It’s time we recognize the province of employment rules need fixing. I’ve written several times about these rules, (search my blog for ‘province of employment’) but always with a view to explaining what these are. Now I’d like to express … Continue reading
It’s not often that payroll staff associate payroll with provincial sales tax. It’s true that payroll staff relate sales taxes – GST, HST and QST – to the T4 reporting of taxable benefits, but that’s just because the cost base … Continue reading
In Canada, one of the first areas of the employment relationship to be regulated was Workers’ Compensation, with the first Workers’ Compensation Boards created during WWI. There are now WCBs in every province and territory in Canada, while federally-regulated employers … Continue reading
One of the factors that makes Canadian payroll so complex is that there are 14 separate jurisdictions. It’s not just the number of these, but that the rules used to determine jurisdiction are both complex and vary based on the … Continue reading
It’s time to test your payroll knowledge. In the following scenario, what do you think is the correct province of employment? Sharon is a member of the board of directors of a Canadian resource company. Although the corporate headquarters are … Continue reading
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