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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...

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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 pay period. Nevertheless, the nature of payroll also means that sometimes irregular scenarios pop up, and that can mean...

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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...