Canadian Payroll Reporter

News Published 12 times a year by thomson reuters Canada ltd. Subscription rate: $179 per year Customer service Tel: (416) 609-3800 (Toronto) (800) 387-5164 (outside Toronto) Fax: (416) 298-5106 E-mail: carswell.customerrelations @thomsonreuters.com Website: www.carswell.com One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy Road Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1T 3V4 Director, Carswell Media karen lorimer Publisher John hobel (on leave) Managing Editor/Acting Publisher todd humber Editor sheila Brawn sbrawn@rogers.com Assistant Editor Mallory hendry Marketing Manager Mohammad ali mm.ali@thomsonreuters.com (416) 609-5866 Circulation Co-ordinator keith Fulford keith.fulford@thomsonreuters.com (416) 649-9585 Payroll Reporter Can R Can R adian adian a www.payrollreporter.com ©2014 Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-7798-2810-4 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher (Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business). Return Mail Registration # 1522825 | Return Postage Guaranteed Paid News Revenue Toronto Canadian Payroll Reporter is part of the Canadian HR Reporter group of publications: • Canadian HR Reporter — www.hrreporter.com • Canadian Occupational Safety magazine — www.cos-mag.com • Canadian Payroll Reporter — www.payroll-reporter.com • Canadian Employment Law Today — www.employmentlawtoday.com • Canadian Labour Reporter — www.labour-reporter.com See carswell.com for information National Payroll Week THE CANADIAN PAYROLL association (Cpa) is celebrating its 20th national payroll week this year from september 15 to 19. The event aims to recognize the accomplishments of payroll practitioners, the payroll community and the association. This year the Cpa will host 28 breakfast/luncheon events across the country to mark the week. each event will feature a summary of the association's national payroll week research survey results, as well as a keynote presentation of time management. Here is a listing of the events. for more details, including cost and location, refer to the national payroll week website at http://www.npw-snp.ca/en/index.php. Date Event Sept. 15 Breakfast in Surrey, BC Sept. 15 Breakfast in Calgary, AB Sept. 15 Luncheon in Calgary, AB Sept. 15 Breakfast in Kingston, ON Sept. 15 Breakfast in St. John's, NL Sept. 16 Breakfast in Kelowna, BC Sept. 16 Breakfast in Edmonton, AB Sept. 16 Luncheon in Edmonton, AB Sept. 16 Breakfast in Halifax, NS Sept. 16 Breakfast in Ottawa, ON Sept. 16 Breakfast in Ajax, ON Sept. 17 Breakfast in Prince George, BC Sept. 17 Breakfast in Grande Prairie, AB Sept. 17 Breakfast in Regina, SK Sept. 17 Breakfast in Sudbury, ON Sept. 17 Breakfast in Burlington, ON Sept. 17 Breakfast in Quebec City, QC (in French) Sept. 17 Breakfast in Saint John, NB Sept. 18 Breakfast in Victoria, BC Sept. 18 Breakfast in Saskatoon, SK Sept. 18 Breakfast in Kitchener, ON Sept. 18 Breakfast in Toronto, ON Sept. 18 Breakfast in St-Laurent, QC (in English) Sept. 19 Breakfast in Vancouver, BC Sept. 19 Breakfast in Winnipeg, MB Sept. 19 Breakfast in London, ON Sept. 19 Luncheon in Brampton, ON Sept. 19 Breakfast in Montreal, QC (in French) with the other people in the or- ganization." Lilley says professional devel- opment is important for him. He has been involved with the Cana- dian Payroll Association (CPA) for close to 20 years, as a mem- ber of its Federal Government Relations Advisory Council and, most recently, as a director of the association's governance board. Lilley enjoys working with the federal government represen- tatives on the council and has learned that payroll and the Can- ada Revenue Agency (CRA) have some things in common. "The people we work with (in the CRA) are very similar. They don't write the legislation. They have to implement it, so they try to find the most effective way to implement legislative or regula- tory changes." Lilley is also involved with two payroll roundtable groups in Cal- gary. The first one was set up 12 years ago by payroll managers in the city who wanted a forum to discuss common issues. The group consists of payroll profes- sionals from 10 large companies. They get together to talk about complex payroll issues. The second group was formed two years ago. It deals with in- ternational payroll, focusing on issues related to running payroll from other countries and send- ing employees on assignments. "There is a lot of value because we close the door and say every- thing we say here is just to share amongst the group. We're not here to criticize each other. We're here to help each other and that means 'tell us what you've done.' It might be embarrassing, but we all have experiences," he says. Lilley says he likes the round- tables because they provide a place to learn from others and from EMBRACING on page 3 Payroll 'never-ending' in terms of what's new tions to help ensure and record that this is indeed happening on an organizational level. Time and attendance solutions must enable organizations to ac- curately pay their employees in compliance with all federal and provincial labour rules, while also taking into account compa- ny-specific requirements, such as union rules, shift differentials and rounding requirements. Small businesses in particular need help ensuring compliance because they do not have in- house legal staff and compliance consultants to turn to for advice. It is said that adaptability is the new competitive advantage for organizations. For small businesses that understand and adopt the latest time and atten- dance trends and technologies, the reward can be seen in greater efficiency, legislative compli- ance, pay accuracy, employee engagement and, of course, com- petitive drive. Jeff King is the director of Time & Workforce Manage- ment Product Management at Ceridian. from TECH on page 4 Consistency important be proactive. He says the round- tables are also an example of how payroll is becoming more profes- sional. The sense of professional- ism is something he has noticed growing over the years. "One of the big changes is that people are choosing to go into payroll and they are more aware of it as a career choice," he says, adding at one time payroll tend- ed to be a field people acciden- tally fell into. For payroll professionals look- ing to advance their careers, Lilly stresses the importance of pro- fessional development through the CPA. He also again empha- sizes the need for payroll practi- tioners to be proactive and pro- mote the idea that payroll can be a valued business partner. "You have got to be looking at 'where can we make this better?' 'Where can we improve?' 'What aren't we doing that we should be doing? 'What should we stop do- ing that we don't need to do any- more,'" he says. "There are so many things in- fluencing you and some people just choose to wait and see what influences them. I have always tried to say, 'you don't have to wait to see what is going to im- pact you. You can go out and influence those that are going to develop programs that affect the pay.' It's better to do that than sit back and wait." September 2014 | CPR

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