As AI agents move from experimental tools to core enterprise infrastructure, HR technology leaders are racing to define how intelligence, compliance, and automation coexist inside systems of record. Workday’s answer is its new Agent System of Record (ASOR)—and G-P (Globalization Partners) is now part of that strategy.
This week, G-P announced it has joined the Workday Agent Partner Network, a global ecosystem of technology providers building AI agents that integrate directly with Workday’s ASOR. The move strengthens G-P’s position as a leader in AI-driven global employment while signaling where the future of enterprise HR platforms is headed: toward trusted, interoperable AI agents operating inside core systems.
Why the Workday Agent Partner Network Matters
Workday’s Agent Partner Network is designed to give enterprises a centralized, secure way to manage AI agents that interact with sensitive workforce data. Rather than allowing disconnected AI tools to sprawl across the organization, ASOR provides governance, visibility, and control—critical concerns for HR, legal, and compliance teams.
“The Workday ASOR gives customers a unified, secure platform to manage their growing ecosystem of trusted AI agents,” said Dean Arnold, Vice President of AI Platform at Workday. “By leveraging the Workday ASOR, partners like G-P enable our customers to securely and simply access innovative solutions for their teams worldwide.”
By joining the network, G-P is positioning its AI capabilities not as bolt-ons, but as enterprise-grade agents designed to operate safely inside one of the world’s most widely used HR platforms.
G-P’s Strategic Bet on AI-Native Global Employment
G-P has long been known as a leader in Employer of Record (EOR) services, enabling companies to hire internationally without setting up local entities. What’s changed over the past two years is how aggressively the company has leaned into AI as a differentiator.
“Workday inviting G-P to join the Workday Agent Partner Network shows the trust in G-P and in G-P Gia as an enterprise-ready AI solution inside Workday,” said Lori McNally, Senior Vice President of Partners at G-P. “Together, we’re helping customers work faster, stay compliant, and manage their global workforce with more confidence.”
This partnership underscores a key shift in global HR: compliance expertise alone is no longer enough. Enterprises want real-time guidance, embedded directly into the systems where decisions are made.
What the Integration Delivers for Joint Customers
For shared Workday and G-P customers, the integration brings tangible operational benefits—particularly for organizations managing distributed teams across dozens of countries.
G-P’s AI-powered EOR solution enables companies to hire employees in 180+ countries where they do not have a legal entity. Through direct integration with Workday:
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Global hires flow seamlessly into Workday
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Employee demographic data, salary details, payslips, and invoices are synchronized
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Updates made in Workday automatically reflect in G-P
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HR teams avoid duplicate data entry and reconciliation
This tight integration reduces one of the biggest pain points in global employment: fragmented systems that slow down onboarding and introduce compliance risk.
In practice, it allows HR teams to treat international employees with the same operational rigor as domestic hires—without rebuilding their tech stack.
G-P Gia: An AI Agent for Global HR Reality
Perhaps the most forward-looking part of the partnership is the integration of G-P Gia, G-P’s global HR AI agent, into the Workday ecosystem.
G-P Gia is designed to act as a trusted HR partner, capable of answering complex employment questions, generating compliant contracts and handbooks, and guiding organizations through local labor requirements.
What differentiates Gia from generic AI assistants is its foundation:
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A proprietary knowledge base built over a decade of global HR operations
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100,000+ HR and legal expert-vetted articles
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1,500+ government and regulatory sources
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Coverage across 50 countries and all 50 U.S. states
Rather than scraping the web or relying on probabilistic guesses, Gia delivers responses grounded in verified, jurisdiction-specific expertise—an essential requirement when dealing with employment law.
Embedded within Workday, Gia becomes part of the HR workflow itself, offering guidance at the moment decisions are made.
AI Agents and the Future of HR Systems
The partnership highlights a broader transformation underway in enterprise HR technology.
For years, HR platforms focused on being systems of record. Today, they are evolving into systems of intelligence, where AI agents proactively assist with decision-making, compliance, and execution.
Workday’s ASOR model acknowledges that AI agents will proliferate—but insists they must be governed, auditable, and secure. G-P’s inclusion in the network signals that global employment expertise is a foundational use case for this new agent-based architecture.
This is especially relevant as companies expand internationally faster than ever, often without fully staffed global HR teams. AI agents like Gia help close that gap—if they can be trusted.
Built on Workday: A Broader Ecosystem Play
This announcement also builds on G-P’s earlier inclusion in Built on Workday, a program that enables partners to develop pre-built applications for the Workday Marketplace.
G-P Gia is already available on the Workday Marketplace, with G-P EOR expected to follow soon. For Workday customers, that means faster deployment, clearer support models, and tighter integration than custom-built connectors typically allow.
For G-P, it represents deeper embedment into the enterprise HR ecosystem—moving from external service provider to native platform extension.
Why This Matters for HR and Business Leaders
For CHROs, CFOs, and global operations leaders, the implications are significant:
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Speed: International hiring timelines shrink when compliance guidance and onboarding are embedded
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Confidence: AI agents grounded in vetted expertise reduce risk in unfamiliar jurisdictions
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Scalability: Global growth becomes less dependent on building local infrastructure first
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Governance: AI agents operate within controlled enterprise environments, not shadow IT
As regulatory scrutiny increases worldwide, particularly around worker classification and cross-border employment, platforms that combine AI with compliance depth will have a clear advantage.
The Competitive Landscape Is Heating Up
The global employment and EOR market has become increasingly crowded, with providers racing to add AI features. What distinguishes G-P’s approach is enterprise readiness—deep integrations, vetted knowledge sources, and alignment with platforms like Workday that already sit at the center of HR operations.
Rather than launching standalone AI tools, G-P is embedding intelligence where customers already work. That strategy may prove decisive as enterprises grow more cautious about adopting disconnected AI solutions.
The Bottom Line
G-P’s entry into the Workday Agent Partner Network marks a meaningful step in the evolution of AI-powered HR. By combining global employment expertise with Workday’s Agent System of Record, the partnership delivers something enterprises have been asking for: trusted AI that operates inside core systems, not outside them.
As AI agents become standard components of HR platforms, integrations like this will shape how confidently organizations hire, manage, and scale global teams. For companies building international workforces in an era of constant change, that confidence may be the most valuable feature of all.
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