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About Alan McEwen

Alan R. McEwen‘s involvement in payroll spans over 20 years. As a practitioner, he has implemented and managed outsourced payroll operations for both large and small employers. As a consultant, he has worked with many organizations, public and private, on HR/payroll process re-engineering, strategic systems decisions and forensic payroll audits.

By Alan McEwen | 3 Minutes Read May 31, 2012

Have SIN card changes been well thought out?

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.

Article by Alan McEwen / Employee Relations, Payroll / 2012 federal budget, Bill C-38, canada pension plan, Canada Revenue Agency, cpp, EI, Employment Insurance, employment law, payroll fraud, SIN cards, Social Insurance Number, T4 reporting

By Alan McEwen | 3 Minutes Read May 1, 2012

What’s wrong with this picture? Settlement excludes amount of vacation pay owing

In Ontario, employers owe vacation pay on employee wages. Wages are defined in section 1 of the Employment Standards Act to include "any payment required to be made by an employer to an employee." Here is where it gets tricky. In Ontario, the employment standards may require two separate types of payments to an employee who is terminated without cause.

Article by Alan McEwen / Employment Standards, Payroll / Calculating vacation pay, employment law, ontario employment standards act, Ontario Ministry of Labour, Policy and Interpretation Manual, severance package, Severance pay, statutory notice, Statutory severance, termination notice, termination without cause, vacation pay, vacation pay owing, Vacationable earnings, wages in lieu of notice, wrongful dismissal

By Alan McEwen | 3 Minutes Read March 30, 2012

Researching budget changes

The day after the federal budget, it might be useful to share some thoughts about researching this budget, as well as related provincial budgets, for changes that might affect payroll source deduction and reporting.

Article by Alan McEwen / Payroll / 2012 federal budget, budget research, Department of Finance, federal budget, Notices of ways and means motions, payroll source deductions, provincial budget, T4127

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