Solutions Customized for Your Industry
Every client is unique. Our industry expertise ensures consistent and up-to-date solutions to evolving business demands.
Hiring and onboarding, tip management, blended overtime accuracy, and more to support the heart for Maine's economy!
Ever-changing workforce needs demand customized recruiting, time and attendance, and compliance support.
Municipalities run like several separate businesses rolled into one. Customize all policies based on union needs, department policies, and more.
Scheduling, time and attendance, and absence management support strong patient care.
Labor costs are keenly tied to profitability. Customized reporting designed to support business needs.
Attracting and retaining top talent is vital to your survival. Our tools engage your workforce throughout the employee life-cycle.
Simple, mobile solutions enable your workforce to achieve more success.
Cannabis businesses are no different than any other small business. We can get you on track for success.
Construction businesses face enough challenges on the work sites—your back office shouldn’t be one of them. We’ll help you get on track for success.
Or Your Business Size
From small teams to growing organizations, we align our solutions with your employee count, internal resources, and compliance responsibilities—so you’re supported at every stage.
Simple, reliable payroll and HR support for growing teams—so owners can stay focused on running the business, not managing compliance.
Scalable systems and expert guidance to support growth, reduce risk, and bring consistency to payroll, HR, and compliance as teams expand.
Strategic, integrated payroll and HR solutions designed for complex organizations with advanced compliance needs, reporting requirements, and multi-department workflows.
Paper Trails Story
Paper Trails was founded in 2004 to relieve small businesses’ financial preparation headaches and to allow you to work smarter no matter your size. While human resource management and payroll can be stressful, we are here to help run your business and to give you the time to do what you want to do – work your business!
We are a local small business without an 800 number that consists of a team of fun and local experts purveying convenient, high tech, compliant services. We live, work and party right here in the southern Maine community, so when a question or need arises, we are right around the corner!
From running payroll, to human resource and compliance services, Paper Trails allows you to handle the work, while we handle the paperwork.
Our Mission
Paper Trails offers intuitive, trusted, bespoke and forward-thinking payroll, human resources and compliance services to the backbone of Maine and beyond, which are our small and mid-sized businesses.
Our Vision
The business world is rapidly evolving. We are designed to always be looking around the next corner for future business challenges and offer solutions and insight to our clients who have built and support our local communities.
Our Common Purpose
We empower employers to build a business and workforce for today, tomorrow and beyond.
Payroll Services
Customized payroll management from local experts who understand Maine business.
Expert and integrated payroll to improve the employee life-cycle.
Collect and manage employee time customized to your needs.
Reduce administrative burden, improve financial health, and boost employee satisfaction with an accessible and adaptable expense process.
Human Resources Solutions
Straightforward, accessible HR support for businesses like yours.
Online open enrollment and benefits tracking integrated with payroll and your benefits providers.
HR solutions that engage your employees and keep your business moving forward.
Attract and hire the best candidates to bolster your team.
You handle the work. We’ll handle the paperwork.
We’ll stay in the weeds to manage your payroll, Human Resources, and compliance needs.
