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First Nations HR software, built for self-governance

Band employment, ISC reporting, multi-community scheduling. Trusted by four Indigenous organizations across British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, including Ktunaxa Nation, Simpcw First Nation, and the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council.

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115 employees, multi-entity
Ktunaxa NationISC reporting in days, not weeks
4.5
G2 + Capterra (50 reviews)1
25+ Years in production2
100% In-house support, never farmed out14
$4 per employee / month / suite3 · CAD in Canada · USD elsewhere

AThe short answer

Workzoom First Nations HR software manages Band employment registers, federal Indigenous Services Canada reporting, and multi-community workforce scheduling for Indigenous governments across Canada. The platform tracks Band member employment preference and program funding allocations as part of the normal payroll run, generates ISC submission-ready reports in-platform, and supports employees scheduled across multiple communities with split-location time tracking. Four Indigenous organizations across British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario run Workzoom today, including Ktunaxa Nation, Simpcw First Nation, and the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council, and three of the four run the full or near-full HR and payroll stack. Workzoom's Indigenous government capability extends to Tribal Councils, Treaty offices, and Band-owned enterprises. Pricing is $4 per employee per month per suite, with no per-community fees and no setup fee.

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How Workzoom helps

What does First Nations HR software cover?

Reporting

Funding source reporting, audit-ready.

Funding source allocation for payroll with government audit-ready journal extraction. Band employment registers and ISC/INAC federal reporting fields. Honorarium processing for non-standard pay types.

  • Funding source allocation for payroll
  • Government audit-ready journal extraction
  • Band employment registers
  • ISC/INAC federal reporting fields
Workzoom payroll dashboard with multi-class pay run and statutory deductions
Access

Cloud-based. Works anywhere.

No servers to maintain. Multi-entity support for band councils with separate legal entities. Access from any device with an internet connection.

  • Cloud-based platform
  • Multi-entity support for band councils
  • Honorarium processing
  • Works on any device
Workzoom Time and Attendance dashboard with mobile timekeeping and per-location allocation
Learning

Cultural training alongside professional.

Track cultural competency programs, language certifications, and Band-mandated training alongside professional credentials and safety tickets. Auto-assign required courses to new hires by role, and surface completion in funder and ISC reports. Honorarium-based instructors can be paid and credentialed in the same record.

  • Cultural competency program tracking
  • Language certification and Band-mandated training
  • Role-based auto-assignment of required courses
  • Honorarium instructor payment and credentialing
Workzoom learning dashboard with cultural competency programs and Band-mandated training for First Nations staff

01Modules

The modules that fire most in indigenous.

HR Administration
Configures Band employment agreement terms including housing allowances, community benefit requirements, seasonal program staffing rules, and overtime structures that differ from provincial standards, with each Band agreement maintained separately.
Pay Processing
Processes housing allowances, seasonal program pay, honorariums, and Band-specific employment terms alongside standard Canadian payroll including CPP, EI, T4, and ROE generation, with bilingual English and French employee-facing modules.
Scheduling
Supports employees scheduled across multiple communities within the same Nation with travel assignments, community-specific scheduling, and split-location time tracking, with managers at each community seeing only their location and Nation administration seeing the full workforce.
Timekeeping
Tracks time by community and program fund so payroll allocation reports show costs by funding source, essential for reconciling contribution agreement expenditures with ISC.
Recruiting
Manages hiring and digital onboarding for seasonal and program-funded employees with Band member employment preference tracked at the position level and applied to the ISC annual labour market reporting workflow.
Benefits
Administers community benefit requirements and benefit eligibility separately for full-time, seasonal, and program-funded employees within the same platform.

02How it works

How First Nations HR software runs on one record.

