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Resources | Dec 14, 2022

Why now's the time to go paperless for year-end

Originally published December 3, 2020 Let’s take one item off your plate this year-end! Using the Payworks application, administrators can elect to distribute their employee’s tax forms electronically instead of providing printed copies. Going...

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Innovation | Feb 04, 2022

Vaccination tracker, policy development, touchless data capture and more: Payworks has the tools for the ever-evolving world of work

The world of work continues to evolve at what feels like light speed. Between the increased focus on health and safety,...

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Resources | Jan 06, 2022

Ontario’s Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) and your business: a conversation

Early in the pandemic, the Ontario government introduced legislation known as the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL)...

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Resources | Dec 31, 2020

There were over 300 payroll-impacting legislation changes this year – here’s how we can help

To say that 2020 was full of surprises would certainly be an understatement; in fact, there were over 300 payroll-impacting...

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Media | Dec 19, 2020

WATCH: a holiday video that is "so 2020"

‘Twas the month before the holidays, when all through our homes, we racked our brains to develop a video (with a lot of...

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Pay It Forward | Dec 19, 2020

Helping local charitable organizations and their new online events

Through all of the changes our society has faced within the COVID-19 pandemic, inspiration can be found in the innovation...

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Innovation | Dec 15, 2020

What you need to know about new T4 boxes for 2020

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has added four new boxes to the T4 for reporting the employment income and retroactive payments necessary to validate payments for support programs like the CEWS, CERB and CESB. So if, for example, your employees...

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Resources | Dec 03, 2020

Three T2200 basics to understand in the year of remote work

As you may have read in the recent Year-End edition of The Works Magazine, the Canadian Payroll Association and the...

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Resources | Nov 18, 2020

Year-end reporting: what you need to know for 2020

Last updated: Tuesday, November 24 Ready or not… here it comes! Year-end is right around the corner, and like the rest of...

Media | Oct 23, 2020

An update to our valued clients: from the desk of President & CEO JP Perron

From the desk of Payworks' President and CEO JP Perron: It’s been several months since the COVID-19 pandemic first...

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Resources | Oct 14, 2020

Your top legislation questions… answered!

Payworks’ Service team is pleased to assist our valued clients each day on queries ranging from payroll basics to complex legislation. With the introduction and expansion of so many federal and regional programs in recent months, we’ve been...

Resources | Oct 10, 2020

Maintaining psychologically safe workplaces with remote teams

With a large portion of employees around Canada now instructed to work from home where possible, it’s a pivotal time to find...

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Pay It Forward | Sep 26, 2020

Taking a day to give back to our front-line workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives, including how we Pay it Forward. While still in accordance with...

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Resources | Sep 23, 2020

Optimizing the employee departure process in a remote environment

Whether by policy or preference, remote work is here to stay! Payworks’ #HRFromAfar series leverages the insights of our...

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Resources | Aug 26, 2020

Strengthening leadership skills in a remote environment

Whether by policy or preference, remote work is here to stay! Payworks’ #HRFromAfar series leverages the insights of our...

Text reads, “ROE: a document that encapsulates an employee’s employment history information such as insurable earnings and hours”.

Innovation | Jun 26, 2020

Everything you need to know about ROEs

When is an ROE necessary? ROEs need to be produced for employees when there is a break in employment of two pay periods or...

Resources | Jun 17, 2020

How to successfully work from home

While working from home isn’t out of the ordinary for some, never before have there been so many remote workers across Canada. With the spread of COVID-19 and the social distancing measures that have been put in place, several organizations have...

Province of employment: changes from the CRA and Revenu Québec

How we’ve been paying it forward from coast to coast