Your workforce. In your pocket.
Know and direct what your people are doing — whenever and wherever they are working.
From a laptop in the office to a phone on the go, Ascendia keeps the dashboard, team overview and chat in your pocket. Your people stay visible, the work stays directed, and you stay in control — on any screen.
Dashboard
Full overview
Team
Live roster
Chat
Always-on
One application for every way your team works.
Why Ascendia Exists
We didn't set out to build software. We set out to solve a problem.
Ascendia grew from real-world experience managing offshore and remote teams. When people aren't physically working beside their manager, a fundamental challenge emerges: knowing what people are doing and being able to direct their work effectively.
The problem with scattered tools
Many applications solve individual parts of the challenge — communication, task management, time tracking, file storage, reporting. But when these functions are spread across disconnected systems, businesses end up with more applications while still lacking a clear view of their people and work.
One connected working environment
Ascendia brings essential management functions together into one working environment — giving managers greater visibility of their people and work, while giving team members clearer direction, communication and support.
Built to evolve
Ascendia continues to develop from that same practical foundation. As working practices, technology and business needs change, the platform evolves with them — shaped by the people who use it.
The objective isn't to give managers more software. It's to give them a clearer view of their workforce and practical tools to direct it.
Less time managing systems. More time managing people.
Know more. Direct better. Review the work. Manage with confidence.
When your people are working remotely, effective management depends on having the right information, being able to provide clear direction and having an easy way to review the work and results.
Ascendia brings these everyday management activities together.
KNOW
See who's available and what's happening
Instantly see who's available and their current status — Online, Busy, Do Not Disturb or Offline.
Understand what your people are doing, what they're working on, where their time is going, what's been completed, what's outstanding and where your attention may be required.
Know what's happening without having to physically sit beside your people.
DIRECT
Manage the work
Assign work, establish priorities, manage tasks and workflows, monitor progress and adjust requirements as circumstances change.
Provide feedback and direction while keeping work moving and expectations clear.
Direct what is happening — provide feedback and guidance.
REVIEW
Understand the work, output and results
Review what has been done, what has been produced and the results achieved.
Use productivity information, End-of-Day reporting, activity reporting, task completion and performance history to review progress and performance daily, weekly, monthly or over the period that matters.
See the work. Review the output. Understand the results.
MANAGE
Oversee your workforce as a whole
Look beyond individual tasks to your people and workforce as a whole — including staff information, attendance, leave, approvals, calendars, reminders and everyday workforce administration.
Use the information Ascendia provides to manage people, performance and future work with greater confidence.
DIRECT the work. MANAGE the workforce.
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One Connected Working Environment
The everyday tools you need to manage your remote workforce.
Ascendia brings essential workforce-management capabilities together in one connected environment — helping you manage the work, communicate with your people, and understand what's happening.
Less time managing systems. More time managing people.
Work & Direction
Keep the work moving.
Assign tasks, establish priorities, manage workflows, monitor progress and provide feedback and guidance. Keep the work moving with clear direction, structured task management and real-time visibility into what's being done, by whom and how it's progressing — so nothing slips and your people always know what to do next.
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Stay connected wherever your people are working.
Use chat, video and announcements to maintain direct communication with your people throughout the working day. Keep conversations organised in threaded channels, jump on quick video calls, broadcast important updates and stay genuinely present with your team — no matter the time zone, distance or working arrangement.
Visibility & Productivity
Understand what's happening.
See availability, status, activity and time, review productivity information and identify where attention or support may be required. Visibility with purpose — not surveillance. Understand how your people are working, spot blockers early and step in with support before small issues become big ones.
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Reporting & Performance
See the work and understand the results.
Review End-of-Day reports, activity, task completion and performance history to build a clearer picture of work, output, contribution and results over time. Turn day-to-day activity into meaningful insight that helps you recognise effort, reward results and make better-informed decisions about your people.
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Workforce Management
Manage more than the work.
Keep everyday workforce information and administration together — including attendance, leave, approvals, calendars, reminders and workforce information. Handle the people side of remote work in one place, with clear records and simple processes that reduce admin overhead for everyone.
Documents & Information
Keep important information conveniently accessible.
Keep documents, files, processes and working information organised and conveniently accessible within the Ascendia environment. Give your people the resources they need, securely stored and easy to find, so knowledge stays with the organisation and your team always has what they need to do their best work.
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What Ascendia Means for Your Business
Better remote-work technology is only the start. It's better remote workforce management.
Managing people remotely shouldn't mean managing with less information, less direction or less confidence. Ascendia gives managers greater visibility, practical tools to provide direction, and the information needed to make better decisions.
