--- title: theWorks - The official Payworks blog | HR Management (11) description: "HR Management | 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. (11)" --- [Skip to main content](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/hr-management/page/11#maincontent) [Skip to footer](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/hr-management/page/11#footer-en) [![Your Favourite Tools, Now Connected to Payworks ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/Blog%20Sizes-18%20(6)-2.png)](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-favourite-tools-now-connected-to-payworks?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Nov 03, 2026 ### [Your Favourite Tools, Now Connected to Payworks](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-favourite-tools-now-connected-to-payworks?hsLang=en-ca) Key Takeaways Payworks integrates directly with the accounting, HR, and POS platforms your team already relies on — with no... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-favourite-tools-now-connected-to-payworks?hsLang=en-ca) [![The compensation conversation Canadian nonprofits can't afford to avoid. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_NFP_Compensation.png)](https://blog.payworks.ca/the-compensation-conversation-canadian-nonprofits-cant-afford-to-avoid?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Nov 02, 2026 ### [The compensation conversation Canadian nonprofits can't afford to avoid.](https://blog.payworks.ca/the-compensation-conversation-canadian-nonprofits-cant-afford-to-avoid?hsLang=en-ca) Key Takeaways Nonprofit compensation is shaped by structural pressures outside your control, but payroll accuracy,... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/the-compensation-conversation-canadian-nonprofits-cant-afford-to-avoid?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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Text says “Staying connected has never been this simple”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_May19.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/connecting-your-virtual-team-using-shared-calendar?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | May 19, 2021 ### [Connecting your virtual team using Shared Calendar](https://blog.payworks.ca/connecting-your-virtual-team-using-shared-calendar?hsLang=en-ca) Whether by policy or preference, remote work is here to stay! Payworks’ #HRFromAfar series leverages the insights of our in-house HR experts to help leaders, fellow HR professionals and Canadian business owners navigate the many unique facets of... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/connecting-your-virtual-team-using-shared-calendar?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/connecting-your-virtual-team-using-shared-calendar?hsLang=en-ca) [![Lakeshore Heights; Photo: Marlo Campbell, courtesy of the Lake Winnipeg Foundation. 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He has his mobile phone up to his ear and one hand on the desk ready to type. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_May4_2.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/coordinating-calendars-for-your-hiring-process-just-got-easier?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | May 04, 2021 ### [Coordinating calendars for your hiring process just got easier](https://blog.payworks.ca/coordinating-calendars-for-your-hiring-process-just-got-easier?hsLang=en-ca) We’re streamlining businesses’ recruitment efforts with new integrations to Applicant Tracking Pro. We know coordinating... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/coordinating-calendars-for-your-hiring-process-just-got-easier?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/coordinating-calendars-for-your-hiring-process-just-got-easier?hsLang=en-ca) [![A close up of two members from the Payworks Plane Pull team from 2019; Team Leader Renee Cox and Vice President of HR Nicole Stewart. They’re kneeling down in the front row and laughing. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April28.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/celebrating-payitforward-day-with-1497-volunteer-hours?hsLang=en-ca) [Pay It Forward](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/pay-it-forward?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 28, 2021 ### [Celebrating #PayItForward Day with 1,497+ volunteer hours](https://blog.payworks.ca/celebrating-payitforward-day-with-1497-volunteer-hours?hsLang=en-ca) The Payworks philosophy is to Pay it Forward – to participate in meaningful ways in the communities where our employees... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/celebrating-payitforward-day-with-1497-volunteer-hours?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/celebrating-payitforward-day-with-1497-volunteer-hours?hsLang=en-ca) [![Text reads: “HR Advisory Services; An affordable Employee Policy Handbook that will reflect your unique business”. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_October2-1.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/introducing-a-customizable-employee-policy-handbook-for-canadian-businesses?