Human Resources 101

How does your salary measure up?
Canadians will work full-time all 2008 to earn an average wage of $38,998. But by 10:33 a.m. January 2, the 100 best-paid CEOs of public companies in Canada will have already pocketed that average Canadian wage.
And they will continue to earn the average Canadian wage every nine hours and 33 [...]

I think the most interesting part of this announcement is that minimum wage will be indexed to changes in the average weekly wage. It sounds like the minimum wage could be reduced in any given year the average weekly wage goes down. It would be interesting to see how that plays out.
Minimum wage will increase [...]

Phased RetirementThe Income Tax Regulations currently prohibit phased retirement arrangements by preventing employees from accruing pension benefits under a defined benefit registered pension plan if they receive a pension from the plan of the same or a related employer.
The Budget proposes to permit an employer to simultaneously pay a partial pension to an employee and [...]

Robert Half Finance and Accounting offers a variety of information and free resources to help employers make informed, strategic hiring decisions. This is a sales tool. The form asks for a phone call or number so they can make a pitch to you. If you don’t mind the pitch, there’s some helpful information in these booklets.

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If you need to track automobile usage for Canadian tax purposes, Deloitte and Touche provides a handy log book. You can download a PDF from the page linked below or e-mail a request for an Excel spreadsheet version.

This logbook helps employees and employers comply with both federal and Quebec tax rules dealing with the [...]