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Dayforce Powerpay

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What is Dayforce Powerpay?

Dayforce Powerpay allows small businesses to pay and manage employees. It is used to simplify and automate payroll processes with automatic payroll calculations and remittances to the CRA and RQ, and streamlines payroll with connected time and attendance tracking to…

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A Good Solution for Your Payroll Needs.

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 20, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Our business uses Dayforce as its payroll processing system. We needed a system that was straightforward to use for both the payroll administrator and our employees. Dayforce ...
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Kelsey West
Manager - Finance and Accounting
Manager of Finance and Operations
IP Private Wealth™
Dayforce Powerpay2 years of experience

Great tool for small organizations!

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 19, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
As a small not-for-profit association, Dayforce Powerpay is a wonderful, right-sized tool for our needs. With a small number of employees, it is important for us to have an ea...
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Sarah Craig
C-Level Executive - Other
Executive Director
CIS Ontario
Dayforce Powerpay7 years of experience

Dayforce Powerpay saves me time and money

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 19, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have been using Dayforce Powerpay for several years now and our company changed owners and Dayforce employees helped us set up the new company and new ownership. They took ...
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Alysa Farrell
Administrator - Professional Services
Director
Rockland Academy of Martial Arts
Dayforce Powerpay10 years of experience

Powerpay is a powerful tool!

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 14, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We’ve been using Power Pay for more than 20 months and find it very reliable and user-friendly. We process hourly pay for approximately 1000 employees and salaried pay for app...
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Susan Pirie
Manager - Human Resources
Payroll Supervisor
Consumers Co operative Refineries Ltd
Dayforce Powerpay2 years of experience

User-friendly with excellent support!

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 13, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Dayforce for payroll purposes. It easily allows us to input employee timesheets, expenses, bonuses, etc. It also lets us issue T4s and ROEs, etc. Dayforce helps us ensu...
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Megan Cary
Employee - Marketing
Member Services & Communications Manager
BC Fruit Growers' Association
Dayforce Powerpay1 year of experience
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What is Dayforce Powerpay?

Dayforce Powerpay allows small businesses to pay and manage employees. It is used to simplify and automate payroll processes with automatic payroll calculations and remittances to the CRA and RQ, and streamlines payroll with connected time and attendance tracking to help ensure people are paid…

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  • No setup fee

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Product Details

What is Dayforce Powerpay?

Dayforce Powerpay is a payroll and HR software solution for Canadian small businesses. Powerpay helps to reduce risk by cutting through compliance complexity, streamlining processes, and by providing automatic calculations and remittances. Powerpay includes features such as payroll processing, reporting, self-service, record management, onboarding, time-off requests, managed payroll, HR advisory, integrations, and time and attendance. Powerpay customers have access to a customer service team that is NPI-trained and that offers live support.

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Dayforce Powerpay Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dayforce Powerpay allows small businesses to pay and manage employees. It is used to simplify and automate payroll processes with automatic payroll calculations and remittances to the CRA and RQ, and streamlines payroll with connected time and attendance tracking to help ensure people are paid accurately.

QuickBooks Online and ADP Streamline Payroll are common alternatives for Dayforce Powerpay.

Reviewers rate Support for external payroll vendors highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of Dayforce Powerpay are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Payroll simplified!!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 02, 2024
Verified User
Administrator in Finance and Accounting
Marketing & Advertising Company, 1-10 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dayforce Powerpay
35 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Dayforce for our payroll including medical beneifts as well as a RRSP contribtuion match plan. They are very efficient and professional. Making adjustments could not be any easier. Any issues we did have were always resolved quickly. Government remittances are made with ease and well documented. The year end process is simple with all supporting documents available both in the portal and also in the mobile app. Dayforce are one of the easiest payroll made simple providers I have seen. They offer a full suite of options and are not pushy to upgrate or expand services.
Pros
  • Pay adjustments are simple to make.
  • Info is available in the portal as well as in the app.
  • All issues are addressed promptly and professionally
  • A human voice is always available during their operational hours.
  • They are always on time.
Cons
  • Response surveys to a service call should come after the next payroll run to verify all adjustment have in fact been made.
Likelihood to Recommend
Dayforce would be appropriate for any business with multiple employees. Government remittances are simplified and rates are always current and relevent. The mobile app provides all workers whether on site or remote access to their employment records both current and annual.

