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Automate HR Benefits Administration by Integrating PlanSource with Your Entire Tech Stack
Connect PlanSource to your HRIS, payroll, and communication tools to eliminate manual benefits data entry and keep employee records in sync.
What can you do with the PlanSource connector?
PlanSource is a cloud-based benefits administration platform that handles employee enrollment, eligibility, and carrier data for HR teams. Integrating PlanSource with tray.ai lets organizations automate the flow of benefits data between their HRIS, payroll systems, and carrier connections — no more manual reconciliation eating up HR operations time. Whether you're syncing new hire enrollments, handling life event changes, or running open enrollment communications, tray.ai makes PlanSource a connected part of your HR tech stack.
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Automating PlanSource business processes or integrating PlanSource data is made easy with Tray.ai.
Use case
New Hire Benefits Enrollment Automation
When a new employee is added to your HRIS (such as Workday, BambooHR, or ADP), tray.ai can automatically create or update the employee record in PlanSource, trigger enrollment eligibility windows, and notify the employee via email or Slack with benefits enrollment instructions. This cuts the lag between an employee's start date and their access to benefits enrollment.
- Reduce time-to-enrollment by automatically provisioning new hire records in PlanSource within minutes of HRIS creation
- Eliminate manual data re-entry errors that lead to incorrect benefit assignments or missed enrollment windows
- Give new hires a better first experience with timely, automated benefits enrollment communications
Use case
Employee Termination and Benefits Offboarding
When an employee is terminated in your HRIS or payroll system, tray.ai can automatically update their eligibility status in PlanSource, trigger COBRA notifications, and alert relevant HR stakeholders. Compliance timelines get met and coverage is terminated accurately, without anyone doing it by hand.
- Meet ACA and COBRA compliance deadlines by automating termination-triggered notifications
- Prevent overpayment on benefits for terminated employees by syncing eligibility changes in real time
- Automatically alert HR and payroll teams when offboarding steps are completed in PlanSource
Use case
Open Enrollment Campaign Orchestration
Coordinate your open enrollment season by using tray.ai to pull employee lists from PlanSource, segment employees by enrollment status, and push targeted reminder communications through email platforms like Marketo or Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Track enrollment completion rates and escalate reminders to managers for employees who haven't enrolled yet.
- Increase open enrollment completion rates with automated, personalized reminder sequences
- Cut the manual outreach HR has to do for employees who haven't enrolled
- Get real-time visibility into enrollment progress by syncing PlanSource data to dashboards in Tableau or Google Sheets
Use case
Life Event and Qualifying Change Synchronization
When employees submit life events such as marriage, birth, or address changes in your HRIS or employee self-service portal, tray.ai pushes those updates to PlanSource to open qualifying life event enrollment windows and update dependent information. PlanSource records stay accurate without HR manually processing each change.
- Automatically open qualifying event windows in PlanSource when life events are logged in connected systems
- Keep dependent records consistent across HRIS, payroll, and PlanSource without dual entry
- Notify employees of their updated enrollment options immediately after a qualifying event is processed
Use case
Payroll Deduction Sync and Reconciliation
After employees make benefits elections in PlanSource, tray.ai can extract deduction data and push it directly into your payroll platform (such as ADP, Paychex, or Gusto) to ensure accurate paycheck withholdings. Automated reconciliation workflows flag discrepancies between PlanSource elections and payroll deductions before they become problems.
- Eliminate payroll errors caused by manually re-keying benefits deductions from PlanSource into payroll systems
- Run automated reconciliation checks between PlanSource and payroll to catch discrepancies before payroll runs
- Reduce the time HR spends on payroll audit prep with pre-built deduction reports
Use case
Carrier Data File Automation
PlanSource generates carrier EDI files that need to be transmitted to insurance carriers on a regular schedule. With tray.ai, you can automate the generation, validation, and delivery of those files, trigger alerts when transmissions fail, and log delivery confirmations for compliance records.
- Automate scheduled carrier file delivery and eliminate the risk of missed transmissions
- Get instant alerts when a carrier file fails validation or transmission so issues get resolved before coverage lapses
- Maintain an auditable log of all carrier file activity for compliance and carrier dispute resolution
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Retrieve Employee Benefits Enrollment Data
Data SourceAn agent can pull current and historical benefits enrollment records for employees, so it can answer questions about coverage selections, dependents, and plan details without manual lookup.
Look Up Available Benefits Plans
Data SourceAn agent can fetch the catalog of available benefits plans, including health, dental, vision, and voluntary options, to help employees compare choices or assist HR teams in reviewing offerings.
Fetch Employee Eligibility Status
Data SourceAn agent can check whether an employee is eligible for specific benefits based on employment type, tenure, or other criteria, so it gives accurate guidance during onboarding or life events.
Retrieve Open Enrollment Windows
Data SourceAn agent can query open enrollment periods and deadlines to remind employees of upcoming windows or flag when a deadline is a few days out.
