About Workzoom

We built payroll
before we built software.

Linda Woolley built her first payroll system in 1974, before the IBM PC existed. She co-founded Nortek Solutions Inc. with Andy Woolley in 2000, the same Canadian legal entity that ships as Workzoom today. 52 years of continuous Canadian payroll lineage, 100% Canadian-owned, founder-led across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and the United Kingdom.

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1974
Linda's first payroll system
2000
Nortek Solutions Inc. incorporated
2009
Multi-tenant cloud commitment
25+
Years in production as Nortek and Workzoom

01Our story

HRIS built by people who have done the work.

In 1974, Linda Woolley built her first payroll system for Canadian enterprises. Not as a technologist experimenting in a new market. As a professional who understood payroll deeply, before the IBM PC existed. She built what her clients needed because she had lived the problem. The company she founded that year, High Line Data Systems Inc., ran through the 1990s.

When Linda and Andy Woolley co-founded Nortek Solutions Inc. in 2000, they brought that foundation with them. The compliance depth, the service model, the conviction that software should serve practitioners rather than force them to adapt. Workzoom is their life's work, and Nortek Solutions Inc. is still the legal entity behind it.

In 2009 Nortek committed to a multi-tenant cloud architecture, a call most HR-software vendors did not make until years later. The cloud payroll application built on that decision, Curos, became the technical foundation that today ships as Workzoom.

02The difference

One employee record. Every module.

Most HR stacks are assembled from separate tools that pass data between them. Every handoff is a place where data gets lost, duplicated, or delayed. Workzoom is a single system. When a manager approves a timesheet, payroll already has it. When HR onboards a new hire, scheduling already sees them.

Workzoom is built for mid-market organizations with 50 to 5,000 employees that need the full stack without enterprise overhead. We publish our pricing upfront, include implementation, and assign the same support team from day one.

Andy Woolley, Workzoom co-founder, speaking at the SHRM Bahamas 2025 conference at the British Colonial in Nassau
Andy Woolley, co-founder, speaking at the SHRM Bahamas 2025 conference.
The British Colonial in Nassau, venue for the SHRM Bahamas 2025 conference
The British Colonial, Nassau, venue for SHRM Bahamas 2025.

03The lineage

From a 1974 payroll system to Workzoom today.

Half a century of continuous Canadian payroll work. Same family, same legal entity since 2000.

1974
Linda's first payroll system
Linda Woolley builds her first payroll system for Canadian enterprises, before the IBM PC exists. Founds the predecessor company High Line Data Systems Inc. the same year.
2000
Nortek Solutions Inc. incorporated1
Linda and Andy Woolley co-found Nortek Solutions Inc. on January 4, 2000 in Ontario, Canada. The same legal entity that ships as Workzoom today. The first decade of the company was QA and software-testing consulting, not yet HR or payroll.
2010
Multi-tenant cloud rebuild2
Linda and Andy rebuild the platform on agile, multi-tenant cloud technology from the ground up. They co-architect the Curos Technology Platform, the internal foundation that becomes the Workzoom platform.
2012
Canadian Payroll Reporter feature3
Linda Woolley featured in Canadian Payroll Reporter (Thomson Reuters), peer to ADP Canada's VP and CIO and a Fraser Milner Casgrain privacy lawyer, on the move to multi-tenant cloud payroll.
2018
Workzoom planning begins
Internal planning for the next-generation Workzoom platform begins, with stated goals of engaging employees, enlightening leaders, and helping clients grow.
2021
Brand becomes Workzoom4
March 13, 2021: Nortek publishes the official "Nortek is now Workzoom!" announcement, retiring the Nortek brand and pushing Workzoom forward. The legal entity Nortek Solutions Inc. remains.
2025
WORKZOOM trademark registered5
Canadian Intellectual Property Office registers WORKZOOM as TMA1364694, valid through 2035. The registration came after Zoom Communications opposed the mark in September 2025 and withdrew the opposition in December.
Today
25+ years in production
Workzoom serves organizations with 50 to 5,000 employees across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and the United Kingdom. Four-suite platform on one employee record. Founder-led, 100% Canadian-owned, no VC.

