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With the latest news and updates on Canadian payroll, HR, and workforce management, including informative articles, legislative updates, news, videos, and Payworks community initiatives." --- [Skip to main content](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/hr-insights#maincontent) [Skip to footer](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/hr-insights#footer-en) [![What can a payroll platform tell you about your business? ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/What%20can%20a%20payroll%20platform%20actually%20tell%20you%20about%20your%20business.png)](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-can-a-payroll-platform-tell-you-about-your-business?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Sep 28, 2026 ### [What can a payroll platform tell you about your business?](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-can-a-payroll-platform-tell-you-about-your-business?hsLang=en-ca) Key Takeaways Payworks Workforce Analytics is built right into your existing platform, no separate system, no manual... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-can-a-payroll-platform-tell-you-about-your-business?hsLang=en-ca) [![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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Every client on HR, Time Management, or Absence Management gets Analytics included at no... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-can-a-payroll-platform-tell-you-about-your-business?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-can-a-payroll-platform-tell-you-about-your-business?hsLang=en-ca) [![HR legislation rules have changed in Alberta. Is your business up to date? ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_AB_Compliance_Aug4.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/alberta-hr-compliance-in-2026-what-you-need-to-know?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Aug 04, 2026 ### [Alberta HR compliance in 2026: what you need to know](https://blog.payworks.ca/alberta-hr-compliance-in-2026-what-you-need-to-know?hsLang=en-ca) Key Takeaways Alberta employers have a focused but important set of compliance changes to address in 2026. Provincially, the... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/from-reporting-to-understanding-meet-payworks-analytics?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/from-reporting-to-understanding-meet-payworks-analytics?hsLang=en-ca) [![Canadian Sick Note Legislation: What Canadian employers need to know and how we can help. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_SickNote_April22.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/sick-note-rules-changed-across-canada-what-hr-teams-need-to-know?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 23, 2026 ### [Sick Note Rules Changed Across Canada — What HR Teams Need to Know](https://blog.payworks.ca/sick-note-rules-changed-across-canada-what-hr-teams-need-to-know?hsLang=en-ca) Sick note rules have shifted significantly across Canada over the past two years. Here’s a summary of the key changes,... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/sick-note-rules-changed-across-canada-what-hr-teams-need-to-know?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/sick-note-rules-changed-across-canada-what-hr-teams-need-to-know?hsLang=en-ca) [![Charli Champagne. Manager, DEIB & Talent Acquisition. How to attract and retain the best employees in 2026. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogHeader_RetainBestEmployees_March24.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-to-attract-and-retain-the-best-employees-in-2026?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 24, 2026 ### [How to attract and retain the best employees in 2026](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-to-attract-and-retain-the-best-employees-in-2026?hsLang=en-ca) When your day-to-day is especially hectic, time can disappear in a snap… and it’s easy to get inadvertently stuck in the past. But building and nurturing a strong team means keeping pace with how employee expectations are changing – because I... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-to-attract-and-retain-the-best-employees-in-2026?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-to-attract-and-retain-the-best-employees-in-2026?hsLang=en-ca) [![A padlock on a keyboard accompanied by text that reads, “why choose multi-layered security?”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_October22_2.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/strength-in-numbers-taking-a-layered-approach-to-information-security?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Jan 27, 2026 ### [Strength in numbers: taking a layered approach to information security](https://blog.payworks.ca/strength-in-numbers-taking-a-layered-approach-to-information-security?hsLang=en-ca) This article was originally published October 22, 2020. When an employee browses the web, they’re unknowingly connecting to... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/strength-in-numbers-taking-a-layered-approach-to-information-security?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/strength-in-numbers-taking-a-layered-approach-to-information-security?hsLang=en-ca) [![Text reads, “Add these four things to your schedule to manage stress during busy times”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_December1.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/workplace-wellness-add-stress-management-to-your-year-end-checklist?