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ISC reporting is a byproduct of normal payroll, not a three-week project
Band member employment preference, program funding allocations, and community employment counts are tracked as part of Workzoom's standard payroll workflow. ISC report templates are configured to match submission formats so annual reporting is generated from existing data, not assembled from spreadsheets.
02
Multi-community employees are a first-class configuration, not a workaround
Workzoom supports employees scheduled across multiple communities with travel assignments and community-specific time tracking built into the platform. A health worker serving three communities records time by community, and payroll allocation reflects each location automatically without manual adjustment.
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Seasonal and program-funded headcount billed only when active
Seasonal employees are activated and deactivated by program cycle at $4 per active employee per month per suite. When a seasonal program ends, those employees are deactivated and stop counting in billing, then reactivated with records intact for the next cycle.
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Indigenous organizations live across British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, three on the full or near-full stack
200+
employees managed at Ktunaxa Nation Council across multiple communities in BC
2 days
for ISC submission at Ktunaxa Nation, down from three weeks of manual spreadsheet assembly
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03Compare

How Workzoom compares

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Questions from indigenous teams

How Workzoom handles the specific HR, payroll, and workforce realities of indigenous operations.

Yes. Workzoom is configurable to reflect Band employment agreement terms, including housing allowances, community benefit requirements, seasonal program staffing rules, and overtime structures that differ from provincial employment standards. Each Band agreement is configured separately with its own pay rules. When agreement terms change, the update applies system-wide with no manual recalculation. This First Nations payroll software runs Band agreements on their own terms inside one engine. Workzoom serves Indigenous governments of 50 or more employees managing Band-specific employment rules.
Yes. Workzoom tracks Band member employment preference by position, program funding allocations, and community employment counts, the data required for Indigenous Services Canada annual labour market reporting. Report templates are configured to match ISC submission formats, so reporting is generated from existing payroll data rather than assembled from spreadsheets. At Ktunaxa Nation Council, ISC submission dropped from three weeks of manual work to two days. This Indigenous HR software makes ISC reporting a byproduct of payroll. Workzoom serves Indigenous governments of 50 or more employees.
Yes. Workzoom supports employees scheduled across multiple communities within the same organization, with travel assignments, community-specific scheduling, and split-location time tracking all built in. A health worker serving three communities records time by community, and payroll allocation reflects each location automatically. Managers at each community see only their location, while Nation administration sees the whole workforce. This Indigenous workforce management software treats multi-community staffing as a first-class configuration. Workzoom serves Indigenous governments of 50 or more employees working across communities.
Seasonal and program-funded employees are activated and deactivated by cycle in Workzoom, and you pay $4 per active employee per month per suite only while they are active. When a seasonal program ends, those employees are deactivated and stop counting in billing, then reactivated with their records intact for the next cycle. There are no contracts or minimums. This band office HR software bills program headcount only when active. Workzoom serves Indigenous governments of 50 or more year-round employees running cyclical funded programs.
Yes. Employees in Workzoom can be coded to specific funding sources at the individual or position level. Payroll allocation reports show costs by program fund and funding source, which is essential for reconciling contribution agreement expenditures with ISC. A date-effective allocation history backs every charge, and the platform produces audit-ready remuneration reports for First Nations Financial Transparency Act filing. This First Nations payroll software separates Band and program-funded pay cleanly. Workzoom serves Indigenous governments of 50 or more employees across multiple funding streams.
Yes. Workzoom supports bilingual English and French operation for employee-facing modules, and language preference is set at the individual employee level. The platform is cloud-based with offline-tolerant data entry, so band offices in remote and northern communities with intermittent connectivity can still operate it on any device. Multi-entity support keeps the band, band council, and economic development arms on separate ledgers. This Indigenous HR software works for bilingual nations anywhere. Workzoom serves Indigenous governments of 50 or more employees across Canada.

04More from Workzoom

Other industries on the same record.

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05Pricing

One price, every industry.

$4 per suite $16 all four, USD per employee / month

Annual saves 5%. Non-profit saves 5%. No setup fees, no per-module add-ons, no surprise invoices at renewal.

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06Proven

Indigenous teams running Workzoom today.

Ktunaxa Nation Council Government Building, Cranbrook, BC
115
Employees. Indigenous government in BC’s Kootenay region, modernizing HR across varied sectors since 2023.
Ktunaxa Nation Council Indigenous Government · 115 employees · Canada

Working with Workzoom has streamlined our operations and improved our efficiency. This upgrade gives us more time to focus on team and community projects.

Amanda Casey Amanda CaseyManager of Human Resources, Ktunaxa Nation Council
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