Pull Dependent Information
Data SourceAn agent can retrieve dependent records tied to an employee's benefits plan, useful for verifying coverage during life events like marriage, divorce, or the birth of a child.
Access Benefits Cost and Contribution Data
Data SourceAn agent can look up employee and employer contribution amounts for various plans, so it can provide cost comparisons or validate payroll deduction configurations.
Enroll Employee in Benefits Plan
Agent ToolAn agent can submit or update an employee's benefits enrollment selections in PlanSource. That speeds up onboarding and makes bulk enrollment changes a lot more manageable for HR teams.
Update Dependent Records
Agent ToolAn agent can add, modify, or remove dependents on an employee's benefits account in response to qualifying life events, keeping coverage accurate without manual HR intervention.
Trigger Life Event Updates
Agent ToolAn agent can initiate a qualifying life event in PlanSource, such as a marriage or new child, which unlocks a special enrollment window and routes the employee through the appropriate benefits update flow.
Update Employee Eligibility Records
Agent ToolAn agent can modify eligibility data when an employee's status changes, like moving from part-time to full-time, so benefits access stays in sync with HR system records.
Sync Employee Data from External Systems
Agent ToolAn agent can push employee demographic or employment data into PlanSource from a connected HRIS or payroll system, keeping records consistent across the benefits administration stack.
Generate Benefits Enrollment Reports
Data SourceAn agent can pull aggregate enrollment and participation data across plans to help HR teams track adoption, identify under-enrolled groups, or get ready for benefits renewals.
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Challenges Tray.ai solves
Common obstacles when integrating PlanSource — and how Tray.ai handles them.
Challenge
Manual Data Entry Between HRIS and PlanSource Creates Errors and Lag
HR teams often manage employee data in multiple systems — an HRIS for core records and PlanSource for benefits — leading to time-consuming dual entry and data discrepancies. When new hires or terminations aren't updated in PlanSource promptly, employees miss enrollment windows or keep receiving coverage after they've left.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai connects your HRIS directly to PlanSource, automatically syncing employee records, eligibility changes, and life events in real time or on a schedule. Manual re-entry disappears, and PlanSource stays current with your workforce without HR having to touch it.
Challenge
Open Enrollment Communication is Time-Intensive and Error-Prone
Running open enrollment outreach manually means HR teams spend weeks exporting enrollment status reports, segmenting employees, and sending reminders — and employees still fall through the cracks and end up without coverage.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai automates the full open enrollment communication cycle by pulling real-time enrollment status from PlanSource and triggering personalized, multi-channel reminders via email and Slack. When employees are getting close to the deadline without finishing enrollment, escalation logic pulls their manager in automatically.
Challenge
Payroll Deduction Discrepancies Require Costly Manual Reconciliation
Getting benefits elections from PlanSource into payroll as accurate deductions requires careful manual data transfer between platforms. Errors mean incorrect paychecks, expensive corrections, and frustrated employees — especially right after open enrollment, when hundreds of elections change at once.
How Tray.ai helps
tray.ai automates the extraction of finalized deduction data from PlanSource and pushes it directly into payroll systems like ADP, Gusto, or Paychex. Automated reconciliation checks compare PlanSource elections against payroll records and flag discrepancies before payroll runs, cutting correction cycles.
New Hire HRIS to PlanSource Enrollment Sync
PlanSource 
Workday REST 
BambooHR 
SendGrid Automatically creates or updates an employee record in PlanSource when a new hire is added in Workday or BambooHR, and sends the employee a benefits enrollment welcome email.
Open Enrollment Reminder Automation
PlanSource 
Slack 
Gmail 
Google Sheets Pulls incomplete enrollment records from PlanSource during open enrollment and sends escalating reminder emails and Slack messages to employees and their managers until enrollment is complete.
Termination Offboarding and COBRA Notification Workflow
PlanSource 
ADP 
ServiceNow SendGrid When an employee is terminated in ADP, this template updates their PlanSource eligibility status, triggers COBRA notification steps, and creates a task in ServiceNow for HR to confirm offboarding completion.
PlanSource Deductions to Payroll Sync
PlanSource 
Gusto Slack After benefits elections are finalized in PlanSource, extracts deduction data and pushes updated deduction records into Gusto or Paychex to ensure payroll withholdings reflect current elections.
Benefits Enrollment Data Pipeline to Data Warehouse
PlanSource 
Snowflake Syncs PlanSource enrollment and election data to Snowflake on a nightly schedule so HR and finance teams can run benefits cost and utilization reports in their BI tools.
Life Event Change Sync from HRIS to PlanSource
PlanSource BambooHR SendGrid Detects qualifying life event updates (marriage, new dependent, address change) in BambooHR and automatically opens the appropriate enrollment window in PlanSource and notifies the employee of next steps.
How Tray.ai makes this work
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