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By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 4 Minutes Read July 9, 2018

Collective agreement, not software, drives employee entitlements

Organizations must carefully and proactively determine user requirements and document them with great specificity when designing or evaluating software options to manage payroll and benefits within their companies.

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Payroll, Privacy / accounting procedures, accruals, Apolone Gentles, Business needs, collective agreement, demographic data, employer, grievance, IT systems, labour relations, Northwest Territories Government v Union of Northern Workers, pension, sick banks, software implementation, software limitations, system capability, union, user requirements

By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read October 21, 2015

Payroll accounting – What you don’t account for can hurt you

Payroll is one of the largest single expenses of an organization. Without proper accounting controls in place, money could be misappropriated and false expense claims processed. For this reason, employers must intimately understand their payroll costs, and know how to control and predict them.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Payroll / accounting procedures, Canadian Payroll Association, collective agreements, company policies, cpa, employment contracts, financial statements, internal and/or external auditor, labour costs, overpayments or errors, Payroll, Payroll accounting, payroll fraud, Payroll practitioners, Payroll tax, payroll-related legislation, rates of pay, reconciliation process, Taxes and expenses, wages and benefits

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read March 18, 2011

Bookkeeper goes to jail for eight years after defrauding employer

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently upheld a lengthy prison sentence for a bookkeeper who defrauded her employer of over $700,000.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations / accounting, accounting policies, accounting procedures, bookkeeper, bookkeeping, Canada Revenue Agency, CRA, employment law, finance, fraud, fraud prevention, shareholder liability, tax liabilities, theft

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