Everything employers need to know about employment, compensation and benefits.

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Canadian Master Payroll Guide, 5th Edition is an essential resource for day-to-day payroll functions.  This guide puts all the critical information you need to solve day-to-day payroll issues at your fingertips. This essential resource is the only guide on the market to include convenient charts and formulas. Plus, its comprehensive information is packaged in a portable format that’s up-to-date and easy to understand. 

The Canadian Master Payroll Guide also includes background and commentaries that provide helpful guidance on how to apply the information in each section. The Guide is organized in an intuitive way that mirrors the payroll workflow and covers standard payroll situations. 

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This book helps you ensure that:

• Payroll transactions are accurately reported and recorded
• Your organization meets all governing legislation and regulations
• Monies withheld from employees’ pay are held in trust and remitted on the appropriate due dates
• Your organization is protected against payroll-related fraud
• Your organization maintains the confidentiality of the information flowing through the payroll department

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Readers of the Canadian Master Labour Guide know that finding a trustworthy information source is vital and they have been placing their trust in our guide for over 28 years. 

This best-seller can help you stay on top of changes to employment and labour law.
With complete coverage of federal and provincial labour and employment laws, the Canadian Master Labour Guide gives you the essential information every employer needs to know in one portable and trustworthy source.

WHY Choose Canadian Master Labour Guide?

Employers and advisers turn to Canadian Master Labour Guide as the definitive source for employment and labour law, including information on:

• Key changes in statutory requirements
• Critical court rulings
• New government policies

Key topics include:

• Labour Jurisdictions
• Labour Standards
• Fair Employment Practices: Human Rights, Equal Pay/Pay Equity, and Employment Equity
• Special Issues: Occupational Health and Safety and Employment Insurance
• Organized Labour
• Collective Bargaining

WHAT’S NEW in the 29th Edition?

• Family Day holiday introduced in British Columbia.
• Leaves of absence:
  • Reservist leave added for Nunavut.
  • Leave for death or disappearance of a child added for the federal jurisdiction and Manitoba.
  • Leave for a critically ill child introduced for the federal jurisdiction and Manitoba.
• Maximum hours of operation on Sundays and certain holidays expanded for retail businesses in Manitoba.
• Minimum wage increases in Alberta, BC, Manitoba, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.
• New definitions of “suitable employment” and “reasonable job search” for Employment Insurance claimants.
• Expanded commentary on the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.
• Repeal of the exception which permitted mandatory retirement in the Canadian Human Rights Act.
• New prohibited grounds of discrimination:
  • Gender identity in Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and On

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This publication is designed to save you time when you need information. It's the first publication in Canada to give you a searchable database on both benefits and pensions in a CD-ROM or Internet format. With this Guide, you'll have the most comprehensive library available for employment benefits and pensions in Canada. Just look over the topics covered below and you'll see that this unique publication includes all the information you need in one convenient-to-access source.

Includes monthly newsletter, Canadian Employment Benefits and Pensions Guide Newsletter.

With the launch of the new Internet platform, the updates to your research library are delivered immediately from the editors' desktop to you. The CD and looseleaf subscriptions are updated monthly.

Topics Covered

• Government Sponsored Pension Plans
• Employer Plans – Standards Legislation
• Tax Issues – Employer Sponsored Plans
• Registered Retirement Savings Plans
• How to Set Up a Plan
• Plan Administration
• Social Security Agreements
• Employee Benefits
• Executive and Incentive Compensation
• Flex Benefits and Work Practices
• Pre-Retirement Counseling
• Legislation
• Releases, Bulletins, Policies
• Full text of Laws & Regulations for federal and provincial Pension Legislation
• Pension Appeals Board cases and recent case digests (CCH is the only publisher that carries PAB cases! Pension Appeal Board sends only to us to publish – cases go back as far as 1960's in the electronic format)

Features

• This product's information, analysis and current news will help you develop and administer benefit and pension plans.
• It will keep you up-to-date on information pertaining to benefits and pension contributions.
• The immediate retrieval (in the electronic version) of information, instant links from section to section and program to program, and the extensive information and research resources of CCH, make it an indispensable addition to your HR library.
• This guide describes thoroughly the types of plans available and includes a design criteria and registration information you can use to implement in your organization.
• Conveniently organized commentary and charts help you with the plan's day-today administration.
• For your convenience, relevant tax issues are easily referenced and explanatory commentary is consolidated alongside Revenue Canada Information Bulletins and Circulars, and Guides.
• Enjoy access to information on a full range of employee benefits, including group insurance plans, bonuses, workers' compensation and employment insurance.

