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April 4, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting,
On April 1, 2013, the federal government launched the new Social Security Tribunal…
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January 2, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Integrated Accessibility Regulation, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Standard for Customer Service, Standard for the Built Environment, Wages and Compensation,
We are repeating this December 21 blog post to ensure employers, human resources professionals, payroll specialists, legal advisors, managers and supervisors among others start 2013 on the right foot.
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November 8, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation,
The three most popular HRinfodesk articles this week deal with CPP rates for 2013, psychological health and safety, and investigating workplace violence.
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May 31, 2012 Alan McEwen Human Resources, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting,
In its omnibus budget Bill C-38, the federal government is giving itself the ability to eliminate the use of physical Social Insurance Number cards. According to an article in the May 16 issue of the Globe and Mail, actual SIN cards will no longer be issued as of March 2014. Currently Employment Insurance and Canada Pension Plan legislation requires employers to ask to see the actual card.
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December 22, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Standard for Customer Service, Wages and Compensation
It’s the time of the year again when employers and payroll specialists have to start their T4 year-end process and need to know what’s new in payroll for 2012. In addition, several changes to pension, employment standards and other legal requirements are coming into force January 1, 2012. This blog post provides you with a brief summary of some of the changes employers need to know and prepare for:
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December 22, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
An earlier First Reference Talks blog post dealt with CPP contribution changes effective January 2012. This post will deal with changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits and the Post-Retirement Benefit your employees need to know.
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December 22, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr Human Resources, Payroll, Source Deductions and Reporting
On January 1, 2012, changes to the rules for deducting CPP contributions will come into effect. These legislative changes do not affect the salary or wages of an employee who is considered to be disabled under the CPP, nor do they affect the salary and wages of a person who has reached 70 years of age. In addition, individuals will not be affected by these changes if they started receiving a CPP retirement pension before December 31, 2010, and they remain out of the workforce. So, what do employers need to know?
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August 31, 2011 Alan McEwen Employee Relations, Human Resources, Payroll, Source Deductions and Reporting
Starting in 2012, the federal and provincial governments are making a series of changes to the Canada Pension Plan that affect employees aged between 60 and 70. These changes permit CPP and QPP contributions for employees when CPP or QPP retirement benefits are received, before employees turn 70 years of age. These changes bring the CPP into line with similar changes made to the QPP in 1997.The purpose, in part, is to offer more support to employees who wish to phase in their retirement.
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December 22, 2010 Yosie Saint-Cyr Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
On Monday December 20, 2010, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced that the provinces, territories and the federal government came to an agreement during their meeting in Alberta to move ahead with a new private-sector pension plan called the pooled registered pension plan framework. This means any talk regarding the expansion of the Canada Pension Plan is put on hold for now.
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October 19, 2010 Earl Altman Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
Much has been written about our aging workforce and the implication for employers of the coming tide of retirements. The premiers and Prime Minister recently met to attempt to deal with those workers who do not have company pension plans by enhancing the benefits available under the Canada Pension plan, unfortunately without success. Clearly, retirement planning and the funding for that retirement are hot issues.
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October 5, 2010 Earl Altman Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources
It is an accepted principle of corporate law that the owners or managers of a corporation are not legally liable personally for the debts of that corporation. However, since the inception of limited liability, corporations have sought to avoid payment of various debts by hiding behind what is referred to as the “corporate veil”. Some of these efforts have been so flagrant a misuse of the principle that courts have struggled to “pierce the corporate veil” and impose legal liability on directors of the corporation for certain conduct.
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March 24, 2010 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
Recently, questions and concerns have been raised about the adequacy of future retirement income for certain members of the Canadian population. These concerns have received particular attention in light of the global ecomonic downturn and other emerging issues, such as longer life expectancy, imminent baby boomer retirements, and declining private pension plan coverage.
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December 22, 2009 Adam Gorley Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
But who’s going to explain them to you? Or maybe more importantly, who’s going to explain whether the changes mean anything to you?
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