--- title: theWorks - The official Payworks blog | Business Owner (7) description: "Business Owner | 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. (7)" --- [Skip to main content](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/business-owner/page/7#maincontent) [Skip to footer](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/business-owner/page/7#footer-en) [![Canada's $7.5 Billion Tariff Relief Package: What Every Business Owner Needs to Know — and How to Be Ready ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/Blog%20header_Tariff_Comprehensive_Sept%202026.jpeg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/canadas-7.5-billion-tariff-relief-package-what-every-business-owner-needs-to-know-and-how-to-be-ready?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Sep 23, 2026 ### [Canada's $7.5 Billion Tariff Relief Package: What Every Business Owner Needs to Know — and How to Be Ready](https://blog.payworks.ca/canadas-7.5-billion-tariff-relief-package-what-every-business-owner-needs-to-know-and-how-to-be-ready?hsLang=en-ca) Key takeaways The Government of Canada has built and is launching new programming in response to upcoming tariff increases.... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/franchisee-appreciation-month-what-canadian-franchise-owners-need-to-know-about-payroll?hsLang=en-ca) ![Payworks gradient circle logo.](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/Payworks%20February%202019/Images/inTheLoop-ring-150px.png) Since 2001, Payworks has been proudly Canadian. Committed to developing world-class products and a workplace culture focused on Doing Right by People. Welcome to our blog - let us show you how we're different! 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While having a solid foundation of community is crucial, keep in mind that the benefits of those relationships are only as healthy as the... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/enhance-your-mental-health-by-leaps-and-boundaries?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/enhance-your-mental-health-by-leaps-and-boundaries?hsLang=en-ca) [![A woman looking happy staring at a laptop accompanied by text that reads, “ICYMI: find new efficiencies & discover tools that will help set you up for the best year yet!”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_May14.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/in-case-you-missed-it-product-enhancements-weve-made-to-set-you-up-for-the-best-year-yet?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | May 14, 2024 ### [In case you missed it: Product enhancements we’ve made to set you up for the best year yet](https://blog.payworks.ca/in-case-you-missed-it-product-enhancements-weve-made-to-set-you-up-for-the-best-year-yet?hsLang=en-ca) There’s only one way to stay on top of the ever-changing best practices of workforce management: to evolve right along with... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/in-case-you-missed-it-product-enhancements-weve-made-to-set-you-up-for-the-best-year-yet?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/in-case-you-missed-it-product-enhancements-weve-made-to-set-you-up-for-the-best-year-yet?hsLang=en-ca) [![Five Payworks staff in matching orange t-shirts all holding up smile cookies. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April29-2.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-we-partner-with-tim-hortons-to-put-smiles-on-faces-all-year-long?hsLang=en-ca) [Pay It Forward](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/pay-it-forward?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 29, 2024 ### [How we partner with Tim Hortons to put smiles on faces all year long](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-we-partner-with-tim-hortons-to-put-smiles-on-faces-all-year-long?hsLang=en-ca) Today may mark the start of this year’s annual Smile Cookie Week, but the folks at Tim Hortons put a grin on our faces all... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-we-partner-with-tim-hortons-to-put-smiles-on-faces-all-year-long?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-we-partner-with-tim-hortons-to-put-smiles-on-faces-all-year-long?hsLang=en-ca) [![As of March 2024 Payworks celebrated 4,425 hours. That’s 590 days of giving – or around 196 trips to the moon! Pay it Forward Days used since 2015 calculated using Payworks Workforce Analytics (as of March 31, 2024). ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April28-4.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/celebrating-payitforward-day-with-4425-volunteer-hours-and-climbing?hsLang=en-ca) [Pay It Forward](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/pay-it-forward?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 28, 2024 ### [Celebrating #PayItForward Day with 4,425 volunteer hours (and climbing!)](https://blog.payworks.ca/celebrating-payitforward-day-with-4425-volunteer-hours-and-climbing?hsLang=en-ca) Giving back is at Payworks’ core; in fact, we’re honoured to support more than 200 organizations across Canada through local... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/celebrating-payitforward-day-with-4425-volunteer-hours-and-climbing?