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Dec 02, 2025 ### [Workplace Wellness: add stress management to your year-end checklist](https://blog.payworks.ca/workplace-wellness-add-stress-management-to-your-year-end-checklist?hsLang=en-ca) It’s that time again – year-end deadlines loom. It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the many tasks required to wrap up annual... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/the-impacts-of-workplace-community-culture-on-mental-health?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/the-impacts-of-workplace-community-culture-on-mental-health?hsLang=en-ca) [![What do mythical creatures and employee wellness have in common? Read on! ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_Unicorn_April9.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/focus-on-employee-wellness-to-experience-the-magic-of-a-healthy-workplace?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 09, 2025 ### [Focus on employee wellness to experience the magic of a healthy workplace](https://blog.payworks.ca/focus-on-employee-wellness-to-experience-the-magic-of-a-healthy-workplace?hsLang=en-ca) Unicorns may be fantastical creatures—often depicted alongside sparkly rainbows and a flock of fairies in our favourite tales—but did you know they exist in the workplace too? Okay, maybe not in the flying horse sense. More in the form of... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/focus-on-employee-wellness-to-experience-the-magic-of-a-healthy-workplace?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/focus-on-employee-wellness-to-experience-the-magic-of-a-healthy-workplace?hsLang=en-ca) [![Blanket Exercise: exploring past and present with Braving the Healing. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_Blanket_February27.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/tears-are-medicine-our-blanket-exercise-with-braving-the-healing?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Feb 27, 2025 ### [“Tears are medicine” – our Blanket Exercise with Braving the Healing](https://blog.payworks.ca/tears-are-medicine-our-blanket-exercise-with-braving-the-healing?hsLang=en-ca) You joined the ancestors after receiving a smallpox blanket as a “gift.” You starved when you were forcibly removed from... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/trina-tells-all-what-ive-learned-about-leadership-training?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/trina-tells-all-what-ive-learned-about-leadership-training?hsLang=en-ca) [![A woman and a man smiling at a board room table accompanied by text that reads, “Chief Technology Officer Maureen Kinnear talks all things leadership”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_BossDay_October16.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/leadership-lessons-the-best-advice-our-cto-received-and-still-shares-to-this-day?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Oct 16, 2024 ### [Leadership lessons: The best advice our CTO received (and still shares to this day)](https://blog.payworks.ca/leadership-lessons-the-best-advice-our-cto-received-and-still-shares-to-this-day?hsLang=en-ca) Meet Maureen Kinnear! We’re thrilled to have recently welcomed her to Payworks as Chief Technology Officer, where she... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/leadership-lessons-the-best-advice-our-cto-received-and-still-shares-to-this-day?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/leadership-lessons-the-best-advice-our-cto-received-and-still-shares-to-this-day?hsLang=en-ca) [![A woman resting in bed accompanied by text that reads, “focus on various types of rest to improve your sleep (& mental health!)”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_MentalHealthDay_October10.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-zzzs?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Oct 10, 2024 ### [Sweet Dreams are Made of Zzzs](https://blog.payworks.ca/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-zzzs?hsLang=en-ca) Focus on various types of rest to improve your sleep and mental health Sleep and rest are in the spotlight as we gain a... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-zzzs?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-zzzs?hsLang=en-ca) [![An individual holding up free weights accompanied by text that reads, “See gains in employee wellness with physical, mental, emotional & social health supports”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_Fitness_August12.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/stretching-your-understanding-of-fitness-to-nurture-a-more-engaged-workforce?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Aug 12, 2024 ### [Stretching your understanding of fitness to nurture a more engaged workforce](https://blog.payworks.ca/stretching-your-understanding-of-fitness-to-nurture-a-more-engaged-workforce?hsLang=en-ca) The “win-wins” of prioritizing employee wellness have been well-documented: from higher efficiency to increased engagement and retention, a healthy workforce is a strong one (and vice versa!). When it comes to the “fitness” of your team, there may... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/stretching-your-understanding-of-fitness-to-nurture-a-more-engaged-workforce?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/stretching-your-understanding-of-fitness-to-nurture-a-more-engaged-workforce?hsLang=en-ca) 1 [2](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/hr-insights/page/2?hsLang=en-ca) [Next](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/hr-insights/page/2?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)