Employment OS for your Business

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Employee management software that connects to everything.

Centralize your employee records, automate HR admin and give your team self-service access – all connected to payroll, time and attendance and onboarding. One employee management system, built for Canadian businesses.

Less admin. More visibility. No extra logins.

One place for every employee record

Store all employee information – contracts, certifications, contact details, pay history and documents – in a single, secure database. No more digging through email threads or shared drives. Managers and HR teams can access what they need instantly, with role-based permissions controlling who sees what. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified, so your data is protected to the highest standards. You’ll also gain access to the HR reporting software built into the platform for real-time workforce insights.

Everything your HR team needs, finally in one place.

Employment Hero is not just an employee management system – it’s a connected AI powered Employment OS. Manage people, payroll, hiring and onboarding from one platform, built for Canadian businesses.

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Centralized records

All employee data in one secure, searchable database. Contracts, documents, certifications and pay history – accessible to the right people, instantly.

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Self-service access

Employees manage their own admin through the Work app. Payslip access, personal details, time off requests  – handled without chasing HR.

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 Built for Canada

Canadian employment standards compliance, local support and a platform that connects to CRA-ready payroll. Not a US tool retrofitted for Canada – built with Canadian businesses in mind from the start.

Frequently Asked Questions

Employee management software centralizes everything related to your people – records, documents, contracts,time off, performance and communications – in one secure system. Instead of managing HR across spreadsheets, email threads and multiple tools, you get a single source of truth that your HR team, managers and employees can all access with the right level of permissions.

In Employment Hero, employee management connects directly to payroll software, time and attendance and onboarding – so your people data flows through the whole employment lifecycle without manual re-entry.

Switching to new software is one of the biggest concerns Canadian HR teams have, and rightly so – poor implementations are the most common source of regret when buying software. Employment Hero is designed for fast, guided implementation, with a dedicated team to help you migrate data, configure your setup and get up and running within weeks, not months

Because HR software, payroll, time and attendance and employee management all live in one platform, you set up once – not separately for each system. And with Canadian-based support available throughout, you’re never left figuring it out on your own.

The biggest difference is native connectivity.  While many other systems rely on separate logins or “half-baked” integrations between different tools, Employment Hero brings employee management, payroll, time and attendance, onboarding, and hiring into one unified platform. This means your data flows seamlessly between modules without the need for manual handoffs or managing multiple disconnected systems.

For Canadian businesses specifically, Employment Hero is also built with Canadian employment standards and CRA-ready payroll in mind – not adapted from a US-first tool. That matters when it comes to compliance, local support and the day-to-day fit of the platform.

Adoption is the most common reason employee management projects fail – when the system is too complex, managers stop logging in and employees keep emailing HR directly. Employment Hero is built to be intuitive for everyone, not just HR professionals.

Employees manage their own side of employment admin through the Work app – time off requests, payslip access, personal details and documents – without needing training. Managers get a clean view of their team’s records and can approve requests in a few taps. 

Yes. Employment Hero is ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017 and ISO 27018 certified, and SOC 2 Type II compliant – meaning your employee data is protected to independently verified global security standards.

Role-based permissions ensure that only the right people can access sensitive information. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. For Canadian businesses, data handling meets Canadian privacy requirements, giving HR teams and leadership confidence that employee records are secure and audit-ready at all times.

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Run payroll your way, every time

Whether you want to run manual diligence or outsource the bulk of work to our specialists, Employment Hero has a payroll solution that flexes with your ways of working.  

Automate core payroll and post-payroll tasks at no cost. Really.

Centralized access to pre-payroll data like timesheets, leave and rostering.

A dedicated payroll partner to handle complex tasks, from legislation changes to year-end submissions.

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Automated direct deposits and remittances, compliance reporting and more.

Hiring on autopilot

Take people from “Hi” to Hired without switching tabs.

Get instant access to talent. Save time and cut costs.

Curated talent shortlists automation and more.

Manage open roles, interviews and onboarding from one place.

Find, hire and onboard team members all in the same tab.

Make work feel less like work

We’ve made work admin a breeze. Forget paper-based processes and lost time off requests: give your team self-service access to all their important HR and Payroll tasks.

All employee data is housed in a single, secure platform.

Automate time off requests, performance reviews and onboarding.

Centralize and share company policies and essential documents.

Workforce analytics and reports to help leaders make data-driven decisions.

Supporting employment from every angle

Your employment vision — ignited to its full potential.

Forget payroll complexity. We deliver compliant, accurate pay runs with unmatched ease.

Why leave R&D cash on the table? Recover up to 64% with our SR&ED expertise, fuelled by your HR and payroll data.

Expert-led advice, compliance checks and advice.

Benefits+: Your team’s health benefits, digitally managed. Real-time updates push directly from HR, making manual tasks a thing of the past.

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