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IDT (International Data Technologies) provides time and attendance tools built for long-term care and senior care settings. According to the product information on idttime.com, the core capabilities are: calculating paid and unpaid hours with shift premiums (weekends and in-charge), tracking overtime, staff seniority and wage progressions, and analyzing attendance to monitor absenteeism. These features sit alongside scheduling, Canadian payroll, employee self-service and human capital management in the same platform.

Core time and attendance capabilities

Paid and unpaid hours with shift premiums

IDT calculates both paid and unpaid hours and factors in shift premiums such as weekend premiums and in-charge premiums. For a care facility, this matters because premium pay is often the most error-prone part of the timesheet: a weekend night shift with an in-charge responsibility may carry more than one premium at once. The system is described as handling these calculations as part of the time and attendance function rather than leaving them to manual adjustment.

Overtime tracking

Overtime tracking is listed as part of the same calculation engine. The site does not publish the specific overtime rules or configuration options, so facilities with complex overtime provisions should confirm the exact rule setup during a demo.

Staff seniority and wage progressions

The time and attendance module tracks staff seniority and wage progressions. In senior care, seniority often drives both scheduling rights and pay rates, so keeping it in the same system as hours worked reduces the chance of a mismatch between the schedule, the timesheet and payroll.

Attendance analysis for absenteeism

IDT includes attendance analysis tracking for absenteeism. This gives managers a view of absence patterns rather than only individual incidents, which is useful when absenteeism affects staffing levels on specific units or shifts.

How these features connect to the rest of the platform

The practical value is that the same hours data flows from scheduling through time and attendance into payroll, rather than being re-entered at each stage.

What to verify before deciding

The website describes these features at a summary level. It does not publish pricing, implementation timelines or detailed rule configuration. Before committing, ask for a demo that covers:

• Your premium structure — confirm how weekend, in-charge and any other premiums combine on a single shift.
• Your overtime rules — check whether daily, weekly or averaging provisions match your collective agreement.
• Seniority and wage progression logic — verify how progression triggers are set up and who maintains them.
• Absenteeism reporting — ask to see the attendance analysis output and whether it can be filtered by unit, shift or employee group.
• Payroll fit — the payroll function is described as Canadian; confirm it matches your jurisdiction and remittance requirements.

IDT positions the product specifically for long-term care and senior care, and offers a free demo request through its site. Facilities outside Canada, or with payroll needs beyond what is described, should raise those questions early in the demo process.

IDT (International Data Technologies) is workforce management software built specifically for long-term care and senior care settings. Its scheduling module is designed to help schedulers create and maintain shifts while staying within union rules, and it pairs that with automated call-in tools, mass messaging, and Wizard Call-in Lists intended to reduce grievances. It is a fit if your priority is union-compliant scheduling and attendance tracking in a care facility; it is not positioned as a general-purpose scheduler for other industries.

What the scheduling module covers

According to the product features on idttime.com, the scheduling capability has two connected parts:

• Schedule creation — building the initial schedule.
• Day-to-day maintenance — keeping it accurate as staff availability, absences, and shift needs change.

The stated purpose of both is to ensure union compliance is met. In a unionized care environment, that matters because schedule rules (seniority, premiums, call-in order) are often the source of formal grievances. IDT frames compliance as something the scheduling process itself enforces, rather than something a manager checks afterward.

How it tries to reduce grievances

The site names three tools aimed at avoiding grievances:

The logic is straightforward: grievances often arise when a shift is offered or assigned in a way that departs from the agreed order or process. By automating the call-in list and the messaging around it, IDT aims to make the correct process the default one. The site does not publish the detailed rules the Wizard applies, so if call-in order is a sensitive point in your collective agreement, confirm the specifics during a demo.

Where scheduling connects to the rest of the system

Scheduling does not sit alone. The same platform includes:

• Time and Attendance — calculates paid and unpaid hours including shift premiums (weekends/in-charge), overtime tracking, staff seniority, wage progressions, and absenteeism analysis.
• Employee Self Service — staff can view schedules and time cards, request time off, request a shift exchange, and change availability preferences.
• Human Capital Management — onboarding, wage progression setup, time bank tracking, performance appraisals, and tracking of discipline, licenses, and skills.
• Canadian Payroll — direct deposit, online paystubs, ROEs and T4s, and CRA remittances through IDT Payroll.