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 19, 2021 ### [How to streamline the development – and evolution – of your HR policies](https://blog.payworks.ca/introducing-a-customizable-employee-policy-handbook-for-canadian-businesses?hsLang=en-ca) Policy development from scratch – it’s a comprehensive process that can involve many business stakeholders and take a lot of... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/introducing-a-customizable-employee-policy-handbook-for-canadian-businesses?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/introducing-a-customizable-employee-policy-handbook-for-canadian-businesses?hsLang=en-ca) [![Text reads “New post”, “Working towards equalizing access to education with the UWinnipeg Foundation”. The University of Winnipeg campus in downtown Winnipeg is in the background. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April16.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/education-as-equalizer-support-for-uwinnipegs-opportunity-fund?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 16, 2021 ### [Education as equalizer: support for UWinnipeg’s Opportunity Fund](https://blog.payworks.ca/education-as-equalizer-support-for-uwinnipegs-opportunity-fund?hsLang=en-ca) Over 150 years ago, education reformer Horace Mann described education as “a great equalizer of the conditions of \[humankind\] – the balance wheel of the social machinery.” As true now as it was then, this philosophy drives The University of Winnipeg... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/education-as-equalizer-support-for-uwinnipegs-opportunity-fund?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/education-as-equalizer-support-for-uwinnipegs-opportunity-fund?hsLang=en-ca) [![Members of the Payworks team in 2019 sitting around a conference room table. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April14.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-imagination-drives-innovation-and-why-its-worth-the-investment?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 14, 2021 ### [How imagination drives innovation… and why it’s worth the investment](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-imagination-drives-innovation-and-why-its-worth-the-investment?hsLang=en-ca) When you’re attempting to keep up with an ever-growing to-do list (a daily struggle for most of us!), it can be hard to stay... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-imagination-drives-innovation-and-why-its-worth-the-investment?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/how-imagination-drives-innovation-and-why-its-worth-the-investment?hsLang=en-ca) [![Patti Smith, President and CEO of CancerCare Manitoba Foundation with Payworks President & CEO JP Perron outside of the CancerCare Manitoba building in downtown Winnipeg. They’re holding a large cheque for $50,000 and are both wearing masks. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April12.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/more-tomorrows-together-20th-anniversary-support-for-cancercare-manitoba?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 12, 2021 ### [“More tomorrows together": 20th anniversary support for CancerCare Manitoba](https://blog.payworks.ca/more-tomorrows-together-20th-anniversary-support-for-cancercare-manitoba?hsLang=en-ca) In celebration of our 20th anniversary – and more specifically, two decades of community support – Payworks is honoured to... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/more-tomorrows-together-20th-anniversary-support-for-cancercare-manitoba?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/more-tomorrows-together-20th-anniversary-support-for-cancercare-manitoba?hsLang=en-ca) [![A Payworks employee stands in the middle of a group of seated coworkers during a seminar while they all share a laugh. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/in-inspiring-company-among-canadas-top-100-small-medium-employers?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 06, 2021 ### [In inspiring company among Canada’s Top 100 Small & Medium Employers](https://blog.payworks.ca/in-inspiring-company-among-canadas-top-100-small-medium-employers?hsLang=en-ca) Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have served as the backbone of the Canadian economy for generations – in fact, they... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/in-inspiring-company-among-canadas-top-100-small-medium-employers?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/in-inspiring-company-among-canadas-top-100-small-medium-employers?hsLang=en-ca) [![A woman sitting on a ledge inside of an office building with all windows in the background. She is looking down at her cell phone. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April6-2.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/managing-employee-availability-is-easier-than-ever?hsLang=en-ca) [Innovation](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/innovation?hsLang=en-ca) | Apr 06, 2021 ### [Managing employee availability is easier than ever](https://blog.payworks.ca/managing-employee-availability-is-easier-than-ever?hsLang=en-ca) Planning and scheduling your workforce to best leverage the hours individual employees are available can be a daunting task at times. That’s why we’ve made setting employee availability more intuitive than ever. Whether it’s setting a standard... