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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).

Pay It Forward | Apr 28, 2024

Celebrating #PayItForward Day with 4,425 volunteer hours (and climbing!)

Giving back is at Payworks’ core; in fact, we’re honoured to support more than 200 organizations across Canada through local sponsorship, volunteering, investment, and employee-initiated giving. And given that today is Global Pay it Forward Day,...

A map of Canada accompanied by text that reads, “employees not reporting to a physical location? This legislative change affects your business”.

Resources | Apr 16, 2024

Province of employment: changes from the CRA and Revenu Québec

Do you have staff working from home across Canada? If you have a remote work agreement with one or more of your full-time...

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”.

Resources | Apr 09, 2024

HR Head to Head: Recruiting a “unicorn” employee versus cultivating your own

By definition, a unicorn is a mythological and rare animal, most often appearing in tales of magic, enchantment, and...

Two Payworks staff in matching orange sweatshirts holding up two awards accompanied by text that reads, “We’re Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employer for 2024!”.

Media | Apr 02, 2024

We’re thrilled to be honoured among the best and brightest

One of the many ways Payworks commits to our purpose of “doing right by people” is by embracing growth – not only of our...

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Media | Mar 28, 2024

Life at Payworks: “People can be comfortably themselves”

We get it – there are so many wonderful Canadian businesses where you can choose to build your career (many of which are...

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Resources | Mar 25, 2024

What you need to know for tax filing season: updates to Form T2200

In January 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) updated Form T2200, Declaration of Conditions of Employment, for the 2023...

Innovation | Mar 20, 2024

Partner Story: How we’ve helped Elevate HR Solutions grow 50% year over year

Growing up in an entrepreneurial family, Gina Roberts always knew that she wanted to go into business for herself. Fast forward to 2024, and Gina’s spent the last decade as President & CEO of Elevate HR Solutions, “a boutique Human Resources firm...

Four staff in orange Pay it Forward t-shirts accompanied by text that reads, “new video… what giving back looks like at Payworks”.

Media | Mar 15, 2024

Life at Payworks: Paying it forward in our communities

We get it – there are so many wonderful Canadian businesses where you can choose to build your career (many of which are...

Seven individuals holding up a large cheque for $125,000 accompanied by text that reads, “international women’s day: meet the folks making things better”.

Culture | Mar 08, 2024

International Women’s Day: Meet the folks making a difference

Happy International Women’s Day! Payworks Co-Founder Barb Gamey (who was recently recognized as one of Ace Burpee’s Top 100...

A woman working at night on a desktop computer accompanied by text that reads, “Daylight Savings and the impacts on payroll”.

Resources | Mar 07, 2024

Daylight Savings Time and the payroll impact on overnight staff

Daylight Savings Time (DST): whether you love “falling back” into an extra hour of sleep, dread “springing forward” an hour...

A group of six employees in a boardroom, happily collaborating around notebooks and laptops, accompanied by text that reads, “New video… why our people choose to invest their time & talent here”.

Media | Feb 24, 2024

Life at Payworks: Doing what you love

We get it – there are so many wonderful Canadian businesses where you can choose to build your career (many of which are clients and partners of ours, incidentally!), and it can be hard to know what life is really like at any of them. That’s why our...