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All-Canadian support for accountants and bookkeepers.

Innovation | Jul 02, 2025

Local support for accountants and bookkeepers – wherever you’re at!

Whether you’re an accountant or a bookkeeper, one thing’s for certain: you know that one size rarely fits all when it comes to client support. After all, your clients manage teams of all different sizes, operate in different industries and regions,...

Our new email login is here – and we’re loving it!

Innovation | Jun 24, 2025

How we use it & why you’ll love it: multi-account sign-on

This past year, we rolled out a new email login method along with expanded authentication options—all designed to make...

Accountants and bookkeepers: securely toggle between accounts with email login.

Innovation | Jun 17, 2025

Built for accountants and bookkeepers: simpler access with email login

An uninterrupted day when you can focus on a single client’s business: the dream, yes? But not too often the reality!...

Demystifying stat holiday pay calculations.

Innovation | May 30, 2025

Make stat pay calculations as easy as 1-2-3

In Canadian payroll, “stat pay” can go by several different names. Depending on your province or territory, it might be...

How the right partner can help accountants and bookkeepers grow.

Resources | May 27, 2025

Accountants and bookkeepers: Grow your biz with a payroll partner

Congratulations – you did it! Another tax season is in the books, and you can finally take a moment to catch your breath....

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Culture | Mar 13, 2025

Proudly Canadian — built, serviced, and giving back right here at home.

With over 600 employees all across this great country, we understand what it takes to build and grow a business and find,...

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”.

Media | Mar 11, 2025

Big feels from our team celebrating 5 years as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers!

Today’s word of the day: quinquennium! Beyond being fun to say out loud (seriously, try it), it refers to a five-year period of time... and is the perfect description of a recent Payworks milestone. As we celebrate our 25th anniversary as a 100%...

From CFO to President: A conversation on leadership.

Culture | Feb 20, 2025

Leadership lessons: The path from VP of Finance to President

We wrapped up 2024 – a year of remarkable growth and change – by announcing Michael Penman as Payworks’ new President… so we...

A woman sitting at a laptop computer accompanied by text that reads, “This National Bookkeeping Week, uncover the “ROI” of DEIB”.

Resources | Jan 22, 2025

Bookkeepers, here’s the ROI – that’s “Return on Intangibles” – of DEIB

As a term that’s spent increasing time in the spotlight over the past few years, “DEIB” (short for “Diversity, Equity,...

A crowded desk, full of papers, a mug and technology accompanied by text that reads, “4 ways we’re building strong partnerships with bookkeepers like you”.

Resources | Jan 20, 2025

The power of partnership: calling all bookkeepers!

Know of a thriving business? There’s a good chance a bookkeeper like you is working behind the scenes and playing a vital...

Four individuals accompanied by text that reads, “Referrals, Reward, and Relaxation – Oh My!”.

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? With that said: every so often, life throws you a pleasant curveball – like a grand prize trip of your choosing! In 2020,...

A comic-style mouth and ear accompanied by text that reads, “wait… you heard what?! Busting five common myths about Payworks.

Innovation | Nov 07, 2024

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

Updated on December 18, 2025. Remember playing “Telephone” as a kid – passing a message from one person to the next, and...

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”.

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...

Five Payworks staff in a photobooth accompanied by text that reads, “attn: Head Office now open! Check out our new space”.

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...

A man holding a receipt and looking at a laptop accompanied by text that reads, “Payroll. Xero users: save time with our journal entry integrations”.

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...

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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...

A woman working at a laptop accompanied by text that reads, “7 internal payroll controls every company should have”.

Innovation | Sep 18, 2024

Payroll professionals: stay audit-ready with these 7 internal controls

Payroll is a mission-critical component of running any business, with the responsibility of payroll professionals extending far beyond ensuring accurate and timely payment to staff. Payroll pros like you play a pivotal role in supporting workforce...

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