---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-061607"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PAYX"
cik: "0000723531"
company_name: "PAYCHEX INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T17:44:03.384560+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paychex Chief Legal & Ethics Officer Stephanie Schaeffer to retire effective August 2, 2024

## Summary
- Stephanie Schaeffer, VP, Chief Legal & Ethics Officer, and Secretary, notified the Board of retirement effective August 2, 2024.
- She will continue in her current role until a successor is appointed, then serve as senior advisor at current base salary until retirement.
- No successor has been named as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-061607
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PAYX
- cik: 0000723531
- company_name: PAYCHEX INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017024061607/0000950170-24-061607-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017024061607/payx-20240516.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-061607
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-061607.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-061607.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephanie Schaeffer departed as Vice President, Chief Legal & Ethics Officer, and Secretary at PAYCHEX INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Vice President, Chief Legal & Ethics Officer, and Secretary
  source text: On May 16, 2024, Stephanie Schaeffer, Vice President, Chief Legal & Ethics Officer, and Secretary of Paychex, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) of her intention to retire effective as of August 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000095017024061607/0000950170-24-061607-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.