Statutory Holidays (also known as Paid Holidays) are great for employees to hit the reset button, relax for a day, exhale as it were, and go back to work re-envigored, happy, and refocused. Yes, as an employer it’s a paid day for no work, but studies show that the production...
Realistically knowing how to calculate overtime in PEI is one of the simplest payroll rules to know, but also one of the most inconvenient to calculate. Why? Because overtime in PEI is based on a 44 hour work week, meaning taking the time to add up every shift the employee...
Taking some well-earned time off is a great way to recharge the work batteries. Knowing how to calculate vacation pay in PEI is an important part of making sure your payroll’s correct. If you want a fool-proof way of making sure that it’s right every time, sign up for a...
New businesses often ask how often to pay employees. Everyone wants to get paid on time, for sure, but should that be monthly? Semi-Monthly? Bi-Weekly? Weekly? That's the question. Though several factors play a part in deciding the period, it often comes down to your business' income cycle, how often...
How to calculate Stat Pay in Alberta is a little… complicated. Everyone deserves a day off, don’t they? Sure they do! But whether you get paid for that day off… well… in Alberta, it’s unfortunately not as straightforward as you’d think. There’s qualifications that need to be met, and it’s...
You might know about oil, farming and ranching, but how to calculate overtime in Alberta? If not, then don't worry. Just follow the steps below to find out how easy it is (with one little twist). The good news is too that if you read though this all and still...
For most businesses in our home prairie province, there's no getting around it. Learning how to calculate stat pay in Saskatchewan is just one of those things that needs to be addressed. Happy employees equals better productivity, and what better way to keep employees happy than to pay them what...
What exactly is the CPP2 or Second Additional CPP and will it affect you? Only if you earn more than $68,500.00 in short. In a move that only a government could complicate appropriately, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has released guidelines that deal with this unnecessarily complicated calculation. Described below...
Figuring how to calculate Overtime in Saskatchewan is actually not that bad a task. Especially if the employees are already keeping an accurate daily hours log. The downside is that every shift has to be calculated to determine whether they qualify for Overtime or not. Even if it isn’t a...
There are many manuals available on how to do payroll in Canada on the internet. Some ream on for pages and pages! The goal of this manual however is to get you from A to Payroll without spending the next day of your life bleary eyed and brain fogged. Doesn’t...