ADP world

A local ADP Workforce Now company with workers, pay groups, payroll cycles, deductions, garnishments and tax filings. Test the payroll agent that preps runs, adds deductions and handles off-cycle checks.

Payroll CyclesOff-CycleDeductionsGarnishmentsTax Filings

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ADP · Payroll · Cycle calendarIllustrative

Mon 2

Biweekly preview · Pay group A09:00 to 10:00

Tue 3

Submit biweekly · Pay group A14:00 to 15:00Tue 3 · 11:00

Wed 4

Off-cycle bonus · J. Alvarez10:00 to 11:00Fri 6 · 10:00

Thu 5

Semi-monthly preview · Pay group B09:00 to 10:00

Fri 6

Pay date · Pay group A00:00 to 01:00

941 deposit due13:00 to 14:00Canceled

fig. 1 · illustrative replica · the agent's changes land as you scroll

What's in this world

What you get when you open ADP. Seeded, local, yours to break.

Seeded records

workers: 140 across 2 pay groups
pay cycles: Biweekly and semi-monthly
deductions: 401(k), medical, dental and commuter
garnishments: 3 child support orders, 1 tax levy
tax filings: Quarterly 941 and state unemployment

Agent jobs you can test

Prepare and submit a regular payroll cycle
Run an off-cycle check for a missed bonus
Set up a garnishment or deduction on a worker

What your agent can get wrong here

The reply sounds right. The record is what counts.

ActionWhat the world recordsCommon mistake

Run off-cycle payoff-cycle run date against the promised pay dateMoves the bonus run to the pay date so the check lands late

Submit payrollcycle submit time against the processing deadlineSubmits after the cutoff and misses the pay date

Add a garnishmentdeduction code, amount and cap on the workerSets the garnishment with no maximum percentage

Change a deductioneffective date of the deductionApplies the 401(k) change to the past cycle

Example test

Describe the job. Review the checks before anything runs.

Brief · plain EnglishIllustrative

Drafted test · reviewDrafting

01Pay group A submitted before the Tue 3 cutoff
02Off-cycle bonus for J. Alvarez dated no later than Thu 5
03Pay group B cycle unchanged
04No garnishment amounts changed
05941 deposit schedule left as seeded

fig. 2 · illustrative brief and drafted checks

Failures you can inject

Make it a bad day on purpose.

effectThe OAuth access token expires during the cyclefires before the handler · state untouched · same result every run

Evidence

StatusIncluded in the closed beta, like every world in the catalog. Apply and tell us the workflow you want to test.Known limitations