Alberta Payroll Regulations Webinar
Please fill out our Webinar Evaluation Survey by clicking here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/businessiqFebruary 16, 2012 - Alberta Payroll Regulations Webinar
During our Payroll Regulations webinar we discussed the roles and responsibilities of a payroll processor or business owner. Topics included hiring employees, paying employees, types of employment income, statutory deductions, employee terminations and year end payroll responsibilities.
We had a very active question and answer section where many very valuable questions were asked. Should any of our participants have any further questions we invite you to email us at info@businessiqtraining.com
I would like to highlight and expand on to some of the question areas:
Can young persons work between 12:01am and 6:00am?
Yes they can however the regulations state that they must have written guardian consent and be supervised by an adult.
If Municipal councilors receive a stipend is this considered contract income or salary income?
the following link within the Revenue Canada website addresses how income is taxed for elected officers of incorporated municipalities. Depending on how your municipal councilors are compensated the following link should clarify your question. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tp/it292/it292-e.html If you require further clarification I recommend that you call Revenue Canada directly.
Are there specific payroll regulations for the Not-for Profit sector?
I could not find any special regulations regarding this particular industry. To the best of my knowledge not-for-profit organizations would be bound by the same regulations as other industries.
Are there specific payroll regulations for temporary foreign workers?
I could not find any special regulations regarding this particular industry. To the best of my knowledge foreign workers would be entitled to the same regulations as other workers.
During the workshop Terminating Employees was discussed and the time frames regarding notice to termination or termination pay in lou of notice when termination for cause can not be proven were illustrated in the following chart:
L Length of Employment | Notice or Severance Pay |
> 3 months, < 2 Years | One week |
> 2 Years, < 4 Years | Two Weeks |
> 4 Years, < 6 Years | Fours Weeks |
> 6 Years, < 8 Years | Five Weeks |
> 8 Years, < 10 Years | Six Weeks |
> 10 Years | Eight Weeks |
QuickBooks Level 1
February 9th, 2012 Tonight marks the end of our 3 evening webinar for QuickBooks Level 1. Topics covered included setting up a new company file, working with lists such as the Chart of Accounts and the Items and Services list, recording income and expenses, reconciling bank accounts, managing sales tax, viewing and modifying reports and customizing forms.Your comments, questions and feedback are very important to us! Please send us an email or fill out our webinar evaluation survey.
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Using FaceBook and Twitter Webinar
February 7, 2012 Business IQ Training Hosted a webinar covering the subject matter of FaceBook and Twitter.Please fill out our Webinar Evaluation Survey by clicking on this online link
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Participants signed up for new accounts with these popular social media platforms and learned the basics of navigating and using these communication tools.
Like any popular technology platform both FaceBook and Twitter do make changes regularily to their websites so keeping up to date with these sites can be frustrating for the new user however can provide users the opportunity to explore new areas of these websites.
If you have questions about Twitter or FaceBook that we were not able to answer in our webinar
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Basic Bookkeeping Webinar
Thursday, January 19 2012 Business IQ Training hosted its first webinar. The topic was basic bookkeeping and the webinar was based on our popular workshop: Basic Bookeeping. The webinar was intended to give bookkeepers or business owners a general overview of the roles and responsibilities of a bookkeeper as well as an overall understanding of basic financial statements.Several questions during the question and answer period were asked regarding general journal entries. As promised for all participants please follow the link below to access a copy of an additional exercise regarding journal entries.
Journal Entry Exercise
In addition, as part of our webinar exercises we discussed 3 Basic Financial Statements:
1. Profit & Loss Reports or Income Statements
2. Statement of Owners Equity
3. Balance Sheets
webinar participants may follow the link below to view the answer key for each of the exercise pages.
Profit & Loss Statement
Statement of Owners Equity
Balance Sheet
We are still anxiously awaiting feedback from our webinar participants. Please send us an email to info@businessiqtraining.com and let us know what your thoughts regarding our webinar.
