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Municipal HR software that clears the council audit

Multi-department scheduling, CUPE payroll, and Council reporting. One platform for local government.

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County of Renfrew900 employees, live since 2023
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 municipal HR software manages CUPE-aware payroll, multi-department scheduling, and position control reporting for Canadian local governments. The platform handles collective agreement terms for multiple union locals, flags position vacancies against approved headcount, and generates Council-ready budget reports directly from payroll data. CUPE step progression, premiums, and council-ready reporting are native; GL export uses configurable cost-center dimensions and may require custom mapping for specific accounting systems. Pricing is $4 per employee per month per suite with no setup fees, and seasonal staff count only during active months.

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How Workzoom helps

What does municipal HR software cover?

Payroll

Every department, every union, one pay run.

Handle CUPE collective agreement compliance, union step progression tracking, and council-approved pay scale enforcement in a single payroll system. Council-ready reporting with configurable journal formatting for GL export.

  • CUPE collective agreement compliance
  • Union step progression tracking
  • Council-ready payroll reporting
  • Configurable journal formatting for GL export
Workzoom payroll processing run with bank transmissions for municipalities teams
Workforce

Position control meets headcount reality.

Council-approved positions tracked separately from headcount. Multi-department scheduling across city services with seasonal workforce management for snow removal, parks, and construction crews.

  • Position control vs. headcount tracking
  • Multi-department resource sharing
  • Seasonal leave policies vs. year-round staff
  • Council-approved position budgets
Workzoom scheduling dashboard with shift assignment and rotation logic
Self-Service

Public servants serve themselves first.

Municipal staff request time off, view pay stubs, update direct deposit, and acknowledge policy from any device. Department managers approve in line, not through three forwarded emails. HR reclaims the hours it used to spend forwarding forms across city services, parks, and public works.

  • Time-off requests with manager approval in-app
  • Self-serve pay stub, T4, and direct deposit
  • Policy acknowledgement tracked per employee
  • Multi-department approval routing
Workzoom employee self-service dashboard for municipal staff with time-off, pay stubs, and policy acknowledgements

01Modules

The modules that fire most in municipalities.

HR Administration
Manages employee profiles with union agreement configuration, credential tracking, and digital onboarding workflows so new hires including those requiring criminal record checks and union enrollment are documented before their first day.
Scheduling
Runs multi-department scheduling for public works, parks, transit, bylaw, and admin in a single view, with credential-gated shift assignment and visibility across shared-pool employees to prevent double-booking.
Timekeeping
Captures approved time across all departments and automatically calculates CUPE union overtime, stat premiums, and shift differentials without manual re-entry into payroll.
Pay Processing
Applies separate collective agreement pay rules per CUPE local automatically, generating T4s, ROEs, and multi-provincial payroll with direct deposit for every employment type.
Benefits
Administers benefit eligibility by employment type and union classification, so full-time, part-time, casual, and volunteer staff each receive the correct entitlements automatically.
Recruiting
Posts open positions to a careers page, tracks applicants against approved position counts, and manages background check and union enrollment documentation in one workflow.

02How it works

How municipal HR software runs on one record.

01
Position control built into the platform
Workzoom tracks approved positions versus actual headcount by department, flags vacancies, and calculates salary budget variance from the same data that runs payroll. Council reports are generated in-platform and do not require pulling data from finance and HR separately.
02
Collective agreement terms configured per local
Each CUPE local has its own pay rules, premium schedules, and overtime thresholds in Workzoom. Employees are assigned to their applicable local and payroll calculates correctly for each agreement automatically, eliminating the manual calculation that creates grievances.
03
Seasonal headcount billed only when active
Seasonal employees are activated and deactivated in any billing cycle and count only during active months. Returning seasonal staff retain their records from prior seasons for faster re-onboarding, without re-entering personal and pay data.
32
employees onboarded in three months at County of Renfrew with zero paper forms
40%
faster payroll processing at Northern Sunrise County
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How Workzoom compares

