The phrase "company payroll" refers to the total amount of money that a company pays its employees for their work and services. It includes salaries, wages, and other benefits provided by the company. Full definition
Be responsible for assisting a compensation team in the financial and accounting reporting to company payroll workers. (flexjobs.com)
Especially after it came out that most of the contributors of those «public information sources» is on some other oil or coal companies payroll. (theintercept.com)
In many occupations workers on company payrolls face the prospect that their existing skills will become obsolete, yet it is often not obvious how they can gain new ones. (economist.com)