Ceridian Powerpay - my payroll best friend

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 22, 2021
Verified User
Manager in Corporate
Restaurants Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dayforce Powerpay
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Ceridian Powerpay is currently being used by our organization for payroll processing. While we have a small team, especially during the pandemic, it is still the best payroll software I have experience with regardless of team size. Ceridian helps ensure payroll is processed quickly, accurately, and on time every time. The interface is extremely user friendly, you can customize payroll settings accordingly. Being in the hospitality industry we are able to apply tips to payroll if needed. Ceridian makes it easy to add and remove employees easily - which is extremely beneficial in an industry with high turnover rate and during this pandemic. Issuing automatic ROEs and T4s is also a huge bonus. It really helps take the stress off of the individual who processes payroll.
Pros
  • Very intuitive and user friendly interface.
  • Automatic ROEs and T4s.
  • Customizing your payroll needs whether that be tips, commission, extra deductions, dual pay rates, etc.
  • Their support is extremely helpful, although rarely needed.
Cons
  • Would be great if you could search for specific ROEs in the system rather than having to go into each individual pay period package to locate - especially when there may be 10+ ROEs.
Likelihood to Recommend
In all honestly I don’t know a situation where Ceridian Powerpay would not be appropriate to use. I have used it at a company with 12 employees, and at a company with 100 employees. The system works great regardless of company size and the benefits significantly outweigh any (if any) negatives.

I only have experience with the system in the hospitality industry but it covered all our needs and more that I can only imagine that would apply to other industries as well.

A Good Solution for Your Payroll Needs.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
September 20, 2024
KW
Kelsey West
Manager of Finance and Operations
IP Private Wealth™ (Financial Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dayforce Powerpay
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our business uses Dayforce as its payroll processing system. We needed a system that was straightforward to use for both the payroll administrator and our employees. Dayforce gives us a reliable and easy-to-use payroll system for our bi-weekly needs. Clear reporting is also essential to our business needs.
Pros
  • Excellent Customer Service.
  • Clear Reporting.
  • Easy-to-use Payroll Processing.
  • Great Resources for Changes/Updates in Regulations.
Cons
  • Being able to look into employee information without having to start a payroll period.
Likelihood to Recommend
Dayforce is a solid payroll processing system. It's always been reliable and straightforward. However, where Dayforce shines is in its customer support. I have used a few other systems that do the same thing but cannot touch the level of superior customer service that Dayforce provides. Customer service has always been knowledgeable, concise, polite, and professional—they are what keep me as a customer!

An effective, simple, and easy to use payroll administration tool

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 14, 2021
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Ceridian Powerpay for payroll administration and some minor HR activities/processes. The software is used for processing payroll for all areas of the organization on a bi-weekly basis. The main business problem it solves is providing a single solution for the administration of payroll that, due to its nature, makes the process more streamlined and simplified, eliminating many of the otherwise manual aspects of payroll. As nearly all of our workforce is salaried, the actual payroll process can be completed in less than an hour without fail.
Pros
  • Ceridian Powerpay simplifies the payroll process, very little manual work involved during each payroll run.
  • Ceridian Powerpay is mostly an intuitive interface with easy to understand workflows to allow for multiple users to be able to use the system if required.
Cons
  • Reports could be more robust. You can pull reports from Ceridian Powerpay, but they are often relatively necessary and not useful for more advanced analysis and filtering, which would have to be done manually.
  • Changes to the system cannot always be completed on your own and require intervention from Ceridian via support. While this meant as a safety feature so that it doesn’t compromise the setup of your company, more advanced users should be able to use this without intervention/support.
Likelihood to Recommend
Ceridian Powerpay is useful for an organization with either a small or large workforce, with a reasonably simple payroll setup. Our organization does not have any complicated commission schema, so Ceridian Powerpay works excellent for standard payroll that doesn’t change too much from week to week, often with salaried employees that have predictable compensation. I would hesitate to recommend Ceridian Powerpay to an organization with more complication pay systems, especially if they are larger as Ceridian Powerpay seems better suited to standard payroll without anything outside of the norm. While not feature-rich overall, Ceridian Powerpay gets the job done, and it is easy to use, so you can rely on multiple users in the organization being trained to use the software without requiring a significant investment on your part.

Never, I mean ever, use Ceridian for your payroll needs.

Rating: 1 out of 10
March 09, 2022
GD
Greg Dykstra
Accounting Manager
Henry of Pelham Inc. (Food & Beverages, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Dayforce Powerpay
10 years of experience
Cons
  • Customer Support is Horrible
  • They over bill you for everything and ignore cancellation requests
  • They don't listen to what you need or want, they slip in cancellation clauses and charge you for inactive employees throughout the year.
  • They leave one person in charge of your account and should that person go on leave you are stuck waiting until that person gets back (including personal leaves that lasted 2 months)
Likelihood to Recommend
Customer Service has been horrible for Dayforce and Powerpay. They have some knowledgeable staff but an equal amount that will steer your wrong. They ignore cancellation requests so they can charge you more, they ignore verbal confirmations where you request 1 month of a particular service then charge you more because you didn't send in a formal cancellation. Overall the best experience I've had with Ceridian has been mediocre but for the most part I'm happy to have moved over to ADP.
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