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Updated March 2017 As a small business owner, there are a lot of things that can keep you up at night. But there’s nothing worse than losing sleep because your small business isn’t payroll compliant. There’s no such thing as ‘the small stuff’ when it comes to payroll compliance. What is Payroll Compliance? In a […]

Before you can start paying your employees and enjoy that “responsible employer” feeling, there are a few things you need to take care of from a government standpoint. And that’s the stuff you don’t want to get wrong because the CRA can come down on you with some pretty hefty fines. Verify your Compliance with […]

Your business is taking off, and it is time for you to bring on some extra help to keep up that momentum. You’re scanning through resumes and talking to your network so that you only hire the best talent, but even before you make that hire, the first thing you want to consider if you […]

That’s the million dollar question — or possibly the question that could result in million dollar fines. When we start out on the journey to making our business dreams come true, we all have a moment where we think “Payroll’s a no-brainer! I just have one employee’s payroll, so I’m sure I can handle this […]

There’s nothing quite like an award to validate good work, and it’s all the more amazing when that award is for customer service! It gives us great pleasure to announce that Wagepoint was presented with a Silver Stevie® Award in the Customer Service Department of the Year – Computer Software – Up to 100 Employees category in the […]

Economic devastation is as real a fear to us today as the plague was to mediaeval Europe, and one specter of economic ruin we got used to in the last few decades was global outsourcing. Jobs going overseas. Customer services, back office functions, manufacturing: all jobs which form the backbone of middle and working class […]

Determining whether someone is an employee of your company or an independent contractor can be quite tricky.  Having the Canada Revenue Agency determine that you got it wrong can have very expensive repercussions for your business.  For a lot of companies, hiring a contractor is easier to manage and can be less expensive as well. […]

Everyone understands that T4 reporting applies on a cash basis, based on actual pay dates. For example, a bi-weekly pay period may cover work between December 14 and 27, 2013, but the pay day for that work may fall on January 2, 2014. Because the pay day falls in 2014, source deductions and reporting are […]

The normal rule is that when employees work overtime, employers have to pay that out in the same pay period as worked. However, in some jurisdictions, there may be other options. Two options that are sometimes available are averaging and banking. When weekly hours worked are averaged for overtime purposes, overtime is only recognized if […]

The statutory holiday pay theme continues, and this week’s post focuses on whether or not companies have to pay an employee statutory holiday pay after the employment has been terminated.  While it might seem odd, in almost all employment standard jurisdictions, there is no actual requirement that a person be an employee on the day […]

Correctly processing statutory holidays is a complex task in Canadian payroll. Not only are there significant differences between the employment standards requirements by jurisdiction, but there can also be wide variances among employer policies and practices. There often isn’t even agreement about what these days are called. In some jurisdictions, these are termed general or public holidays. […]

As an online payroll company, one of the features of our payroll app is to handle government remittances for our clients. But what makes up these remittances? Which agencies do small businesses need to remit to in order to stay compliant? In order to answer all these questions, we decided to put together an article […]

Are you trying to solve productivity by doing more of the wrong things? It’s a fact that virtually every organization and individual within those organizations, is being asked to ‘do more with less’. Therefore, the key question right now should be, ‘How do we maximize productivity and performance, simply and easily? One of the most effective ways […]