Time and attendance software built for Canadian businesses
Track employee hours, approve timesheets and sync directly to your payroll software – with built-in support for Canadian employment standards. No manual re-entry. No payroll errors.

Stop chasing timesheets. Start running cleaner payroll.
Timesheets that sync to payroll

Approved hours flow directly from your employee timesheet software into your pay run. No CSV exports, no double entry, no reconciliation. Connect your time tracking to automatic payroll calculations and get clean timekeeping in payroll, every time.
Stay on top of employment standards

Canadian employment standards for overtime, and statutory holiday pay can vary. Employment Hero helps you track hours accurately and flag when a shift is heading into overtime during scheduling – so your payroll compliance stays intact and your team gets paid correctly.
Clock in from anywhere

Give your team flexible ways to record time. Use the mobile app,with geo-fenced location controls or a PIN clock-in kiosk on-site – so your staff clock in system works whether your people are in the office, on the floor or in the field.
Visibility across every shift

Set shift budgets, see the cost of every shift at a glance and flag when a schedule is heading into overtime. Generate HR reports before payroll closes so you can spot discrepancies early and keep your labour costs in check.
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Everything Canadian employers need.
Scheduling, time tracking, employee timesheets and payroll – all connected in one cloud-based time and attendance system.

Payroll sync
Approved timesheets flow straight into your payroll software – no manual re-entry, no calculation errors. Just accurate pay, every time.

Compliance support
We help you track hours and flag overtime in scheduling so your team stays on the right side of employment standards. Learn more about payroll compliance.

Mobile first
Your team can clock in, view schedules and submit timesheets from any device. Geofencing keeps clock-ins accurate for distributed, hybrid or field-based teams.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about time and attendance software in Canada.
Directly. Once a manager approves timesheets, the hours flow automatically into your payroll software inside Employment Hero. There’s no CSV export, no manual re-entry and no reconciliation between systems.
This payroll timekeeping integration is one of the most important features for Canadian employers – it reduces payroll errors, saves hours of admin time and means your team always gets paid accurately.
Yes, our platform is designed to handle the complexities of employment standards across the country. The platform helps you track hours accurately, flags when a shift will put an employee into overtime during scheduling, and we support automatic provincial statutory holiday and overtime pay calculations in most provinces, ensuring your team is paid accurately based on local requirements. Find out more about how we approach payroll compliance in Canada.
Several. Employees can clock in and out using the Employment Hero Work mobile app, a PIN-protected Hero Time Clock kiosk on-site, or through the web portal. For distributed or field-based teams, geofencing ensures staff can only clock in from approved work locations – keeping your attendance data accurate and your records clean.
This makes Employment Hero a flexible staff clock in system for businesses with multiple locations, remote workers or a mix of office and on-site teams.
Yes. Employment Hero is a cloud-based time and attendance system, so it works wherever your team works. Managers get real-time visibility on who’s clocked in, can compare schedule versus actual hours worked, and can flag shifts heading into overtime – all from a single dashboard.
Employees can log their hours through the Work app, with the option to enable geofencing for your organization to ensure clock-ins occur at specific job sites or office locations. One unified attendance tracker for employees across all locations. This creates one unified attendance tracker for employees across all locations, allowing you to easily generate reports to analyze labour costs and attendance data.
Yes. Most businesses are up and running in weeks with our streamlines setup processNo costly hardware is required for mobile clock-in – though you can set up a kiosk iPad for on-site teams if preferred.
Employment Hero connects your time tracking directly with your HR software and payroll software, so the setup builds on tools your team already uses. You will receive dedicated implementation support to guide you through the setup and configuration, ensuring your system is tailored to your business needs from the start.
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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 time off and rostering.

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

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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