The practical benefit for a scheduler is that shift premiums and seniority used in scheduling are the same data used in payroll and attendance, which reduces the hand-off errors that tend to trigger disputes.

Who this fits, and what to check first

IDT is a reasonable candidate if you run a long-term care or senior care facility, your staff are unionized, and scheduling compliance plus attendance and payroll accuracy are your main pain points. The site describes the product as "specifically for long term care & senior care," so facilities outside that sector should look elsewhere.

Before committing, verify in a demo:

• Your collective agreement rules — how the Wizard Call-in List orders staff and whether it matches your language.
• Premium and seniority logic — that weekend/in-charge premiums and wage progressions are calculated the way your payroll requires.
• Payroll fit — the payroll module is described as Canadian; confirm it suits your jurisdiction and remittance process.
• Self-service scope — that shift exchange and availability requests flow the way your managers expect.

Pricing is not published on the page reviewed, so cost and any access terms need to be confirmed directly. The site's stated next step is to request a demo.

Yes. IDT (International Data Technologies) lists Canadian payroll and employee self-service as two of its core product features. According to the company's website, IDT Payroll supports direct deposit, online paystubs, ROEs and T4s, and CRA remittance payments, while Employee Self Service lets staff view schedules, time cards, facility memos and time bank balances, and submit time-off requests, shift exchanges and availability changes. Both features sit within a workforce management suite aimed at long-term care and senior care organizations.

Canadian Payroll: What IDT Says It Covers

IDT positions its payroll module as a way to "cut down on time and costs associated with payroll." The specific capabilities named on the site are:

• Direct deposit for employee pay
• Online paystubs, so staff can view their pay details without paper distribution
• ROEs (Records of Employment) available online
• T4s available online
• CRA remittances paid through IDT Payroll

That combination matters for Canadian care facilities because ROEs and T4s are Canada-specific payroll documents, and CRA remittance handling means the payroll workflow extends to source deductions rather than stopping at net pay. If your facility currently runs payroll in a separate system and re-enters hours manually, the value here is the link between time data and pay output.

Questions the site does not answer

The published material does not state which provinces or tax scenarios are supported, how ROE generation is triggered, whether T4s are filed electronically, or what the payroll module costs. Pricing and plan details are not listed on the page. Treat the feature list as a scope statement, not a compliance guarantee — confirm provincial tax handling and filing responsibilities with IDT during a demo.

Employee Self Service: What Staff Can Do Themselves

The self-service feature is described as giving staff a single place to check and act on their own records. The site lists these staff actions:

For scheduling-heavy care environments, the shift exchange and availability preference functions are the operationally significant ones: they move routine schedule changes out of a manager's inbox. The time bank balance view also reduces payroll-adjacent questions, since staff can check accrued balances themselves rather than asking a supervisor.

How the Two Features Connect

The features are not independent. Time and attendance data — including shift premiums for weekends and in-charge duties, overtime tracking, staff seniority and wage progressions — feeds the payroll calculation, and self-service gives employees visibility into the same time cards and balances. In practice, this means a facility can avoid re-keying hours into a separate payroll product, and staff can verify their hours before pay is processed rather than disputing a paystub afterward.

Scheduling adds another layer: the site notes that schedule creation and day-to-day maintenance help ensure union compliance, with automated call-ins, mass messaging and wizard call-in lists intended to reduce grievances. Those schedule records then flow into the attendance and payroll side.

Deciding Whether This Fits Your Facility

IDT's site frames the product specifically for long-term care and senior care, so the fit question is less "is this general HR software" and more "does our payroll and scheduling complexity match what's described." Consider IDT's payroll and self-service features if:

• You are a Canadian care facility that needs ROEs, T4s and CRA remittances handled alongside time data
• Your staff work shifts with premiums (weekends, in-charge) and overtime that must be calculated from attendance records
• You want employees to self-manage schedule checks, time-off requests and shift exchanges
• Union compliance in scheduling is a live concern

Look elsewhere, or ask harder questions first, if you need published pricing before a sales conversation, operate outside Canada, or require documented detail on provincial tax rules — none of which the site provides.

