HCM software built for complex organizations

StarGarden helps position-based organizations manage HR, payroll, and workforce data with greater accuracy, visibility, and control.

Designed for environments with multiple collective agreements and complex pay and benefits requirements, StarGarden brings HR, payroll, and rostering together in one connected solution.

About StarGarden

Built for Complex Organizations: From multiple collective agreements to detailed pay rules, StarGarden gives position-based organizations one connected system for HR, payroll, and workforce data.

More than 40 years of HR and payroll experience

Since 1984, StarGarden has helped complex organizations manage HR, payroll, and workforce data with greater accuracy, visibility, and control. Our experience spans public sector, healthcare, education, heavy industry, and other structured environments across Canada, the United States, and New Zealand.

StarGarden’s HCM platform is designed to reflect how complex organizations actually operate. Its position-based, date-effective structure helps teams manage change more confidently, maintain accurate historical records, and support the reporting, auditability, and payroll precision that modern organizations require.

StarGarden HCM modules: Organizations Positions Roles, Scheduling/Time and Attendance, Compensation Management, Recruitment and Applicant Management, Costing and GL Sub-ledger, Payroll, Industrial Relations, Benefits Administration, Accruals and Balances, Health and Safety, and Training and Staff Development

Built for complex requirements

StarGarden combines integrated HR, payroll, time, and workflow capabilities in one platform built for organizations with structured roles, complex rules, and high expectations for control and accountability.

  • Integrated HR, payroll, time, scheduling, and workforce management capabilities.
  • Role- and position-based access controls to support security and delegated authority.
  • Date-effective records with detailed audit history to support compliance and payroll accuracy.
  • Automatic inheritance of position and agreement data at the employee position level.
  • More than 200 standard reports, with reusable reporting scenarios and export options.
  • Designed to handle complex requirements with minimal customization.

With a single integrated database, organizations can reduce duplicate entry, improve data integrity, and generate more meaningful insight across HR and payroll. StarGarden also supports ad hoc reporting and flexible data analysis to help teams make more informed decisions.

StarGarden platform interface

Deployment and technology

StarGarden is delivered through a browser-based interface with flexible deployment options to suit your environment. Organizations can deploy StarGarden on-premise or in a hosted environment, while supporting secure access, integration with other systems, and the reporting tools needed to manage complex operations with confidence.

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A complete platform

One integrated solution for HR, payroll, time, scheduling, and workforce management.

Built for complex environments

Designed to support structured organizations with complex pay rules, collective agreements, and detailed operational requirements.

Easier to use

A browser-based experience designed to help teams complete everyday HR and payroll tasks more efficiently.

Flexible deployment

Deploy StarGarden on-premise or in a hosted environment, depending on your organization’s needs.

Implementation and support

Experienced implementation and support teams help organizations adopt StarGarden with greater confidence.

Browser-based access

Access StarGarden through a browser-based interface across your network or hosted environment.

Reporting and analysis

Standard and ad hoc reporting tools help teams analyze workforce data and support better decisions.

Integration support

StarGarden supports integration with related business systems to reduce duplication and improve process flow.

Security and access control

Access follows the role, not the person, so authority can be delegated without compromising security or oversight.

Position-based data model

Reorganize a role once, and every employee tied to that position inherits the update automatically, no manual re-entry.

Audit-ready history

Answer any 'what changed and when' question in seconds, without digging through spreadsheets or backups.

HR and payroll expertise

StarGarden brings decades of experience helping organizations manage complex HR and payroll operations more effectively.

Better Business Bureau Accredited Business, A+ Rating

Trusted By HR Professionals: We're a proud member of the Better Business Bureau. Our accreditation reflects our commitment to operating with transparency, honesty, and integrity.

BBB Rating: A+

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What Our Customers Say

I have been truly impressed by StarGarden's team. It has been very professional and accommodating. I have managed many different projects and StarGarden has been the best team to work with. When Contact North had a power outage, StarGarden was an amazing partner. I love your product and process and would highly recommend it!

Charmaine Kissmann

Contact North
StarGarden made the transition to a new human resource and payroll system compelling and pleasant. Thank you for the wonderful experience with my first implementation of a payroll system. The StarGarden team is an exceptional group of people that will always hold a special place in my heart!

Emily Gibbs

Community HealthCare Systems
StarGarden is well set-up for organizations that deal with various collective agreements and unions. It works well with positions and structures, and has a lot of features that tend to work well with government type of structures such as health care, libraries, etc

Don Nettleton

Okanagan Regional Library

Questions complex organizations often ask

Yes. StarGarden helps you manage complex staffing structures across roles, shifts, departments, and sites. You can support workforce planning, scheduling, and position-based structures in one integrated system instead of splitting those processes across disconnected tools.

Yes. StarGarden helps you manage compensation structures, overtime, payroll frequencies, effective-dated changes, and different employee groups, including collective agreements, in one system. That gives your team more control over complex payroll processing and day-to-day workforce changes.

StarGarden connects scheduling, time and attendance, approvals, and payroll in one workflow. Your team can manage schedules, route time and leave for approval, pass approved time to payroll, and handle exception entry without relying on disconnected systems.

Yes. StarGarden helps you track time and labour in more detail so you can better understand overtime, staffing patterns, and resource use across departments and positions.

StarGarden helps you track training history, course requirements, certifications, and ongoing workforce readiness. You can manage training and development inside the broader HR and payroll environment instead of treating it as a separate manual process.

StarGarden gives employees and managers self-service access to tools such as time entry, leave requests, approvals, pay review, schedules, and workflow requests. That helps your team reduce admin work, keep routine tasks moving, and put more day-to-day accountability at the source.

StarGarden gives you reporting, dashboards, ad hoc reporting, and export options so you can review workforce data with better visibility. That supports budgeting, planning, forecasting, and operational decision-making across your organization.

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