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/managing-employee-availability-is-easier-than-ever?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/managing-employee-availability-is-easier-than-ever?hsLang=en-ca) [![JP Perron, Payworks President & CEO presents a large cheque for $250,000 to Stephen Borys, Director & CEO of the Winnipeg Art Gallery in front of Qaumajuq’s Visible Vault. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_WAG-1.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/it-is-bright-it-is-lit-celebrating-qaumajuq-as-part-of-our-20th-anniversary?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 30, 2021 ### [“It is bright, it is lit": Celebrating Qaumajuq as part of our 20th anniversary](https://blog.payworks.ca/it-is-bright-it-is-lit-celebrating-qaumajuq-as-part-of-our-20th-anniversary?hsLang=en-ca) In celebration of our 20th anniversary – and more specifically, two decades of community support – Payworks is honoured to... 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/get-notified-stay-on-top-of-important-milestones-with-email-notifications?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/get-notified-stay-on-top-of-important-milestones-with-email-notifications?hsLang=en-ca) [![Sales Manager Craig Soontiens and Sales Consultant Stephen McKeller moving trees in the fall time. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_March20.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/our-nova-scotia-team-united-way-working-together?hsLang=en-ca) [Pay It Forward](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/pay-it-forward?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 20, 2021 ### [Our Nova Scotia team & United Way working together](https://blog.payworks.ca/our-nova-scotia-team-united-way-working-together?hsLang=en-ca) Despite the unique challenges of 2020, Payworks’ Nova Scotia team was able to work together to achieve one of their goals... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/our-nova-scotia-team-united-way-working-together?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/our-nova-scotia-team-united-way-working-together?hsLang=en-ca) [![A collage of the team members of the Asper School of Business MBA team for the Reimagining Women in Leadership Case Competition: Rhiannon Leier Blacher, Nadine Pinette, Erin Gair, and Dee dela Cruz. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_March15_2.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/reimagining-women-in-leadership-competition-ba-dee-dela-cruz-makes-the-grade?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 16, 2021 ### [Reimagining Women in Leadership competition: BA Dee dela Cruz makes the grade](https://blog.payworks.ca/reimagining-women-in-leadership-competition-ba-dee-dela-cruz-makes-the-grade?hsLang=en-ca) When asked, Business Analyst Dee dela Cruz will enthusiastically describe herself as a lifelong learner. Whether it’s to... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/reimagining-women-in-leadership-competition-ba-dee-dela-cruz-makes-the-grade?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/reimagining-women-in-leadership-competition-ba-dee-dela-cruz-makes-the-grade?hsLang=en-ca) [![Volunteer extraordinaire and Victoria-based Area Manager Glenda Plews. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_March8_1-1.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-women-in-payroll-meet-glenda-plews?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Mar 08, 2021 ### [Inspiring the next generation of women in payroll:  meet Glenda Plews](https://blog.payworks.ca/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-women-in-payroll-meet-glenda-plews?hsLang=en-ca) It takes confidence, bravery and a sense of adventure to run a small business. So it’s no wonder that Payworks’ regional... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-women-in-payroll-meet-glenda-plews?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-women-in-payroll-meet-glenda-plews?hsLang=en-ca) [![A photo taken in Churchill, Manitoba in the summertime of a polar bear sitting in water. The polar bear is laying down in shallow water near a shoreline with its upper body visible above the water. There are large rocks behind the polar bear who is looking straight at the camera. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_February27.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/protecting-our-furry-friends-and-their-future-payworks-announces-20th-anniversary-donation-to-polar-bears-international?hsLang=en-ca) [Culture](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/culture?hsLang=en-ca) | Feb 27, 2021 ### [Protecting our furry friends and their future: Payworks announces 20th anniversary donation to Polar Bears International](https://blog.payworks.ca/protecting-our-furry-friends-and-their-future-payworks-announces-20th-anniversary-donation-to-polar-bears-international?hsLang=en-ca) In celebration of our 20th anniversary – and more specifically, two decades of community support – Payworks is honoured to announce a series of donations to several highly-deserving and impactful Manitoba-based not-for-profit organizations, in... 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