We’ve been helping daycares like yours for 25 years.
From keeping shifts covered and certifications current to tracking hours worked and reporting, Payworks helps you manage and pay the team behind it all. And when questions come up, we’re here.
Everything has it’s place
When payroll sits alongside licensing reports, parent communications and last-minute staff coverage, connected tools make a meaningful difference. Payworks brings hiring, HR, scheduling, time and payroll together in one system.
Payroll for different roles, rates and schedules.
Manage multiple pay rates for full-time, part-time and casual ECEs, along with vacation accruals, source deductions and remittances. Payworks covers ROEs and files year-end tax forms on your behalf, including T4s and Québec RL-1s.
Track time, manage absences and fill shifts.
Managing staff across rooms, shifts or locations gets complicated. Payworks connects availability, absences and hours worked directly to Payroll, while automatically calculating overtime, stat holiday pay and premiums.
Recruit, onboard and manage—all from one login.
Post jobs, track applicants and move new-hire information directly into HR and Payroll without rekeying. Keep onboarding, employee records and ECE certification renewals organized, while built-in Analytics surfaces headcount, turnover and tenure trends.
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Why childcare operators choose Payworks
By lunchtime, you’ve already soothed a difficult drop-off, tracked down a missing stuffie and sent a round of parent updates. Payroll is important, but Payworks can make it the least of your concerns.
New-hires (and their info) needs to flow
Move applicant and onboarding information into HR and Payroll, reducing duplicate entry and helping new employees get set up faster.
Changing hours create payroll errors
Capture approved hours, multiple pay rates and shift premiums in one system, reducing manual calculations before each payroll is processed.
Schedule changes affect coverage
Manage schedules, availability, absences and time-off requests across rooms or locations, helping coordinate coverage around required staff-to-child ratios each day.
Renewal dates are hard to track
Track ECE certifications and renewal dates, with reminders that help you act before credentials unexpectedly expire or licensing reviews begin.
CWELCC reporting consumes hours
Use built-in Analytics to organize labour costs and payroll data by program or cost centre, supporting CWELCC reporting and reconciliation.
Payroll questions interrupt your day
Employees access pay information in the app and you get answers in minutes from Canadian experts by chat, email or phone.
98% of clients who choose Payworks choose to stay. Here's why...
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Frequently asked questions
Payworks walks every new client through a structured five-step onboarding process so nothing gets missed, supported by a dedicated implementation specialist, who will even run your first payroll right alongside you. Most onboarding is complete within weeks, and once you’re up and running, your Canadian-based client service team is available by phone, email, or real-time chat. Most daycares start with Payroll and add Time Management and Absence Management once they’re up and running.
Daycares choose Payworks because payroll, scheduling, time tracking and absence management work together in one shared database, so hours and time off reach the pay run without rekeying. Every client gets a dedicated implementation specialist through their first payroll run, ongoing support from a Canadian service team, and CRA and Revenu Québec year-end filing and ROE submission handled for them.
A lot goes into great care. We know!
Your dedicated Implementation Specialist will guide you through setup and your first payroll run. From there, a team of NPI-trained experts is at your side, always a quick call or click away.
Located across the country to serve you better.
From Dartmouth to Victoria, our team of sales, service and implementation experts are local to you.