Next Step

The site's only stated call to action is to request a demo. Use that conversation to get written answers on provincial payroll support, ROE and T4 filing mechanics, and how time-and-attendance data is validated before it reaches payroll. Those are the details that determine whether the advertised features hold up in your facility's actual pay cycle.

IDT (International Data Technologies) is a workforce management software provider whose site, idttime.com, presents a product suite built for long-term care and senior care organizations. The site describes five core areas — scheduling, time and attendance, Canadian payroll, employee self-service, and human capital management — and its primary call to action is to request a free demo. If you run or administer a senior-care or long-term-care facility and need to manage union rules, shift coverage, and payroll in one system, this is the audience the product is aimed at.

Who the product is for

The site states the solution is "specifically for long term care & senior care." That focus shows up in the feature descriptions: union compliance in scheduling, shift premiums for weekends and in-charge duties, seniority and wage progression tracking, and absenteeism analysis. These are operational concerns typical of care facilities rather than general office businesses.

Core product areas

What the website emphasizes

Two themes run through the feature descriptions. The first is labor-relations compliance: scheduling is framed around meeting union requirements and avoiding grievances, with call-in automation and mass messaging as the tools. The second is payroll accuracy for Canadian employers: the payroll module explicitly names CRA remittances, ROEs, and T4s, which indicates the payroll features are built for Canadian tax and employment reporting rather than being generic.

The employee self-service section is also notable for what it delegates to staff — shift exchanges and availability changes are handled by employees rather than managers, which matters for facilities that need to fill shifts quickly.

How to evaluate it

The site does not publish pricing, plan tiers, or a feature-by-feature comparison against other systems, so cost and fit have to be established directly. The stated next step is to request a free demo. Before doing so, it helps to bring a short list of your own requirements — for example, whether your facility needs union-rule enforcement in scheduling, whether you process Canadian payroll in-house, and which self-service actions you want staff to perform — so the demo can be checked against your actual workflow rather than a generic walkthrough.

IDT's Human Capital Management (HCM) module covers the employee lifecycle beyond scheduling and payroll: onboarding, wage progression setup, time bank tracking, performance appraisals, and records for discipline, licenses, and skills. It is built for long-term care and senior care organizations, so the features assume a workforce with union rules, seniority, and credential requirements. Managers access these tools alongside the scheduling, time and attendance, and payroll functions described on idttime.com.

What the HCM Module Covers

The site groups HCM into four areas:

• Onboarding process management — support for managing the steps of bringing a new employee in.
• Wage progression setup — configuring how pay advances, which ties into the time and attendance module's tracking of wage progressions and staff seniority.
• Time bank tracking — monitoring accrued time balances; employees can also view time bank balances through Employee Self Service.
• Performance and records — managers can perform performance appraisals and track employee discipline, licenses, and skills.

Why the Records Matter in Care Settings

License and skill tracking is not a generic HR nicety here. Care facilities need to know which staff hold current credentials before assigning them to shifts. Discipline tracking supports documentation when attendance or conduct issues arise. Because scheduling already accounts for union compliance and seniority, the HCM records and the schedule draw on the same employee data.

How HCM Connects to the Rest of the Platform

HCM is one of five product areas on the site, alongside Scheduling, Time and Attendance, Canadian Payroll, and Employee Self Service. The connections are practical:

Payroll is Canadian-specific: direct deposit, online paystubs, ROEs, T4s, and CRA remittances through IDT Payroll. If your facility operates outside Canada, confirm payroll coverage with IDT before assuming it fits.

What to Check Before Adopting It

The site presents HCM as part of a demo-based product; no pricing or plan details are published. Before committing, ask IDT in a demo:

• How onboarding data flows into scheduling and payroll without re-entry.
• Whether wage progression rules can be configured to match your collective agreements.
• How license and skill records trigger scheduling restrictions or expiry alerts.
• What managers see versus what staff see in Employee Self Service.

The site's own call to action is to request a demo, which is the practical way to test whether the HCM records match your facility's credential and seniority rules.