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March 2017
News in Brief pg. 4
CRA offering payroll podcasts |
Feds still struggling with Phoenix |
Majority of Canadians feel entitled
to workplace health benefi ts
Ask an expert pg. 5
Keeping records for
probationary workers |
Determining source
deduction remittance
scheduling
Avoiding email scams pg. 3
Payroll, human resources departments
targeted in recent United States
phishing scheme seeking
fi nancial, identity information
Will payroll's future include ROEs?
EI report recommends use of
real-time payroll data instead
BY SHEILA BRAWN
THERE MAY come a day when payroll departments
no longer have to complete and submit Records
of Employment (ROEs). Instead, Service Canada
would use real-time information from employers'
payroll systems to determine if an Employment
Insurance (EI) claimant was eligible for benefits.
That vision may become a reality if the federal
government adopts a recommendation made
last month in a report by a Parliamentary panel
reviewing the quality of service that the EI
program provides. The government launched the
review last year to find out how EI could better
serve Canadians.
In the Employment Insurance Service Quality
Review panel's report, called Making Citizens
Central, the panel recommends that Service
Canada work with key stakeholders to co-create
a real-time payroll information-sharing solution.
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Legislative Roundup
Changes in payroll laws and regulations
from across Canada
see HIKE page 6
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Campaign for
$15 minimum
wage continues
Alberta lone province to adopt rate
BY SHEILA BRAWN
WORKERS' RIGHTS activists across Canada are continuing to push
for a $15-an-hour minimum wage despite little interest in it so far
from provincial governments.
Labour unions and anti-poverty activists in British Columbia,
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia h ave launched
campaigns calling on their governments to raise the minimum wage
rate to at least $15. To date, all of the governments have refused to
do so or have remained silent on the issue.
Manitoba
Annual health and tax levy report
due March 31
Employers who are required to pay the provincial Health and Post
Secondary Education Tax Levy must file a Health and Education
Tax Levy Annual Report with the provincial finance department by
March 31.
The department uses the form to reconcile an employer's annual
payroll with the tax levy the employer paid for the year to determine
if the employer paid more than was required or did not pay enough.
Along with the form and a cheque for any amount owing, employ-
ers must submit a copy of T4 and T4A summaries for the preceding
tax year, as well as a summary of their contributions to an employee
see ROEs page 2