Greater Visibility
Less uncertainty when your people aren't physically beside you.
Greater Direction and Management
Managers aren't simply observing remote work — they're actively directing it.
Improved Accountability
A clearer understanding of what was expected, what happened and what happens next.
Better Communication and Connection
Distance doesn't have to mean disconnection.
Evidence and Better Decisions
Better management decisions supported by evidence of actual work and results.
Recognition and Development
Visibility should not only identify where improvement is needed. It should also help make good work visible.
Simpler Workforce Management
Less complexity and administrative friction for managers and their teams.
Greater Confidence
Manage effectively without having to physically sit beside your people.
The Benefits Journey
Built for the teams that keep work compliant
How HR and Legal teams manage every working day
Two of the most document- and approval-heavy functions in any business now run on the same connected platform — with records, workflows, and audit trails in one place.
HR TEAM
Human Resources
From hire to retire, in one connected workspace.
HR teams run onboarding, leave, compliance, and performance without juggling spreadsheets and inbox threads — every record, approval, and acknowledgment lives in Ascendia.
Onboarding & Offboarding
Trigger checklists, provision access, and close out leavers with a repeatable workflow.
Leave & Time-off Approvals
Approve vacation and sick leave with balances and coverage visible in one click.
Employee Records & Compliance
Keep role, contract, and policy acknowledgments current and audit-ready.
Performance & Recognition
Track goals, run reviews, and make great work visible across the team.
Policy Distribution
Publish policies and capture read receipts and acknowledgments company-wide.
Headcount & Workforce Planning
Plan hiring against budgets and team capacity with live roster data.
LEGAL TEAM
Legal
Every contract, matter, and obligation under control.
Legal teams manage contracts, matters, and compliance from a single secure home — version-controlled documents, structured approvals, and a searchable record of every obligation.
Contracts & Agreements
Draft, redline, and e-sign contracts with full version control and clause search.
Matter & Case Management
Track each matter from intake to resolution with deadlines, parties, and notes.
Legal Review & Approvals
Route documents for structured review with comment threads and sign-off.
Policy & Compliance Library
Maintain a governed library of policies with role-based access and expiry alerts.
Records & e-Discovery
Search the full document archive and produce records on demand, with audit logs.
NDAs & Confidentiality
Issue and track NDAs with encryption, expiry, and instant revocation.
The Advantage
The Phil Labor + Ascendia Advantage
Your people. Your managers. Your Phil Labor support team. All connected.
When you partner with Phil Labor, Ascendia connects more than you and your remote team member — bringing your managers, your Phil Labor team members and the Phil Labor support team together in one connected environment.
Direct Access to Phil Labor
Support from the people behind your workforce.
Communicate directly through Ascendia with the Phil Labor team — from the CEO and management through to administration and technical support. Get assistance, raise questions, provide feedback and stay connected with the people supporting your partnership.
Direct support. Direct feedback. Direct connection to the people shaping Ascendia.
AI & Live Support
Help when you need it.
Get immediate assistance through Ascendia's AI support assistant, with the option to connect directly with a live Phil Labor support team member during Australian business hours. Technology helps provide answers quickly. Real people are there when human support is needed.
AI Assistant: Instant answers 24/7. Live Support: Australian business hours.
Built from Real Experience
Designed for real results.
Ascendia grew from Phil Labor's own experience managing remote and offshore people. It wasn't created around a theoretical view of remote work. It continues to develop from the practical challenges experienced by our clients, their people and our own team.
Built on real experience. Designed for real results.
Never-Ending Improvement
Ascendia is never considered finished.
Clients and users are encouraged to identify needs, suggest improvements and provide wish lists that help influence future development. Every suggestion deserves consideration and, where it adds genuine value, we will seek to implement it wherever possible.
Your feedback shapes Ascendia. Together, we keep getting better.
People stand behind the technology.
Ascendia gives you the technology to manage your remote workforce — backed by the people and support of Phil Labor.
PRICING
Simple, transparent pricing that scales with your team
Choose the plan that fits your workforce. No hidden fees — cancel anytime.
Starter
For individuals getting started with remote workforce management.
- Up to 5 team members
- Task tracking & deadlines
- Basic time tracker
- Community support
Team
For growing remote teams that need full collaboration.
- Unlimited members
- Advanced time tracker & reports
- Team chat & video conferencing
- Virtual office
- Priority support
Enterprise
For organisations with advanced security and scale needs.
- SSO & SAML
- Dedicated success manager
- Custom integrations
- Audit logs & SLAs
- 24/7 dedicated support
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about Ascendia. Can't find an answer? Book a demo and our team will help.
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