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If you're looking for answers to the many employment standards questions you come across every day, you need Your Employment Standards Questions Answered – Federal and Provincial Guidance at your fingertips. Now there is one definitive source to answer all your employment standards questions.

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• Minimum age of employment
• Minimum wages and call-in pay
• Hours of work and overtime pay
• Statutory holidays
• Vacations with pay
• Leaves of absence
• Payment of wages
• Personnel records
• Termination of employment
• Wrongful dismissal
• Discrimination in employment
• Harassment at work
• Equal pay
• Employment equity
• Enforcement of employment standards

Why waste your valuable time scrolling through confusing government web sites or shuffling through piles of outdated print materials when you can find all the answers in one convenient place? With a clear index to easily point you to the appropriate section, and a straightforward question and answer format, this concise reference fits neatly into your busy day. Plus, the book is created by CCH, a company that professionals like yourself have trusted for years to provide accurate and reliable information.

New in This Edition
Our recent improvements make Your Employment Standards Questions Answered – Federal and Provincial Guidance more useful than ever:

• Legislation updated to June 30, 2008
• New chapter on enforcement of employment standards that reflects the increase in class actions with respect to employment standards such as overtime pay
• Recent court rulings added
• Personal data protection sections rewritten to include new privacy legislation
• Provincial sections updated where needed, including Ontario's new rules on hours of work and Manitoba's sweeping revisions to the hours of work and overtime laws

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The Mercer/CCH Guide for Employers Newsletter is published monthly and emailed to subscribers in PDF format.

The Newsletter is written by experts in the field and is a valuable reminder of what’s new in the constantly growing and changing compensation landscape.

Each issue provides you with:

• Lead articles on timely relevant topics to keep you current.
• Tips from experts at Mercer regarding salary benchmarking and how to use Mercer’s MarketPricer™ tool.
• A summary of recent cases and legislative developments from across Canada to keep you up-to-date.
• Tips and practice tools to aid you in your day-to-day decision making.

This Newsletter is included free, in the Mercer/CCH Guide for Employers subscription. For more information, go to www.cch.ca/mercercchguide.

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An essential resource for day-to-day payroll functions.

Canadian Master Payroll Guide, 2nd Edition puts all of the critical information you need for day-to-day payroll issues at your fingertips. This essential resource is the only guide on the market to include convenient charts and formulas. Plus, its comprehensive information is packaged in a portable format that’s up-to-date and easy to understand.

The Canadian Master Payroll Guide covers all standard payroll situations, and includes background and commentaries that provide helpful guidance on how to apply the information in each section. The Guide is organized in an intuitive way that mirrors the payroll workflow, and it also includes easy-to-understand interpretations and charts of national and provincial legislative requirements.

The 2nd Edition of the Guide includes key updates that all payroll professionals need to know for 2011.  Here is a sample of what’s new:

2011 Rates and Figures:s

• Provincial Tax Rates
• CPP/QPP Annual Maximums and Contribution Rates
• EI Premiums and Premium Reduction
• Workers’ Compensation Maximum Insurance Earnings
• Employer Taxes and Levies
• Employer Pension Plans Contribution Limits

Taxable Benefits
Changes have been made to the treatment of:

• Gifts and Awards
• Wage Loss Replacement Plans
• Employee Stock Options

Employment Standards

• New and revised Prince Edward Island Employment Standards Legislation
• New Organ Donor Leave for Manitoba and Quebec
• New Citizenship Ceremony Leave for Manitoba
• Minimum Wage rate changes for all provinces as appropriate 
• Record of Employment (ROE)
• The Employer Guide to completing the Record of Employment has been revised and expanded.

Year-End Reporting
The new CRA and Revenu Québec electronic filing requirements have been incorporated.

Reporting of Retiring Allowances
Changes in the reporting of eligible and non-eligible retiring allowances amounts, including those amounts paid to Status Indians, have been incorporated.

T4A Redesign
Recent changes to the T4A slip have been identified and explained.

The Canadian Master Payroll Guide, 2nd Edition simplifies payroll to ensure that:

• Payroll transactions are accurately reported and recorded
• Your organization meets all governing legislation and regulations
• Monies withheld from employees’ pays are held in trust and rem

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An essential resource for day-to-day payroll functions.

