theWorks - The official Payworks blog (12)

Four Payworks staff holding a cheque for $447,527.

Culture | Dec 03, 2022

United Way Workplace Campaign: the 2022 results are in!

At the beginning of September, Payworks’ 39-member, employee-led United Way Committee set a goal for the year’s upcoming workplace campaign: to raise $385,000, with an 80% participation rate. Increasing funds raised demonstrates our employees’...

Two men sitting at a desk, looking down at a mobile phone. Text reads, “deliver employee tax forms with ease & confidence”.

Innovation | Dec 01, 2022

Paperless year-end: A better way to deliver employee tax forms

Originally published January 5, 2022. This year-end, the default form delivery method for Payworks clients using Employee...

Text reads, "Legislative Updates. Understanding vacationable earnings legislation".

Resources | Nov 28, 2022

Canadian payroll legislation: Understanding vacationable earnings

Originally published on April 5, 2021 Vacationable earnings are an important and complex portion of any organization’s...

Text reads, “Bookkeepers: share the year-end workload & do more of what you love”.

Resources | Nov 25, 2022

Bookkeepers, turn year-end chaos into calmness

A quick question for all you bookkeepers out there: when you think of last year’s year-end, what’s the first thing that...

Four Payworks staff standing on a beach holding two garbage bags. Text reads, “pay it forward”.

Pay It Forward | Nov 19, 2022

First annual Payworks shoreline cleanup

Litter affects water quality, is a health hazard and is often mistaken as food by wildlife. This past August, four Payworks...

Text reads, "everything you need to know about minimum wage".

Resources | Nov 14, 2022

A breakdown of minimum wage legislation in Canada

Originally published on March 22, 2021 What is minimum wage? In Canada, legislation (federal and provincial) determines that...

Payworks staff volunteering. Text reads, “pay it forward”.

Pay It Forward | Nov 13, 2022

Fresh start, new perspective: the United Way Sponsored Executive experience

There’s something about the transition from summer to fall that calls for a fresh start. As adults, our “back to school” days may be (mostly) over. But for employees of Payworks and other organizations across Winnipeg, a change in routine - with the...

Resources | Oct 31, 2022

Overview of overtime: Employers should have a strategic plan that clearly defines overtime

Originally published: August 17, 2020 Legislative and regulatory information can be overwhelming. Employment standards...

Resources | Oct 30, 2022

10 reasons to make a list

Check out these 10 great reasons making a list makes good sense: Lists make things manageable. When faced with a complex...

Pay It Forward | Oct 29, 2022

Paying it Forward as the “pilot” of a trishaw bicycle

For two hours each Wednesday morning over the past few months, Payworks Sales Consultant Jesse Aldridge has switched gears...

Text reads, “Payworks presents: Small Business Stories; Rehfit Centre”.

Media | Oct 17, 2022

Small Business Stories (Health & Wellbeing Edition): Reh-Fit Centre

It was over 40 years ago that “the Reh-Fit Centre first opened its doors, when a few bold doctors wondered if exercise might be good for their patients.” While it’s hard to believe that this perspective was ever controversial (although hindsight is...