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Innovation | Dec 04, 2024

A little “something extra”: when to process an off-cycle payment

There’s a spike in businesses processing off-cycle payroll runs at this time of the year – for plenty of reasons. It could be the discovery of necessary year-to-date (YTD) adjustments through year-end processing tasks (requiring an extra payroll run...

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Resources | Dec 02, 2024

Ensure your staff is paid on time with the payroll processing & delivery dates for December 2024 & January 2025

We get it: December is a busy time of the year for payroll professionals and business owners! You’re staying on top of...

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Resources | Nov 25, 2024

Christmas Day & Boxing Day: the stat holiday info your biz needs to know

As we near the end of the calendar year, you’re likely looking forward to setting aside your to-do list and unwinding in the...

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Media | Nov 22, 2024

Winning in Winnipeg: How a referral becomes a reward

Debits and credits, payroll, journal entries… bookkeepers, you generally know how your average work day will look, right?...

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Innovation | Nov 07, 2024

Wait… you heard what about us?! Busting five common myths about Payworks

Remember playing “Telephone” as a kid – passing a message from one person to the next, and waiting to see how convoluted it...

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Resources | Nov 04, 2024

Payroll legislation Prince Edward Island businesses don’t want to miss!

You’re relied upon as your team’s payroll pro, so we know we don’t have to tell you that legislative requirements differ...

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Resources | Nov 01, 2024

Legislative changes to keep in mind for Year-End 2024

Can you believe another year-end season is already here? It feels like just yesterday we were walking our clients through our 10-Step Year-End Checklist and helping them navigate new legislative changes. This year-end will be no different: as...

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Innovation | Oct 30, 2024

Five ways small businesses can benefit from a modern HR solution

Tell us if this sounds familiar: your business doesn’t have a Human Resources (HR) department; as the owner or manager,...

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Culture | Oct 29, 2024

Another record-breaking United Way Workplace Campaign: $543K!

Between our exclusive conversion and referral partnership with Deluxe Canada, all sorts of ongoing product enhancements to...

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Culture | Oct 25, 2024

Welcome home: Payworks opens new Winnipeg Head Office

Five years + 8.3 million kilograms of concrete + 75 kilometres of data cables + one basketball hoop + over 350 very excited...

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Resources | Oct 21, 2024

Five ways small biz owners can help new hires navigate TD1 or TP-1015.3-V confusion

When you’ve got a small business to run, there are seemingly never enough hands on deck. So we get it: you’re looking for your new hires to hit the ground running on Day One! The fact is that one of the best ways to set them (and your business) up...

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Culture | Oct 16, 2024

Leadership lessons: The best advice our CTO received (and still shares to this day)

Meet Maureen Kinnear! We’re thrilled to have recently welcomed her to Payworks as Chief Technology Officer, where she...

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Innovation | Oct 15, 2024

Xero users: we have an integration for you!

Tired of the journal entry download-upload song and dance? Or worse yet… viewing journal data in one system, only to have to...

“Remembrance Day: the stat holiday info your biz needs to know”.

Resources | Oct 09, 2024

Where is Remembrance Day a stat holiday in Canada?

Whether or not Remembrance Day stat holiday legislation applies to your business depends on the province or territory in...

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Resources | Oct 07, 2024

Our Service story: How your evolution has inspired our own

Yep, it’s true: it’s been almost a quarter of a century since Payworks first opened our doors. Throughout that time, we’ve...

Explore five key security features that’ll help you evaluate how well you can rely on your partners to keep your and your clients’ information safe and secure.

Innovation | Oct 03, 2024

Five ways accountants and bookkeepers can pick a secure partner

As an accountant or bookkeeper, you’re entrusted with some of your clients’ most critical and personal data – a...

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Resources | Sep 20, 2024

Five reasons why we’re celebrating Canadian payroll pros this National Payroll Week

Every year, National Payroll Week reminds us to take time out of our busy schedules for proper recognition of the important folks within our organizations who ensure that we – and our colleagues – are paid accurately and on time. This long-time...

Pumpkin spice and payroll advice: here’s where to find us this fall!

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