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Legislative Roundup
Changes in payroll laws and regulations
from across Canada
News in Brief pg. 4
Alberta panel reviewing WCB|Alberta
investigating possible MEP
breach|Average weekly earnings
down in January: StatsCan
Ask an expert pg. 5
Banking overtime hours -
how does it work?|Paying
out time bank upon
termination
British Columbia
Government reviewing
minimum wage rates
The British Columbia government is considering raising provincial
minimum wage rates to a higher level than planned.
It is considering higher minimum wage rates because the prov-
ince's economy is doing so well.
"The province is reviewing the minimum wage increase to keep
it in line with overall economic growth," said Shirley Bond, the min-
ister responsible for labour issues.
"Given our stronger economic growth, we feel there should be
room for a modest incremental adjustment beyond B.C.'s CPI so
see EI on page 6
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Quebec budget proposes
health tax changes pg. 3
Speeding up plan to eliminate a
mandatory health contribution,
further cuts to HSF contribution rates
Succession planning
still a challenge for payroll: Survey
More than three-quarters of employers have no succession plan in place
BY SHEILA BRAWN
DESPITE challenges employers say they
face recruiting and retaining skilled payroll
professionals, more than three-quarters
admit they do not have a succession plan
for payroll staff, a new survey finds.
The survey, part of Hays Canada's annual
Payroll Salary Guide, found 78 per cent
have no plan in place to develop qualified
payroll professionals to fill critical posi-
tions within their organization.
"That number has been almost static for
three years now," says Antony McElwee,
director of sales and client relations at the
recruitment firm.
The survey found 71 per cent of em-
ployers say there is a moderate to extreme
shortage of skilled payroll professionals,
with junior and middle management em-
see CERTIFICATION page 2
Good news,
bad news budget
No source deduction rate changes,
no measures to reduce paperwork
BY SHEILA BRAWN
THIS year's federal budget does not contain any immediate source
deduction rate changes for payroll, but it does propose a number of
Employment Insurance (EI) and income tax measures that could af-
fect employers and payroll departments in coming months.
The budget, which Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled on Mar.
22, proposed a range of changes to EI that would mostly affect ben-
efit claimants, such as extending the duration of benefits in certain
regions of the country and relaxing the rules for claiming benefits for