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/celebrating-payitforward-day-with-4425-volunteer-hours-and-climbing?hsLang=en-ca) [![A calendar view of employee shifts accompanied by text that reads, “Modern choices for quickly and easily collecting hours worked!”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April23.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/tracking-employee-time-doesnt-have-to-be-complicated-we-promise?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 23, 2024 ### [Tracking employee time doesn’t have to be complicated – we promise!](https://blog.payworks.ca/tracking-employee-time-doesnt-have-to-be-complicated-we-promise?hsLang=en-ca) How can you track employee time? The options are seemingly endless, but some are much more efficient than others… especially... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/tracking-employee-time-doesnt-have-to-be-complicated-we-promise?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/tracking-employee-time-doesnt-have-to-be-complicated-we-promise?hsLang=en-ca) [![A green maple leaf accompanied by text that reads, “May long weekend: which provinces & territories recognize Victoria Day”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April22-1.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-blogvictoria-day-statutory-holiday-legislation-round-up-post-title-here?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 22, 2024 ### [Victoria Day statutory holiday legislation round up](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-blogvictoria-day-statutory-holiday-legislation-round-up-post-title-here?hsLang=en-ca) As the day that gives “May Long Weekend” its (unofficial) name, Victoria Day is a holiday to which many of us look forward –... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-blogvictoria-day-statutory-holiday-legislation-round-up-post-title-here?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-blogvictoria-day-statutory-holiday-legislation-round-up-post-title-here?hsLang=en-ca) [![A picture of Charli Champagne, Manager of DEIB and Talent Acquisition, accompanied by text that reads, “‘Unicorns’ wanted! How to find and nurture these rate gems”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April6-3.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/hr-head-to-head-recruiting-a-unicorn-employee-versus-cultivating-your-own?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 09, 2024 ### [HR Head to Head: Recruiting a “unicorn” employee versus cultivating your own](https://blog.payworks.ca/hr-head-to-head-recruiting-a-unicorn-employee-versus-cultivating-your-own?hsLang=en-ca) By definition, a unicorn is a mythological and rare animal, most often appearing in tales of magic, enchantment, and glamour. In the Human Resources field, the definition of “unicorn” doesn’t stray too far from the fables: a highly-desirable... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/hr-head-to-head-recruiting-a-unicorn-employee-versus-cultivating-your-own?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/hr-head-to-head-recruiting-a-unicorn-employee-versus-cultivating-your-own?hsLang=en-ca) [![A person working on a laptop at their kitchen table with their dog accompanied by text that reads, “what you need to know; updates to Form T2200”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_Marh25.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-you-need-to-know-for-tax-filing-season-updates-to-form-t2200?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 25, 2024 ### [What you need to know for tax filing season: updates to Form T2200](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-you-need-to-know-for-tax-filing-season-updates-to-form-t2200?hsLang=en-ca) In January 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) updated Form T2200, Declaration of Conditions of Employment, for the 2023... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-you-need-to-know-for-tax-filing-season-updates-to-form-t2200?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-you-need-to-know-for-tax-filing-season-updates-to-form-t2200?hsLang=en-ca) [![Elevate HR Solutions logo accompanied by the Payworks logo and text that reads, “Partner Story”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/PWK_SM_TILE_THEBLOG_ENG_v2.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/partner-story-how-weve-helped-elevate-hr-solutions-grow-50-year-over-year?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 20, 2024 ### [Partner Story: How we’ve helped Elevate HR Solutions grow 50% year over year](https://blog.payworks.ca/partner-story-how-weve-helped-elevate-hr-solutions-grow-50-year-over-year?hsLang=en-ca) Growing up in an entrepreneurial family, Gina Roberts always knew that she wanted to go into business for herself. Fast... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/partner-story-how-weve-helped-elevate-hr-solutions-grow-50-year-over-year?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/partner-story-how-weve-helped-elevate-hr-solutions-grow-50-year-over-year?hsLang=en-ca) [![The Newfoundland & Labrador provincial flag accompanied by text that reads, “St. Patrick’s Day & St. George’s Day in Newfoundland & Labrador”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_March11-1.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/nl-paid-holidays-explained-st.-patricks-day-st.-georges-day?