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Questions from municipalities teams

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

Each collective agreement is configured separately in Workzoom with its own pay rules, premium schedules, and overtime thresholds. Employees are assigned to their applicable CUPE local, and payroll calculates correctly for each agreement automatically through one engine. Union step progression and seniority rules vary by bargaining unit, and the platform applies the right rules to the right worker without manual sorting. This municipal payroll software eliminates the per-union calculation that creates grievances. Workzoom serves local governments of 50 or more employees across multiple departments.
Yes. Seasonal employees are activated and deactivated in any billing cycle, and you pay only for active headcount during the months they work. Summer students, seasonal parks staff, and snow removal crews each get their own employment rules and leave policies. Returning seasonal staff retain their records from prior seasons, so re-onboarding skips the data re-entry. This municipal HR software bills seasonal headcount only when active. Workzoom serves local governments of 50 or more year-round employees, scaling up and down with the season.
Workzoom tracks approved positions versus actual headcount by department, flags vacancies, and calculates salary budget variance from the same data that runs payroll. A role stays in the org chart with its budget and reporting line even while vacant, ready for the next hire. Council reports are generated in-platform and export in formats ready for Council packages, with no pulling data from finance and HR separately. This government workforce management software builds position control into the platform. Workzoom serves local governments of 50 or more employees.
Yes. Each department in Workzoom has its own scheduling configuration, including shift templates, overtime rules, and call-out procedures for public works, parks, and administration. Department managers see only their own department, while HR sees every department in one consolidated view. Multi-department resource sharing lets crews move between city services without losing their scheduling history. This local government HR software keeps each department's rules separate inside one platform. Workzoom serves municipalities of 50 or more employees running distinct scheduling logic across departments.
Workzoom exports payroll journal entries in formats compatible with most municipal finance systems, with configurable journal formatting for GL export scoped during implementation. Most municipalities use a simple file-based export that requires no ongoing IT maintenance or custom code. Council-ready payroll reporting is generated directly from payroll data, not assembled from separate systems. This HR software for municipalities keeps finance feeds simple and audit-ready. Workzoom serves local governments of 50 or more employees, with budget variance and position reporting in-platform.
Yes. Workzoom supports multiple employment types within the same organization, including full-time, part-time, casual, and volunteer, each with its own pay, benefits, and scheduling configuration. Volunteer firefighters and part-time bylaw officers follow their own rules while appearing in the same HR and scheduling view as year-round staff. Reports can filter by employment type for Council and budget reviews. This municipal payroll software handles every worker classification in one system. Workzoom serves local governments of 50 or more employees with mixed workforces.
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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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A 15 to 60 minute working session, not a slide deck. We look at your municipalities org structure, identify which suites fit, and walk through how Workzoom solves the specific problems you came here to read about. You leave knowing which modules fit and what to expect on pricing.

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06Proven

Municipalities teams running Workzoom today.

County of Renfrew administration building, Pembroke, Ontario
32
New hires onboarded in 3 months with the new hybrid process, without increasing HR headcount.
County of Renfrew Municipal Government · 900 employees · Canada

We wouldn't be able to hire the people that we do anymore with the same resources we already had. It's allowed us to keep our headcount consistent without needing to increase, saving us time and money.

Greg Belmore Greg BelmoreManager of Human Resources, County of Renfrew
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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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Northern Sunrise County municipal office in Alberta, Canada, running Workzoom HR and payroll across a seasonal workforce that scales from 90 to 140 employees.
40%
Faster payroll processing. First payroll run completed in under 3 months, the fastest and most accurate the county had ever seen.
Northern Sunrise County Municipal Government · 140 employees · Canada

Switching to Workzoom has made managing payroll and timekeeping so much easier. The system is straightforward and works really well. We were able to process our first payroll faster than we expected, and now we feel much more confident in how we're handling everything. It's been a big help.

Carol HaneyPayroll and Benefits Administrator, Northern Sunrise County
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