--- title: theWorks - The official Payworks blog | Bookkeeper (2) description: "Bookkeeper | Payworks The Works Blog: Let us show you how we’re different. With the latest news and updates on Canadian payroll, HR, and workforce management, including informative articles, legislative updates, news, videos, and Payworks community initiatives. 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At Payworks, we proudly sip... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-we-use-it-why-youll-love-it-multi-account-sign-on?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-we-use-it-why-youll-love-it-multi-account-sign-on?hsLang=en-ca) [![Accountants and bookkeepers: securely toggle between accounts with email login. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_June17.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/accountants-and-bookkeepers-our-new-email-login-is-here?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Jun 17, 2025 ### [Built for accountants and bookkeepers: simpler access with email login](https://blog.payworks.ca/accountants-and-bookkeepers-our-new-email-login-is-here?hsLang=en-ca) An uninterrupted day when you can focus on a single client’s business: the dream, yes? But not too often the reality!... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/proud-to-a-canadian-workforce-management-solutions-provider?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/proud-to-a-canadian-workforce-management-solutions-provider?hsLang=en-ca) [![VP of HR holding the Manitoba Top Employer’s award accompanied by text that reads, “Honoured to be recognized as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_MBTE2025_March11.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/big-feels-from-our-team-celebrating-5-years-as-one-of-manitobas-top-employers?hsLang=en-ca) [Media](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/media?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 11, 2025 ### [Big feels from our team celebrating 5 years as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers!](https://blog.payworks.ca/big-feels-from-our-team-celebrating-5-years-as-one-of-manitobas-top-employers?hsLang=en-ca) Today’s word of the day: quinquennium! Beyond being fun to say out loud (seriously, try it), it refers to a five-year period... 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While obviously hilarious, that game also... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/wait-you-heard-what-about-us-busting-five-common-myths-about-payworks?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/wait-you-heard-what-about-us-busting-five-common-myths-about-payworks?hsLang=en-ca) [![A woman looking at a piece of paper while typing on a calculator accompanied by text that reads, “What’s new for year-end 2024”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_November1.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/legislative-changes-to-keep-in-mind-for-year-end-2024?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Nov 01, 2024 ### [Legislative changes to keep in mind for Year-End 2024](https://blog.payworks.ca/legislative-changes-to-keep-in-mind-for-year-end-2024?hsLang=en-ca) Can you believe another year-end season is already here? It feels like just yesterday we were walking our clients through... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/xero-users-we-have-an-integration-for-you?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/xero-users-we-have-an-integration-for-you?hsLang=en-ca) [![A colleague helping another, pointing at their desktop computer. Accompanied by text that reads, Our Service story: How your evolution has inspired our own ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_CustomerServiceWeek_October7.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/our-service-story-how-your-evolution-has-inspired-our-own?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Oct 07, 2024 ### [Our Service story: How your evolution has inspired our own](https://blog.payworks.ca/our-service-story-how-your-evolution-has-inspired-our-own?hsLang=en-ca) Yep, it’s true: it’s been almost a quarter of a century since Payworks first opened our doors. Throughout that time, we’ve... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/payroll-professionals-stay-audit-ready-with-these-7-internal-controls?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/payroll-professionals-stay-audit-ready-with-these-7-internal-controls?hsLang=en-ca) [![An illustration of three people surrounded by large books, each looking at a tablet. Accompanied by text that reads, “Five provinces have a "payroll tax." Here’s the legislation and how we can help!”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_EHTRoundUp.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/payroll-tax-provincial-legislation-details-the-rates-exemptions-how-to-make-it-all-a-breeze?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Jul 12, 2024 ### [“Payroll tax” provincial legislation details: the rates, exemptions, & how to make it all a breeze](https://blog.payworks.ca/payroll-tax-provincial-legislation-details-the-rates-exemptions-how-to-make-it-all-a-breeze?hsLang=en-ca) Did the term “payroll tax” give you a bit of a jolt? Fair enough; after all, it’s not a remittance common across all provinces and territories in Canada. In fact, there are only five jurisdictions that have such legislation – British Columbia (BC),... 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