Canadian payroll for small teams: every pay stub explains itself, every deduction shows its work, and statutory rules like ESA holiday pay are computed for you, not by you.
A pay stub appears line by line, each deduction gets a plain-English "why" beside it.
A holiday lands on the calendar; holiday pay pre-fills itself, ESA rule cited on screen.
Run payroll: one click, the team is paid, the wordmark closes. "Clear and Easy Payroll."
The problem, then the fix
BEFORE
Numbers come out of software nobody trusts; owners re-check by hand and still can't explain a stub.
WITH ONEST
Each deduction and entitlement carries its explanation and its rule, CRA and ESA logic on the surface, not buried.
THE RESULT
Owners run pay without a bookkeeper on speed-dial, and answer any employee question from the stub itself.
From the live product
REAL SCREEN CAPTURE · RECORDED FROM THE LIVE APP · P4 ASSET
Planned sequence: add an employee → holiday-pay prefill → run payroll → the explained pay stub, captured from app.onest.so.
Proof
Onest runs live payroll for real Ontario teams today: statutory holiday pay, deductions, and pay stubs employees actually understand.