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Alberta Stat Holidays 2026: Every General Holiday Date

Alberta stat holidays 2026: every general holiday date from the Government of Alberta, optional days like Easter Monday and Boxing Day, and who qualifies.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

BC Stat Holidays 2026: Every Date and Day of the Week

BC stat holidays 2026: every statutory holiday date from the B.C. Employment Standards Branch, which days are not stat holidays, and who qualifies for pay.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Best Canadian Payroll Software 2026: 12 Options Compared

Find the best Canadian payroll software for your team: compare 12 options, pricing models, Quebec reporting, migration checks and Workzoom cost examples.

By Workzoom Team

Payroll

Payroll Overpayment in Canada: The Complete Fix (2026)

Overpaid an employee? The complete guide to payroll overpayment recovery in Canada: CRA rules, net vs gross repayment, T4 fixes, and the conversation.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Payroll Process Documentation for a Retiring Veteran

Your payroll admin retires in six weeks. Payroll process documentation must exist before the first 60 days after they leave expose every exception.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Canada Payroll Tax Rates 2026: CPP2 Ceiling and EI Rules

Canada payroll tax rates for 2026 set out CPP2's new earnings ceiling and EI premium rules, the numbers that trip up mid-year reconciliations.

By Workzoom Team

Payroll

CPP2 2026: Is Canada Payroll Using Last Year's Ceiling?

If Canada payroll software didn't update its CPP2 ceiling for 2026, employees earning $81,200 to $85,000 are under-deducted every pay period.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Canadian Payroll Software: What It Must Do and What It Costs

What Canadian payroll software must handle in 2026, from CPP, CPP2 and EI to CRA remittances and Quebec, plus costs, data hosting and how to switch providers.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

T4 Slips 2026: Employer Deadline, Filing and Late Penalties

T4 slip Canada deadlines: when employers file with the CRA and give slips to employees, how the weekend rule moves the date, and how late penalties scale.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Electronic Pay Stubs Canada: Legal, But Not Automatic

Electronic pay stubs Canada: Ontario permits digital wage statements when workers can make a paper copy. Check current rules in other jurisdictions.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Statutory Holiday Pay Canada 2026: Four Formulas, One Table

Compare 2026 statutory holiday pay in Ontario, BC, Alberta and Quebec, with source-linked formulas, eligibility rules and selected-jurisdiction calendars.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Record of Employment Canada: ROE Web, Codes, Deadlines

How to file a Record of Employment in Canada: ROE Web steps, reason codes and the 5-calendar-day deadline for weekly, biweekly and semi-monthly payroll.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Quebec Payroll 2026: Register With Revenu Québec First

Quebec payroll means a second remittance agency, a second slip, and a second deadline. This checklist covers QPP, QPIP, RL-1 and CNESST registration.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Payroll Remittance 2026: PD7A Is the CRA's Report Card

A payroll remittance mismatch shows up on the PD7A before any CRA letter arrives. The statement compares what you reported against what CRA received.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Province of Employment Changed and Nobody Told Payroll

An employee relocates, HR updates the file, and payroll keeps withholding for the old province. Run this check before the next pay run.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

CUPE Payroll for a Children's Aid Society

CUPE payroll for a Children's Aid Society. Configure pay grids, step progressions, on-call premiums, and after-hours pay for the agreement.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

How to Switch Payroll Providers in Canada, Even Mid-Year

Payroll providers can switch mid-year without breaking your CPP and EI balances. The checklist, the parallel-run step, and the three mistakes that undo it.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Canadian Payroll 2026: What Changes When Quebec Joins

Adding a Quebec employee to Canadian payroll changes the EI rate, remittance form and leave entitlement, and this guide names each shift.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

CPP and EI Max 2026: Rates and Payroll Deductions

2026 CPP, CPP2 and EI maximums: $4,230.45, $416 and $1,123.07 per employee. Plus income tax, employer costs, EHT, remittance and T4s.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Municipal Payroll Software: One Cycle, Three Union Tables

Payroll software for municipalities must prove more than CUPE compliance: fire, IBEW and non-union staff calculating correctly on one pay run.

By Matthew Woolley

Payroll

Payroll System Failing? Seven Signs Behind the Spreadsheet

A 150-employee healthcare team loses 12 to 25 hours a pay period, proof the payroll system is failing before cheques even go out, not after.

By Matthew Woolley