Service Canada

Is one year paid parental leave the new norm?

August 14, 2015 Vey Willetts LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

On Tuesday, August 4 – the same day that Netflix stock hit a record high, the company announced a decision through its blog to provide paid maternity and paternity leave for its employees, up to one year.

EI benefits, Employment Insurance, flexibility to focus on nurturing their newborn without financial stress, individual’s regular salary, Netflix, one year paid parental leave, paid maternity leave, parental leave, parental leave policies, parental leave policy, Service Canada, unpaid leave

Salary increases and temporary foreign workers — are you compliant?

July 9, 2015 Occasional Contributors Corporate Immigration, Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Penalties and Fines, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation

There have been many changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) over the last year, with an emphasis on employer compliance, including respect of actual salaries paid.

changes to salary or terms of employment, employment contract, employment law, Job offer, Labour Market Impact Assessment, LMIA, risk of non-compliance, salary increases, Service Canada, temporary foreign workers, Wages paid, work permit

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

June 18, 2015 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting, Training and Development, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with changes to police record check; non-discriminatory explanation for firing; and ROE Web formats.

background check, Criminal record check, discrimination, Dismissal, employment law, firing, HRinfodesk, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, police record check, ROE Web, ROE Web file versions, Service Canada, termination, terminations

Payroll calculations: Go automated to save time, stay in compliance

May 30, 2014 Occasional Contributors Employment/Labour Standards, HR Analytics, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Privacy and Security, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation

Do any of you still perform manual payroll calculations or do any kind of reporting manually? I hope not. If you still are, it’s a disaster waiting to happen. An automated payroll system will significantly reduce your time and effort, and minimize or eliminate errors. Your payroll will be compliant with federal and provincial requirements, and your record-keeping capabilities will be enhanced.

automated payroll system, automating benefit calculations, automating payroll and reporting, calculating statutory holiday pay, Canada Revenue Agency, creating paper Records of Employment, general ledger and accrual reports, human capital management, manual payroll calculations, payroll software and service providers, Processing payrolls, reporting manually, Service Canada

Allocation of settlement funds in wrongful dismissal – between taxable and tax exempt

October 23, 2012 Earl Altman Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation

Damages for wrongful dismissal are intended primarily to compensate the dismissed employee for income lost due to the dismissal. As such, the amount of such compensation, whether as a result of a settlement or a judgment by the court is, prima facie, taxable.

Canada Revenue Agency, compensation, contribution room, dismissed employee, EI benefits, employment insurance benefits, employment law, general damages, income lost due to the dismissal, Income Tax Act, legal fees, Notice of Assessment, repayment of expenses, retirement allowances, RRSP contribution room, Service Canada, settlement, settlement or a judgment by the court, statement of claim, wrongful dismissal

Plastic SIN card to be phased out

May 22, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Corporate Immigration, Human Resources, Payroll, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting

In an attempt to save money, protect privacy and prevent identy theft, the Globe and Mail reports, the federal government has introduced plans within budget Bill C-38, to cut the social insurance number (SIN) card.

employment law, HRSDC, identity theft, Service Canada, SIN, SIN card, Social Insurance Number

$450-million EI class-action lawsuit

February 8, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits

The federal government is facing a $450-million class-action lawsuit for failing to provide sickness employment Insurance benefits to women already receiving maternity EI benefits while on maternity leave. The aim of the lawsuit is to ensure no other new mother who becomes seriously ill during maternity leave has to fight for sickness benefits.

$450 million class action lawsuit, EI benefits, EI class action lawsuit, EI compassionate care benefits, EI parental benefits, EI sickness benefits, Employment Insurance Act, employment law, leave of absence from work, maternity employment insurance benefits, maternity leave, parental leave, pregnancy, seriously ill during maternity leave, Service Canada, sickness benefits, sickness employment Insurance benefits

Reminder: Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits and the Post-Retirement Benefit effective January 2012

December 22, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor 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.

canada pension plan, canadian employment law, Collecting CPP pension after age 65, Collecting CPP Pension before age 65, Consumer Price Index, CPP benefits, CPP contributions, CPP retirement pension benefits, deferring receipt of benefits, Disability benefits, drop-out provision, employment law, low or zero earnings, Pension benefits, Phase retirement, Post-Retirement Benefit, retirement, retirement benefits, Service Canada, survivor benefits, work cessation test

Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (top-up) plan reporting

October 31, 2011 Alan McEwen Payroll, Pensions and Benefits

We set up a Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) plan in the last year (also known as a top-up plan). How do I report the payments our employees received under the plan in 2011? Before answering this question, let’s clarify a couple of terms…

Employment Insurance, employment law, Income Tax Act, Service Canada, SUB plan, supplementary unemployment benefits, T4, T4A, Top-up plan