Sources

  1. Better Business Bureau business profile and archived snapshots of norteksolutions.com (2000 to 2005).
  2. Linda Woolley, Workzoom blog: the 2010 build of the Curos Technology Platform.
  3. "Is the cloud the right choice for payroll?" Canadian Payroll Reporter, 2012.
  4. "Nortek is now Workzoom" announcement, published March 13, 2021.
  5. Canadian Intellectual Property Office, WORKZOOM trademark registration (owner Nortek Solutions Inc.).

04On the record

13 years of independent validation.

Thomson Reuters' Canadian Payroll Reporter quoted Linda peer to ADP Canada's CIO in 2012. Independent HCM analyst Steve Goldberg, ex-PeopleSoft and Bersin, named Workzoom directly in 2025. Two anchors, 13 years apart, same platform.

Canadian Payroll Reporter, November 2012
"In 2009, we said this is where we are going to head and it's going to be multi-tenanted. So no client would ever fear the risk of access by another client."
Linda Woolley, President, Nortek Solutions (2012).
Canadian Payroll Reporter (Thomson Reuters). Is the cloud the right choice for payroll?.
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Independent HCM analyst, February 2025
"Of the 150+ HCM/HRTech solution vendors that have engaged me as an advisor or briefed me as an industry analyst, Workzoom's approach is notably efficient. I wish I had encountered Workzoom during my time as an HR Tech buyer."
Steve Goldberg, Founder, SBG Consulting and Distinguished Advisor at 3Sixty Insights. Ex-PeopleSoft, Bersin, Ventana Research. Named Top 100 HR Tech Influencer by Human Resource Executive (2023, 2024).
Read the full essay

05What we stand for

Three things we will not compromise on.

These are not aspirational. They are the commitments every client holds us to from day one.

One record. No imports.
One employee record across HR, Payroll, Workforce, and Talent. No imports, no integrations between modules, no reconciling data. When a record changes in HR, payroll knows immediately.
Transparent pricing. Always.
$4 per employee per suite per month. Implementation included. Support included. No setup fees, no annual contracts, no surprises. You know the price before you sign.
100% Canadian owned.
No US parent company. Choose Canadian or US cloud hosting. Your data never leaves your chosen jurisdiction. Every client runs on a dedicated environment with its own database.

06Leadership

The founders who built it from scratch.

Linda and Andy Woolley co-founded Nortek Solutions Inc. in 2000. Their combined experience in HR and payroll technology spans over 50 years, anchored by Linda's first payroll system in 1974.

Linda Woolley, co-founder of Workzoom and Nortek Solutions Inc.
Linda Woolley
Founder, still active
University of Toronto. Built her first payroll system in 1974, before the IBM PC existed. Founded High Line Data Systems Inc. the same year. Co-founded Nortek Solutions Inc. with Andy in 2000. Quoted in Canadian Payroll Reporter, November 2012, peer to ADP Canada's CIO. Still actively engaged in Workzoom today, 52 years on.
Andy Woolley, co-founder and CEO of Workzoom
Andy Woolley
CEO, Co-Founder
Chief Executive Officer of Workzoom and co-architect of the platform. Co-founded Nortek Solutions Inc. in 2000. Co-architected the Curos cloud payroll platform around 2010. 25 years building the compliance depth and service model that define Workzoom today.
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07FAQ

About Workzoom: common questions.

Workzoom is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The platform is 100% Canadian-owned, operated by Nortek Solutions Inc., founded in 2000. Data can be hosted in Canada or the US depending on client preference.

Workzoom serves organizations across 10+ industries including healthcare, municipalities, nonprofits, long-term care, construction, and hospitality. It handles the compliance requirements specific to each sector.

Workzoom starts at $4 per employee per suite per month. There are no setup fees, no implementation charges, and no long-term contracts. See the full Workzoom pricing page for details.

Workzoom is an all-in-one platform where HR, Payroll, Workforce, and Talent share one employee record. Most competitors are assembled from separate tools. See full comparisons.

Workzoom runs live payroll in Canada, the United States, and the Bahamas. Its statutory engines are built to handle Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Antigua and Barbuda, and it provides HR and compliance support in the United Kingdom. See client case studies from Canada, the US, and the Bahamas.

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