Toronto-based Fairly Staffing has partnered with embedded payroll provider Nmbr to launch a platform designed to help dental clinics properly classify and pay temporary workers as employees.
The move comes as regulatory pressure increases. In Budget 2025, the federal government signalled a crackdown on employee misclassification, with industries reliant on temporary labour facing heightened scrutiny.
Dental clinics are particularly exposed. Temporary hygienists and assistants are often treated as independent contractors, despite working inside clinics, using their equipment, and following set schedules—conditions that typically meet the Canada Revenue Agency’s definition of employment. Misclassification can lead to penalties, back taxes, and compliance risk.
Fairly is addressing this by embedding compliant payroll directly into its staffing platform. Through its integration with Nmbr, the system automatically calculates deductions, remits CPP, EI, and income tax, deposits net pay, and generates required payroll documentation.
“Temporary staffing has always been essential to dentistry, but the industry has never had payroll infrastructure designed specifically for it,” said Fairly CEO Amir Reshef. “We’ve brought staffing and compliant payroll together in one platform.”
Nmbr provides the underlying infrastructure, enabling platforms to integrate payroll natively rather than relying on third-party providers. Its API handles tax calculations, remittances, and regulatory compliance in the background.
“Payroll compliance is becoming increasingly important as regulators tighten enforcement around worker classification,” said Nmbr CEO Simon Bourgeois.
The result is a single system that allows clinics to manage both staffing and payroll while reducing compliance risk—highlighting how embedded fintech is solving operational challenges in vertical SaaS.
Leave a Reply