Workzoom keeps employee details, documents and job changes on the record used by HR and payroll across every province. HRIS, HRMS and HCM describe different scopes, so evaluate one real new hire or province transfer through manager access, effective-dated changes and the payroll record.
Workzoom connects employee records across HR and payroll for Canadian employers in every province. For an HR evaluation, follow one hire or province transfer through documents, manager access and the payroll record. County of Renfrew onboarded 32 new hires in three months without adding HR headcount using the same platform.
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Compliance gets the headlines. The architecture is why it actually works on every pay run.
HRIS usually centres on employee records. HRMS adds operational HR workflows, while HCM often includes broader workforce and talent planning. Workzoom connects HR, Workforce, Payroll and Talent on one employee record, so evaluate the workflow and scope rather than the label.
Promotions, province transfers, and salary changes take effect on the exact date they happen. The full employment history is preserved with a complete audit trail.
Use configured entitlement rules and date-effective employee records to manage changes consistently. Your team confirms the applicable jurisdiction, employee eligibility and policy requirements before the rules are applied.
Every requirement below is handled by the platform on every pay run, not configured per-customer.
Employment standards depend on provincial, territorial or federal jurisdiction. Workzoom supports configured entitlement rules and date-effective employee records. Your team confirms which requirements apply and validates the configuration for each employee group.
Statutory holiday eligibility and pay rules vary by jurisdiction and employee group. With Workzoom Payroll, holiday-pay calculations use configured eligibility rules. Validate the applicable earnings, eligibility and calculation results before approving payroll.
Centralize HR for 50 to 5,000 employees across all 13 provinces and territories. Digital files, position-based org structure, bilingual English and French self-service, and Canadian data residency.
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act is Canada's federal private-sector privacy law. Workzoom offers Canadian data residency on AWS in Montreal, with role-based access controls and AES-256 encryption at rest.
Every job and pay change is kept with its real effective date, never overwritten. One employee record drives HR, payroll, scheduling, and talent.
Workzoom keeps termination date, last day worked and years of service on the employee record. The free Canada severance calculator provides a separate Ontario ESA estimate, not an automated in-platform calculation or a determination of an employee's full legal entitlement.
new hires onboarded in three months
County of Renfrew brought on 32 new hires in three months without adding HR headcount, replacing paper forms, email-based recruiting, and spreadsheet time-off tracking across its 900-plus workforce.
We wouldn't be able to hire the people that we do anymore with the same resources we already had. It's allowed us to keep our headcount consistent without needing to increase, saving us time and money.
The story
The story
Canadian HR work has to connect employee records, provincial entitlements, and the information payroll needs. County of Renfrew has run Workzoom since early 2023; Ktunaxa Nation Council since 2023; Silvera for Seniors since 2024. Their published stories give buyers three Canadian examples of that connected model, spanning a municipality, a First Nations government, and a senior care non-profit.
Start with the employee-record journey your team needs to improve: a hire, a province transfer, or a manager approval. Then follow the same record into time and payroll, rather than relying on separate exports between systems. This is how to test whether Canadian HR software keeps the change and its effective date together.
The story
County of Renfrew captured the consolidation rationale plainly: the hybrid onboarding process brought on 32 new hires in three months without increasing HR headcount, replacing paper forms, email-based recruiting, and spreadsheet time-off tracking across a 900-plus workforce.
Workzoom's unified HR Suite covers personnel, organization, recruiting, onboarding, engagement, compensation, and HR administration on a single employee record. The architectural consolidation is what enables the operational improvement County of Renfrew describes.
The story
Canadian employers with operations across more than one province face HR coordination complexity that a single-province system struggles to absorb: different statutory holiday calendars, different minimum wage rates, and Quebec's distinct parental leave rules. Workzoom centralizes HR for 50 to 5,000 employees across all 13 provinces and territories on a single employee record.
A shared employee record helps teams manage configured entitlement rules consistently across Canadian operations. Validate the applicable jurisdiction, employee eligibility and policy requirements when a role or work location changes. A useful Canadian HR software test is to change a position's province mid-pay-period and inspect the effective date, manager access and rule configuration your team must validate.
The story
The local stories show relationships that continue beyond go-live: County of Renfrew since early 2023, Ktunaxa Nation Council since 2023, and Silvera for Seniors since 2024. For a new rollout, agree the first workflow, data responsibilities, validation steps and support arrangement before setting a cutover date.
Most implementations take four to twelve weeks, with large or complex rollouts taking twelve to thirty-six weeks. The exact schedule depends on scope, data readiness and how quickly your team can make decisions.
Real product, real questions, no slides. Starts at $4 per employee per month, CAD or USD, with $0 setup fees.
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No setup fees, no long-term contracts. Implementation, migration, and training included.
Bring the part that's costing you time. We'll show you what running it properly looks like.
Statutory rates 2026
Current employee and employer contribution rates, ceilings, and thresholds set by the issuing authority. Workzoom configures and maintains these rates in the platform, reviewed quarterly and on every statutory change, so payroll runs use the current values.
| Contribution | Rate | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPP employee contribution rate | 5.95% | CRA | YMP: $74,600 · YAMPE: $85,000 |
| CPP2 second-tier contribution rate | 4% | CRA | YAMPE: $85,000 |
| EI employee premium rate | 1.63% | CRA | MIE: $68,900 |
| EI employee premium rate (Quebec) | 1.30% | CRA | |
| QPP employee contribution rate (Quebec) | 6.30% | Revenu Québec | |
| QPIP employee premium rate (Quebec) | 0.430% | Revenu Québec | MIE: $103,000 |
Verified May 20, 2026 against the issuing authority for each line. Rates change. If you spot a discrepancy, contact us and we will update within one business day.
How Workzoom hr runs day to day in Canada, with the local statutory specifics teams ask about.
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