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October 16, 2011 Business IQ Training has been nominated for the 2011 Employer of Choice Award by Office Manager Stacey Merrick. The key to success here at Business IQ Training is our people. My staff show amazing dedication and enthusiasm for what they do every day and for that I am grateful and proud. Stacey shared with me her award nomination and I decided to post it on our blog as I feel it is an excellent representation of the business ethics that Business IQ portrays daily. Thank you for your nomination Stacey, I am very honoured!
2011 Employer of Choice Award - Sponsored by Alberta Works and presented through the Camrose Chamber of Commerce
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September 21, 2011 I am pleased to announce that our marketing materials for the Interactive Webinar series have been developed and distributed to all 80 Adult Learning Councils in Alberta. We will be following up with each Adult Learning Council over the next 30 days. The Interactive Webinar series will run from January 19th - March 1st and will include workshops for accounting, Internet use both for business and personal, social media marketing and will also feature our Microsoft Office Publisher course. These webinars will be hosted province wide. I am also pleased to announce that just 1 hour after sending out the marketing package we received a reply from an Adult Learning Council in Hanna interested in hosting some of the webinars. If you are reading this post and are interested in learning more about our webinar series visit our website at http://www.businessiqtraining.com/ and view our workshop information under the Courses menu.
During the Perfect Pitch Contest we identified adding Interactive Webinars to our business as one of our business goals for the near future. I am proud to say that we are well on our way to attaining this goal.
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October 16, 2011 Business IQ Training has been nominated for the 2011 Employer of Choice Award by Office Manager Stacey Merrick. The key to success here at Business IQ Training is our people. My staff show amazing dedication and enthusiasm for what they do every day and for that I am grateful and proud. Stacey shared with me her award nomination and I decided to post it on our blog as I feel it is an excellent representation of the business ethics that Business IQ portrays daily. Thank you for your nomination Stacey, I am very honoured!
2011 Employer of Choice Award - Sponsored by Alberta Works and presented through the Camrose Chamber of Commerce
Employer of Choice Award Nomination for Business IQ Training
As one of the first employees of Business IQ Training, owned by Lisa Rohr, I believe in its purpose and its ownership. I have worked for Lisa for almost 2 years and have greatly enjoyed being an integral part of her business plan. Lisa is an exceptional employer because of her ability to assess and accommodate the individual needs of her employees. When it comes to life’s obligations, she is a firm believer that family is first. Another key fact is that, as an employee of Business IQ Training, I have never had to bring a lunch to work. Lisa believes in providing a healthy meal to, not only the clients we train in our facility, but to the staff as well. It is an amazing perk. With every week that passes, she has always been one to go out of her way, whether by email or small token, to show her appreciation of me and the work I do. I am, as many people say, spoiled and it makes me excited to go to work every day.
Lisa’s management style is one of fairness and equality. She plays an active role in her business. She shows leadership by not hesitating to help when even the most mundane tasks need to be completed. We all are required to pitch in and keep the business running smoothly. She is a prime illustration of leading by example.
I was first introduced to Business IQ as a student but as I showed such an interest and aptitude for Microsoft® application programs, I was offered a position. I was first hired to be an Instructor and the Office Manager, however, my responsibilities have constantly developed to become even more involved. Since working for Business IQ Training, I have been able to participate in business decisions regarding the continuous growth of the company and Lisa has entrusted me with a variety of tasks such as product development. Business IQ has committed to ongoing education for its employees by way of technology conferences and ongoing, in-house training.
Lisa is also a community-minded employer. She has generously donated certificates to a variety of charities and causes such as the CMHA golf tournament and Fine Wines and Summer Finds in support of Camrose Victim Services. We even developed a workshop for the Camrose Job Finders Club named Community Connections Through Volunteerism so that we could teach the importance of volunteering in our community.
