Dayforce Discover 2026

Attendees, exhibitors & solutions

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Glossary

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HCM (Human Capital Management)

The umbrella category covering HR administration, payroll, benefits, time and attendance, scheduling and talent processes. Dayforce Discover sits in this category, so most sessions map to one of these HCM workstreams rather than to general business software.

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Dayforce HCM

The organiser's cloud platform that runs payroll, workforce management, HR, benefits and talent on a single data model. Attendee labs and roadmap sessions at Discover are typically built around configuring and extending this platform.

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Continuous calculation payroll

A payroll approach in which gross-to-net calculations update throughout the pay period rather than only at close, so payroll teams see the impact of a shift, rate change or deduction immediately. It is a Dayforce signature capability and a recurring theme in payroll-focused sessions.

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Workforce management (WFM)

The discipline of matching staff supply to demand: forecasting volumes, building schedules, tracking hours and controlling labour cost. Retail, hospitality, healthcare and manufacturing teams at the event use WFM terms such as demand curve, schedule adherence and labour cost percentage.

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Time and attendance (T&A)

The rules engine that turns punches, badges and mobile clock-ins into payable hours: overtime rules, premiums, rounding, meal-break penalties and shift differentials. Bring your current pay rules to any T&A lab or clinic.

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Demand forecasting and auto-scheduling

Using historical volume drivers to predict staffing needs and then generating compliant schedules automatically. Sessions on this topic usually discuss forecast accuracy, employee preferences, shift bidding and last-minute coverage.

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Multi-jurisdiction payroll compliance

The practice of keeping payroll correct across states, provinces and countries with different wage and hour, tax, leave and pay-transparency rules. US employers at Discover usually track state-level legislative changes and year-end form updates.

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Earned wage access (EWA) / on-demand pay

Letting employees draw already-earned wages before payday, usually through a payroll-integrated wallet. Conference discussions usually cover adoption, financial wellbeing, fee models and the payroll and tax treatment of each withdrawal.

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Dayforce Wallet

The organiser's on-demand pay product for employees, delivered through the payroll engine so balances reflect hours already worked. Expect Wallet to appear in sessions on frontline retention and financial wellbeing.

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Benefits administration

Enrolment, eligibility, carrier connectivity and leave-of-absence handling for health and retirement plans. Benefits sessions focus on open-enrolment throughput, evidence-of-insurability workflows and carrier data feeds.

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Talent management and internal mobility

Recruiting, onboarding, performance, succession and skills-based movement of people inside the organisation. For hourly-heavy employers the emphasis is usually frontline hiring speed, time-to-productivity and shift-based internal moves.

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HR service delivery and case management

Routing employee questions and transactions (payroll queries, leave requests, policy questions) to the right team with an audit trail and knowledge base. Metrics such as case volume, first-contact resolution and deflection come up in these sessions.

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Dayforce Co-Pilot

The AI assistant Dayforce has introduced across its HCM workflows, aimed at surfacing answers and actions in natural language for managers and employees. Roadmap and demo sessions are the places to test how it behaves against your own data.

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Systems integrator / implementation partner

Consultancies and boutique firms that configure, migrate and support Dayforce HCM for employers. The partner expo is where buyers compare implementation scope, timeline and post-go-live support models.

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Integration marketplace and API

The catalogue of certified connectors and open APIs that link HCM data to ERP, benefits carriers, time clocks, learning systems and analytics tools. Integration architects typically use Discover to pressure-test data-flow designs.

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Recertification credit (SHRM / HRCI / CPE)

Continuing-education credit that HR and payroll professionals claim for approved sessions. Where credits are offered, the eligible sessions are flagged in the published agenda, and attendance is usually verified per session.