Case Study: Nugent Sand Company achieves automated, error-free multi-union payroll and compliance with ADP Workforce Now

From “pay cheat sheets” to payroll perfection

Nugent Sand Company, a construction-aggregates producer with seven locations in Kentucky and Indiana and about 150 employees, faced a time-consuming, error-prone weekly payroll process. The Director of HR and Payroll managed manual timecard entry and “pay cheat sheets” across roughly 20,000 cost codes while juggling four workers’ comp plans, multiple pension/401(k) plans and rules from three union contracts, creating high compliance and classification risk.

Implementing ADP Workforce Now centralized pay codes, enabled drop-down selections and digital timecards, and applied “set-and-forget” rules that automatically enforce multi-state tax and union requirements. The system delivered fast, accurate payroll and up-to-date reporting (including custom workers’ comp/MSHA reports), saved at least one day a week for HR, reduced errors and freed the team to focus on strategic initiatives and expanded self-service for employees.

Nugent Sand Company

Beth Preher

HR/Payroll Director