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Blanket Exercise: exploring past and present with Braving the Healing.

Culture | Feb 27, 2025

“Tears are medicine” – our Blanket Exercise with Braving the Healing

You joined the ancestors after receiving a smallpox blanket as a “gift.” You starved when you were forcibly removed from your traditional hunting grounds. You were stolen from your community, and were lost without the crucial bonds of family and...

From CFO to President: A conversation on leadership.

Culture | Feb 20, 2025

Leadership lessons: The path from VP of Finance to President

We wrapped up 2024 – a year of remarkable growth and change – by announcing Michael Penman as Payworks’ new President… so we...

Two Payworks staff working on laptops in deep thought accompanied by text that reads, “Building today for tomorrow at Payworks through coding competitions”.

Culture | Feb 06, 2025

Explore, experiment & evolve: what coding competitions look like at Payworks

Ask any of the talented developers at top tech companies about their favourite part of the year, and you’re likely to hear...

Four Payworks staff accompanied by text that reads, “Pay it Forward”.

Pay It Forward | Dec 05, 2024

Just a few of the ways we’ve been paying it forward

Happy International Volunteer Day! Today is “a global celebration of volunteers” – and a perfect reason to spotlight just a...

A group photo of Payworks’ United Way committee with a large cheque accompanied by text that reads, “Celebrating the success of this year’s United Way Workplace Campaign”.

Culture | Oct 29, 2024

Another record-breaking United Way Workplace Campaign: $543K!

Between our exclusive conversion and referral partnership with Deluxe Canada, all sorts of ongoing product enhancements to...

Five Payworks staff in a photobooth accompanied by text that reads, “attn: Head Office now open! Check out our new space”.

Culture | Oct 25, 2024

Welcome home: Payworks opens new Winnipeg Head Office

Five years + 8.3 million kilograms of concrete + 75 kilometres of data cables + one basketball hoop + over 350 very excited...

A woman and a man smiling at a board room table accompanied by text that reads, “Chief Technology Officer Maureen Kinnear talks all things leadership”.

Culture | Oct 16, 2024

Leadership lessons: The best advice our CTO received (and still shares to this day)

Meet Maureen Kinnear! We’re thrilled to have recently welcomed her to Payworks as Chief Technology Officer, where she oversees Payworks’ talented Development, Product Management and Information Technology teams. Maureen brings over two decades of...

Two staff in matching orange t-shirts accompanied by text that reads, “Pay it Forward”.

Media | Sep 07, 2024

Lights, camera, action for the Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation

What happens when the in-house video team is tasked with shelving their cameras and picking up a pen (or – let’s be real –...

Payworks staff helping to paint a basketball court accompanied by text that reads, “Pay it Forward”.

Pay It Forward | Aug 24, 2024

Rebounding stronger: Renovating for a brighter future in Winnipeg

Basketball courts are more than just a place to play a game. They’re community hubs where memories are made, friendships are...

An individual holding up free weights accompanied by text that reads, “See gains in employee wellness with physical, mental, emotional & social health supports”.

Resources | Aug 12, 2024

Stretching your understanding of fitness to nurture a more engaged workforce

The “win-wins” of prioritizing employee wellness have been well-documented: from higher efficiency to increased engagement...

A group of 21 people, seven wearing Payworks t-shirts, accompanied by text that reads, “Pay it Forward”.

Pay It Forward | Jul 02, 2024

Our leaders team up to Pay it Forward to NorWest Co-op Community Health

Uniting across shared values by supporting a local charitable organization – is there a stronger team-building activity out there?! Payworks’ Pay it Forward (PIF) Day employee benefit empowers our staff by allowing them two paid days off per...

The front of the Payworks HQ office with a Canadian Blood Services transportation van parked in front. Text reads, “Pay it Forward”.

Pay It Forward | Jun 14, 2024

HQ staff share why we’re proud to be Partners for Life with Canadian Blood Services

While our team is always down to figuratively “roll up their sleeves” in giving back to the community, they take it...

Two Payworks staff in orange t-shirts receiving volunteer certificates accompanied by text that reads, “Pay it Forward”.

Pay It Forward | May 31, 2024

How we love helping RMHC offer families a “home away from home” when they need it most

There’s a special kind of “happy” that comes from knowing you’ve made a positive difference in someone’s day! The Payworks...

Five Payworks staff in matching orange t-shirts all holding up smile cookies.

Pay It Forward | Apr 29, 2024

How we partner with Tim Hortons to put smiles on faces all year long

Today may mark the start of this year’s annual Smile Cookie Week, but the folks at Tim Hortons put a grin on our faces all...

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...

Eight Payworks staff in matching t-shirts and aprons standing in front of a kitchen counter full of baking. Text reads “Pay it Forward”.

Pay It Forward | Apr 14, 2024

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

Happy National Volunteer Week! All across Canada, this week marks an opportunity “to celebrate and thank Canada’s 24 million...

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 business, but also our own understanding when it comes to how to best serve our clients, colleagues and communities. That’s just...

So fresh and so clean: how we’ve been brightening up our communities

Workplace Wellness: add stress management to your year-end checklist