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 11, 2024 ### [NL paid holidays explained: St. Patrick’s Day & St. George’s Day](https://blog.payworks.ca/nl-paid-holidays-explained-st.-patricks-day-st.-georges-day?hsLang=en-ca) The topics of statutory or public holidays often top the list of questions frequently asked of our in-house experts. That’s... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/nl-paid-holidays-explained-st.-patricks-day-st.-georges-day?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/nl-paid-holidays-explained-st.-patricks-day-st.-georges-day?hsLang=en-ca) [![A woman working at night on a desktop computer accompanied by text that reads, “Daylight Savings and the impacts on payroll”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_March7.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/daylight-savings-time-and-the-payroll-impact-on-overnight-staff?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 07, 2024 ### [Daylight Saving Time and the payroll impact on overnight staff](https://blog.payworks.ca/daylight-savings-time-and-the-payroll-impact-on-overnight-staff?hsLang=en-ca) Daylight Saving Time (DST): whether you love “falling back” into an extra hour of sleep, dread “springing forward” an hour early, or quite frankly don’t understand why we do it at all, DST is a reality with which most Canadians have to contend twice... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/daylight-savings-time-and-the-payroll-impact-on-overnight-staff?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/daylight-savings-time-and-the-payroll-impact-on-overnight-staff?hsLang=en-ca) [![Orange and pink Easter eggs accompanied by text that reads. “Consolidated regulatory info for: Good Friday & Easter Monday in Canada”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_March4.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/explained-good-friday-and-easter-monday-stat-holiday-legislation-1?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 04, 2024 ### [Explained: Good Friday and Easter Monday stat holiday legislation](https://blog.payworks.ca/explained-good-friday-and-easter-monday-stat-holiday-legislation-1?hsLang=en-ca) In Canada, not all employees are entitled to the same days off work – whether or not businesses are closed for a federal,... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/payworks-selected-as-deluxe-canadas-exclusive-payroll-conversion-and-referral-partner?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/payworks-selected-as-deluxe-canadas-exclusive-payroll-conversion-and-referral-partner?hsLang=en-ca) [![A mobile phone looking at analytics accompanied by text that reads, “data that’s ready to five into – plus, a speed snapshot of headcount, turnover, & employee demographics”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/ProductStock_Analytics_HRScreens_Mobile_blog_banner_Nov_2023_EN.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/answer-those-catch-all-ask-hr-questions-easily-get-strategic-with-analytics?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Feb 06, 2024 ### [Answer those catch-all “Ask HR” questions easily & get strategic with Analytics](https://blog.payworks.ca/answer-those-catch-all-ask-hr-questions-easily-get-strategic-with-analytics?hsLang=en-ca) Today’s Human Resources professionals are tasked with keeping a pulse on the health and wellness of their organization,... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/answer-those-catch-all-ask-hr-questions-easily-get-strategic-with-analytics?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/answer-those-catch-all-ask-hr-questions-easily-get-strategic-with-analytics?hsLang=en-ca) [![A frozen lake with a lot of families skating on it accompanied by text that reads, "Calendar marked for the Third Monday in February? Here’s the stat holiday info you need to know". ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_February1-1.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/statutory-holiday-information-for-the-third-monday-in-february?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Feb 01, 2024 ### [Statutory holiday information for the Third Monday in February](https://blog.payworks.ca/statutory-holiday-information-for-the-third-monday-in-february?hsLang=en-ca) If you’re a Canadian payroll practitioner or business owner, we’re sure you already know that it’s common for statutory... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/weve-got-exciting-news-introducing-managed-payroll-services?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/weve-got-exciting-news-introducing-managed-payroll-services?hsLang=en-ca) [Previous](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/business-owner/page/6?hsLang=en-ca) [6](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/business-owner/page/6?hsLang=en-ca) 7 [8](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/business-owner/page/8?hsLang=en-ca) [Next](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/business-owner/page/8?hsLang=en-ca) ![ ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/Payworks%20Stock%20Photography/Cavan%20-%20Arlee.png) ## Seeing is believing! Curious what better Canadian workforce management looks like in action (and how much time you could reclaim in your day-to-day)? Book a pressure-free, get-to-know you demo today. [REQUEST A DEMO](https://www.payworks.ca/landing-pages/campaigns/book-a-demo)