The new Canadian Master Payroll Guide puts all of the critical information you need for day-to-day payroll issues at your fingertips. This essential resource is the only Guide on the market to include convenient charts and formulas. Plus, its comprehensive information is packaged in a portable format that's up-to-date and easy to understand!

The Canadian Master Payroll Guide features current and accurate information in the following categories:

• Payroll Overview d
• Employment Standards
• Earnings, Allowances & Expense Reimbursement
• Employee Benefits
• Statutory Deductions: Employer Remittances
• Statutory Deductions: Tax
• Statutory Deductions: Employment Insurance
• Record of Employment
• Employer Taxes and Levies
• Employer Pension Plans
• Year-End Reporting
• Workers' Compensation (Rates Charts)

The Canadian Master Payroll Guide also includes background and commentaries that provide helpful guidance on how to apply the information in each section. The Guide is organized in an intuitive way that mirrors the payroll workflow and covers standard payroll situations.

It also includes an easy-to-understand interpretation of legislative requirements nationally as well as across the provinces. Here are just a few of the handy charts that are included:

• yearly payroll rates
• statutory deductions
• federal income tax
• CPP
• QPP
• EI

BETTER TOOLS = ACCURATE PAYROLL

The Canadian Master Payroll Guide simplifies payroll to help you ensure that:

• payroll transactions are accurately reported and recorded
• your organization meets all governing legislation and regulations
• monies withheld from employees' pays are held in trust and remitted on the appropriate due dates
• your organization is protected against payroll-related fraud
• your organization maintains the confidentiality of the information flowing through the payroll department

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Make sure you are up-to-date on recent changes to employment and labour law with this best seller.

The Canadian Master Labour Guide has made it easier for our customers to stay on top of changes in federal and provincial employment and labour law.

And -- we provide key commentaries to help ysou quickly understand what the changes mean so you can respond appropriately.

Here is a sample of some recent changes to employment and labour law included in this new edition:

• Major overhaul of employment standards in Prince Edward Island
• Addition of several new leaves of absence, including organ donor leave in Manitoba and Quebec, and citizenship ceremony leave in Manitoba
• Significant changes to human rights in Newfoundland and Labrador from new Human Rights Act
• New protections for foreign live-in caregivers in Ontario
• New workplace violence and harassment requirements in Ontario (Bill 168)
• Changes to construction industry labour relations in Saskatchewan
• Minimum wage increases in Manitoba, PEI, Quebec, and Nunavut
• Employment Insurance Regulations modified to include new plan for the self-employed, now in effect
• Changes to special Employment Insurance benefits relating to training and pilot projects

Employers and advisors trust the Canadian Master Labour Guide to be their definitive source for employment and labour law, including information on:

• Key changes in statutory requirements
• Critical court rulings
• New government policies
• Labour Jurisdictions
• Labour Standards
• Fair Employment Practices: Human Rights, Equal Pay/Pay Equity, and Employment Equity
• Special Issues: Occupational Health and Safety and Employment Insurance
• Organized Labour
• Collective Bargaining

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2012 will be a challenging year to be in compliance with the ever-changing payroll laws and regulations. To add to your stress, Federal and state agencies are ramping up audits. And, the penalties the government may impose are substantial!

How do you stay in compliance and avoid penalties?

The APA Basic Guide to Payroll is written to make understanding the laws and regulations as easy as possible. And this single-volume guide is filled with tools to help you apply the law and make proper calculations – with ease!

Among the many, handy features, you'll find:

• How to complete the W-2
• 50-state charts that give you at-a-glance answers to questions regarding key payroll requirements
• Our Fingertip Guide that enables you to find payroll taxability and wage-hour ramifications of benefits immediately
• Clear checklists that help you make precise determinations quickly and confidently
  
  
  
  

And much more!

The 2012 APA Basic Guide to Payroll has been updated to include:

• The latest about reporting the value of health care coverage on the W-2
• Updated figures for 2012
• New reasons why you may be required to reject a child support withholding order
• The FUTA tax rate
• Recent developments on what's considered timely mailed and filed
• What the courts are saying about paying employees for donning and doffing
• Whether there will be a Social Security tax cut for 2012 (President Obama proposed a lower rate for both employers and employees)
• What the IRS is saying about the taxability of employer-provided cell phones
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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