From 80 to Infinity

80 years of visionary HR & Payroll

As SD Worx celebrates 80 years, we’re looking beyond the present into a future of limitless possibilities. In the decades to come, the world of work will be high-tech and high-touch, shaping a world of work that’s intelligent, intuitive, and deeply human.

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Imagining the future of HR & Payroll

We asked our experts to imagine what might come next in the world of work, and how HR leaders could shape it. Let´s explore a future vision grounded in insight, creative foresight, and human potential.

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years of visionary HR & Payroll

What’s your bold prediction for the future of HR and payroll?

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Predictions we have received so far

In the future, teamwork will likely involve collaboration between people and AI.

Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens, Chief People Officer

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Future is Employee-Centric HR & Payroll Experience! Employees expect personalized, transparent, and flexible HR & payroll services. Features like easy mobile access, real-time updates, and financial wellness tools will be a standard.

Paulina Zasempa, People Country Lead

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In the future AI will handle the complexity, but payroll will stay personal. We will be using smart insights to support real conversations with employees.

Tim Turkelboom, Payroll Consultant

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The future of work will be shaped by smart collaboration between people and AI supported by HR and payroll as strategic enablers of seamless and personalized employee experiences, with focus on flexibility, lifelong learning, well-being, and inclusivity in a purpose-driven environment.

Ellen Claes, People Director

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Explore the future through the eyes of HR & Payroll.

To mark 80 years of SD Worx, we asked our internal experts to imagine what lies in the decades ahead. The result is 80 to Infinity, a trend report exploring the possible futures of payroll, talent, and well-being.

From real-time rewards to AI-human ecosystems and wellness-led design, this is a glimpse of what HR could become. It’s not a prediction. It’s an invitation to embrace the possibilities.

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Shaping the future of work together

Today and tomorrow, SD Worx continues to support employers of all kinds with future-ready solutions, including conducting Europe’s largest annual HR research survey, the HR & Payroll Pulse.

Based on insights from both employers and employees across 16 countries, the 2025 report, ‘At Work with Europe’, reveals how the future of work is already being built, and how HR leaders can stay ahead of the curve.

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From 80 to Infinity

80 years of visionary HR & Payroll

Imagining the future of HR & Payroll

The thriving workforce

Teams beyond boundaries

Living, breathing payroll

Celebrating

years of visionary HR & Payroll

What’s your bold prediction for the future of HR and payroll?

Prediction

Predictions we have received so far

In the future, teamwork will likely involve collaboration between people and AI.

Future is Employee-Centric HR & Payroll Experience! Employees expect personalized, transparent, and flexible HR & payroll services. Features like easy mobile access, real-time updates, and financial wellness tools will be a standard.

In the future AI will handle the complexity, but payroll will stay personal. We will be using smart insights to support real conversations with employees.

The future of work will be shaped by smart collaboration between people and AI supported by HR and payroll as strategic enablers of seamless and personalized employee experiences, with focus on flexibility, lifelong learning, well-being, and inclusivity in a purpose-driven environment.

Explore the future through the eyes of HR & Payroll.

Shaping the future of work together