Case Study: Stoney Tribal Administration achieves 20% payroll savings and improved attendance with Synerion

Stoney Nation Native Band - Customer Case Study

Stoney Nation, a group of three First Nations in Alberta serving about 5,000 members, operates multiple services from the Stoney Tribal Administration and employs roughly 800 people. Persistent absenteeism, buddy punching, unreliable clocking due to power outages, and inaccurate time records led to staffing shortages, higher labor costs and declining service quality.

Stoney implemented Synerion’s TimeZone workforce system with HandPunch biometric terminals, rolled out from the health center across the administration and enforced a “no work, no pay” policy while using TimeZone reports to educate staff. Attendance and accountability improved, enabling a finance-office reduction from 50 to 40 staff (about 20% payroll savings in that department), ongoing reductions in time fraud/overpayment, clearer attendance records for discipline and reviews, and better staffing visibility for improved service delivery.

Stoney Tribal Administration

Wynand Steyn

Manager of Finance