑attendance, HR, benefits, and global payroll across 140+ countries.

Related Technologies in the ADP Portfolio

• WorkMarket – Freelance & gig‑worker management
• Celergo – Global payroll aggregation & compliance
• Lifion / ADP Next Gen HCM – Cloud‑native microservices platform
• GlobalView Payroll – SAP‑hosted multinational payroll engine
• Wisely Pay – Pay‑card & earned‑wage access