HR Without Borders. Payroll Without Limits. Workforce Management Without Complexity.

The future of work is being shaped right now, and UNLEASH Paris 2026 is where the world's HR, technology, business and AI leaders come together to decide what's next. Across three days, HR innovators, transformation leaders and technology experts will explore the trends, challenges and opportunities redefining work.

This year, SD Worx is bringing the power of local expertise and international scale to Paris.

Visit us at our booth and discover how organisations across Europe and beyond are transforming HR, payroll and workforce management through smarter technology, stronger partnerships and truly international solutions.

Speaker: Paul Friel  

Hiring internationally is easier than ever. Staying compliant while moving quickly is the real challenge. In this episode of HR Without Borders, Liz Leal Rojas and Paul Friel from G-P discuss how Employer of Record services help businesses accelerate international expansion while managing compliance. They also explore when organisations should move from an EOR model to their own legal entity and global payroll setup. 

Simplifying payroll. Amplifying the Joy of Payday.

In this episode of the SAP HR Mavericks podcast, our host Silvia Moreno Rodriguez, SAP Marketing Director, is joined by Sergio Graziano, Pre-Sales Lead for Workforce Management at SD Worx, to talk about how workforce management has moved from a back-office task to a boardroom priority.

In this episode, we cover: 

• Why workforce management is no longer just time and attendance: Clocking in and out used to be the whole story. Now scheduling, payroll integration and employee experience all sit under one system, and Business Leaders are starting to see the impact this has on payslip accuracy and staff retention. 
• How skills are replacing job titles in scheduling: Companies are moving away from filling fixed roles and toward matching tasks to the people best suited for them. This shift also takes employee preferences and availability into account, which is changing how schedules get built. 
• Where AI is actually making a difference today: AI is automating scheduling decisions and starting to let non-technical users write policies and rules in plain language. On the compliance and configuration side, AI still has a way to go and remains an area for the future. 
• What happens when humans and AI agents share a schedule: Sergio shares his view on how planning will eventually include both people and AI agents working side by side, and why organisations need to start thinking now about how that division of labour will work.
• Why compliance is the biggest hidden cost: With regulations changing by country and by year, especially across Europe, non-compliance is not just a fine. It is wasted time, wasted budget and, in some cases, a legal risk.

Tune in to hear Sergio's take on what HR Leaders should be focusing on right now, and get a glimpse of what workforce management could look like by 2030.

UNLEASH 2026 is where the HR world meets in Paris to decide what comes next for work. 

Come to booth 423 and talk to our team about HR, Pay and Time. Book a 1:1 meeting with our experts for personalised advice. 

 Global payroll compliance doesn't end after setup. Learn how multinational companies can manage local regulations, payroll changes and compliance risks across countries.

In the latest episode of HR Without Borders, SD Worx experts Jo Lavrysen and Koen Putzeys discuss why managing country-specific requirements is actually the hardest part of global payroll compliance. 

Growing your business across borders can sometimes feel like climbing Everest... But it doesn’t have to be this way. SD Worx People, our multi-country core HR and payroll, is designed to help you centralize and digitalize your HR processes, making it easier than ever to manage your workforce in new and unfamiliar territory.

Global payroll compliance is more than an administrative task. Discover the biggest payroll, tax and social security risks international employers face and how to avoid costly mistakes. 

If your organisation runs payroll in three, ten or thirty countries, "payroll" isn't one process. It's a different rulebook, tax authority, reporting deadline and language in every location, all expected to land in employees' bank accounts on payday, every month, without fail. 

For HR and business  leaders managing multiple legal entities,  is about paying people accurately everywhere, on time, under dozens of legal frameworks at once, while still having time left for strategy and employee experience. 

Only 40% of employees say self-service HR tools are easy to use (Source: SD Worx Pulse report). The problem usually isn't the software, it's adoption. Training stops at go-live, and nobody keeps teaching people how to use the system as it evolves and new hires join.

Hiring internationally offers exciting growth opportunities for SMEs, but it introduces complex compliance challenges. While the immediate concern is often payroll, international employment, payroll and tax experts Jo Lavrysen and Koen Putzeys from SD Worx emphasise that a robust employment setup is the foundational step. This involves understanding local regulations, social security and tax obligations before payroll can be correctly implemented.  

International growth rarely follows a perfect plan. 

You find the right person in a new country. You identify an opportunity in a promising market. Or you complete an acquisition abroad. The business is ready to move, but your legal and payroll infrastructure is not. An Employer of Record (EOR) offers an alternative.