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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 tax year, making it easier to complete for employees who are claiming a deduction for home office expenses. This updated form...

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Resources | Mar 11, 2024

NL paid holidays explained: St. Patrick’s Day & St. George’s Day

The topics of statutory or public holidays often top the list of questions frequently asked of our in-house experts. That’s...

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Resources | Mar 04, 2024

Explained: Good Friday and Easter Monday stat holiday legislation

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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Resources | Feb 01, 2024

Statutory holiday information for the Third Monday in February

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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Resources | Jan 22, 2024

What employers need to know about Manitoba payroll legislation – including important changes for 2024!

Paying employees accurately sounds like it should be a straightforward task… but complex legislation can make it trickier to...

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Resources | Jan 12, 2024

Three year-end legislation changes to keep in mind heading into 2024

The New Year is here, which means your year-end payroll processing to-dos are ramping up. Flipping the calendar’s page also...

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Resources | Jan 04, 2024

New Year: time to mark your calendar with the 2024 statutory holiday schedule

Staying on top of the upcoming statutory holiday schedule is important to ensure your organization is adhering to legislated time off for staff, applying holiday pay rates, and planning around any impacts to payroll-processing dates so your team is...

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Resources | Dec 22, 2023

Let’s “count down” New Year’s Day & Day After New Year’s Day legislative requirements

A new year often inspires fresh starts and resolutions to make things better in the year ahead! And if you’re a payroll...

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Resources | Dec 19, 2023

Key changes in Canadian human resources legislation outside Québec (2022–2023)

With so many human resources-related legislative updates happening across Canada all the time, it can be tough to keep up...

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Resources | Nov 24, 2023

Heads up: important CPP & QPP legislation changes effective January 2024

Have you heard the news? A second contribution and earnings ceiling for Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) enhancement and Québec...

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Resources | Nov 20, 2023

New T4/T4A boxes added - explore how the CDCP changes your year-end

Have you heard the news? The Government of Canada’s Budget 2023 introduced the Dental Care Measures Act, which is the legislative bill establishing the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP). And heads up: the Dental Care Measures Act directly relates to...

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Resources | Nov 16, 2023

Filing more than five T4/T4A slips? You now need to file electronically

We know, we know - another new requirement for payroll year-end processing? Fear not! As always: with Payworks, you’re not...

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Resources | Nov 13, 2023

What employers need to know about Saskatchewan payroll legislation

As your business’ payroll expert, you likely have a great rhythm in place to get employees paid accurately and on time every...

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Resources | Nov 06, 2023

The ins and outs of banking overtime in Canada

Have you heard about “time banks”, “banked time”, “banking overtime”, or “overtime banks”, but are uncertain on the specific...

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Resources | Oct 13, 2023

Dig into the Québec Budget Plan: what’s in place, what’s coming soon

If you’re a Québec-based business or an organization with employees working in Québec, you may have already caught this past...

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Resources | Sep 05, 2023

Your guide to unique and tricky-to-navigate Alberta payroll legislation

Calling all Alberta-based businesses – or organizations with employees in Alberta! If you’re looking for straightforward and...

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Resources | Jul 17, 2023

Navigating British Columbia payroll legislation? Let us help you!

If you’re a British Columbia (BC)-based business, or an organization with employees in BC, you likely have questions about a few BC-specific payroll legislative components. We get it! Legislative requirements differ between provinces and territories...

Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP): What Employers Need to Know

Asked and answered: five year-end questions from small businesses