Payroll: CA

May 11, 2016

5 of the Most Asked Canadian Payroll Questions Answered

Like most payroll topics, there is no one easy answer. Generally, you are lost in a world of ‘choose your own adventure’ stories. On a good day, you can call some legislative agencies several times and get a different answer from each representative with whom you speak. To say this is frustrating is an understatement. […]

Employee Terminations and Subsequent Payments

You would think that once an employee has been let go, that would be that. But payroll is never just that simple. It’s not at all uncommon for employees to be paid after what was supposed to have been their final paycheck and after a Record of Employment has been issued. From the employee perspective, […]

What Do You Need to Include in an Employee’s Final Payroll?

As much as you want to avoid turnover as a business owner, a certain amount of attrition is to be expected in any company. When an employee leaves your company, thus ending their employment, you are required to administer a final payroll. The final pay will be your employee’s last form of compensation from your […]

Remitting Payroll Deductions – Penalties for Missing a Payment

Most enforcement of government payroll regulation is reactive, initiated by an employee complaint. Similarly, while the possible penalties for non-compliance can theoretically be severe – including potential jail sentences – such penalties are rarely, if ever, imposed. However, there is one area of government regulation where significant penalties, at least financial ones, are actively and regularly […]

Double Overtime — Absolutely Everything You Need to Know

Double Overtime is relevant to your company if any of the following applies, You’re a California, US-based company You’re a British Columbia, Canada based company You have employees who work in either of the above locations If none of the above applies to your business, you don’t have to worry about double overtime. You only […]

A Comprehensive List of all Payroll Incomes You Need to Know

A simple and straightforward payroll looks at an employee’s gross annual or hourly pay rate, divides it by the frequency of your payroll and then applies the necessary Federal, State and Local taxes. This final amount is the net income that gets deposited into your employee’s bank account. Occasionally though, you’ll need to go beyond […]

Mandatory Overtime and Payroll

Few things are more contentious than disagreements over employee work schedules. Does the employer have the right to determine how many hours employees will work or request mandatory overtime? Are there thresholds past which employees can’t be made to work, with or without their consent? To answer these questions, we first have to recognize three […]

4 Ways to Handle Vacation Pay in Canada

This blog post is written for Canadian businesses. U.S.-based companies should refer to How to Structure Paid Time Off Plans Like a Pro. Small business owners have a decision to make when it comes to Vacation Pay. As delightful as vacations can be, the complexities of vacation payroll can sometimes leave you wishing for a vacation […]

The Craziest Payroll Rules of the Past

Unless you’re us, or an accountant, you probably don’t get too enthusiastic about payroll topics. Well, today that’s all about to change with our 5 craziest payroll rules of the past! Over the years, employees have been paid in strange ways, and we’ve compiled a list of the craziest ones complete with beer, clay tablets […]