--- title: theWorks - The official Payworks blog | Legislation (5) description: "Legislation | 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. 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Understanding vacationable earnings legislation". ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_April5.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/updated-for-2021understanding-vacationable-earnings-legislation?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Nov 28, 2022 ### [Canadian payroll legislation: Understanding vacationable earnings](https://blog.payworks.ca/updated-for-2021understanding-vacationable-earnings-legislation?hsLang=en-ca) Originally published on April 5, 2021 Vacationable earnings are an important and complex portion of any organization’s payroll, regardless of the size of its workforce. An employee’s vacation entitlement is accrued throughout the vacation year, but... 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Year-end reporting and filing, taxable and non-taxable benefits, statutory deductions, labour/employment standards, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Revenu... [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/weve-got-compliance-down-to-a-science-heres-how-we-can-help-keep-your-business-on-track?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/weve-got-compliance-down-to-a-science-heres-how-we-can-help-keep-your-business-on-track?hsLang=en-ca) [![Text reads “attention small business owners! 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[Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-is-pay-in-lieu?hsLang=en-ca) [Continue Reading](https://blog.payworks.ca/what-is-pay-in-lieu?hsLang=en-ca) [![An elderly lady in a blue long sleeve shirt and dark rimmed sunglasses, listening to a phone call on her cell phone and taking notes on a scribbler in front of her. She's at her home office with a kitchen in the background and an open silver laptop on the left-hand side. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_January.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/you-ask-we-answer-your-top-year-end-questions-right-now?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Jan 25, 2021 ### [You ask, we answer: your top year-end questions right now](https://blog.payworks.ca/you-ask-we-answer-your-top-year-end-questions-right-now?hsLang=en-ca) After a year that was anything but ordinary, we expect that even the most experienced payroll professionals have questions... 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She’s looking through papers off to the side of her laptop. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/BlogBanner_October14_2.jpg)](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-top-legislation-questions-answered?hsLang=en-ca) [Resources](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/resources?hsLang=en-ca) | Oct 14, 2020 ### [Your top legislation questions… answered!](https://blog.payworks.ca/your-top-legislation-questions-answered?hsLang=en-ca) Payworks’ Service team is pleased to assist our valued clients each day on queries ranging from payroll basics to complex... 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