I believe that Lisa Rohr has personal integrity and the fact is, she has extended her personal values to be an essential part of her business practices. I have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for both her and how Business IQ is managed. I am proud to be a part of her team.
Sincerely,
Stacey Merrick
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September 21, 2011 I am pleased to announce that our marketing materials for the Interactive Webinar series have been developed and distributed to all 80 Adult Learning Councils in Alberta. We will be following up with each Adult Learning Council over the next 30 days. The Interactive Webinar series will run from January 19th - March 1st and will include workshops for accounting, Internet use both for business and personal, social media marketing and will also feature our Microsoft Office Publisher course. These webinars will be hosted province wide. I am also pleased to announce that just 1 hour after sending out the marketing package we received a reply from an Adult Learning Council in Hanna interested in hosting some of the webinars. If you are reading this post and are interested in learning more about our webinar series visit our website at http://www.businessiqtraining.com/ and view our workshop information under the Courses menu.
During the Perfect Pitch Contest we identified adding Interactive Webinars to our business as one of our business goals for the near future. I am proud to say that we are well on our way to attaining this goal.
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September 3, 2011 This morning I began reading the book Crush It! By Gary Vaynerchuk and it has inspired me to write this posting. The full title of the book is Why Now is the Time to Crush It! Cash in on Your Passion. Three words easily describe this book…Inspiring, Honest, Exciting. To elaborate:
Inspiring: This book makes you want to follow your dreams. I am already taking some of Gary’s advice and I haven’t even gotten 50 pages into the book!
Honest: The book is brutally honest. Gary talks about making your work your passion so that work becomes a part of your life, not just something that you do so that you can enjoy life….so true!
Exciting: By reading the first 20 pages I realized that I am passionate about what I do for a living. My work is a big part of my life and I am proud of that. I no longer feel ashamed of that feeling like I should work as little as possible and spend more time on other aspects of my life. I am proud of the services that my business offers and my work makes me a better person….that revelation is so EXCITING!
Why am I passionate about my work you ask? Well first and foremost because I like to help people, always have and always will. Helping others to achieve success has always provided me a sense of fulfillment. The fact that my new business venture Business IQ Training allows me to help others achieve success is the number one reason why I am passionate about my work. Many of my life success’s can be attributed to help and support that I have received from family members, close friends and members of my community so I know how important giving someone “a hand up” can be. The beauty of Business IQ Training is that I now get paid to help others succeed, therefore attributing to my success….a true life example of what goes around comes around!
To all of my followers and supporters….thank you! I enjoy sharing my story with you and I am thankful everyday for all the wonderful things in my life….including you!
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August 31, 2011 One of the business goals that we identified for the Perfect Pitch Contest was to offer our workshops through interactive webinars; allowing us to deliver our training courses to rural communities throughout Alberta. We hope to partner with several of the 80 Adult Learning Councils across Alberta beginning in January of 2012. Our initial research has been completed for this project so we are well on our way to attaining this goal. We will be releasing marketing material to all Adult Learning Councils by the end of September and we are really looking forward to this new direction for our company!
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August 25, 2011 Our August Job Finders Club session is now complete! We had 10 participants seeking gainful employment take part in a 3 week employment training program which began on August 8th and ended on August 25th. I am very proud to say that our attendance for the program was 100% and of the 10 participants 6 are now gainfully employed!! For the remaining 4 individuals they will continue their job search and will be able to utilize the skills that they received from our program to seek out future career opportunities. I would like to wish all of our participants luck in all of their future endeavors.
We are looking forward to our 2nd session of the Camrose Job Finders Club beginning on September 6th. We currently have 8 participants so we have 2 spots left, space is filling quickly so contact Business IQ Training today if you are looking to take advantage of this amazing program!
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August 23, 2011 Business IQ Training partnered with Alberta Works on August 8th, 2011 to offer a Job Finders Club in Camrose. The club will run monthly and is a 3 week training program for any unemployed or marginally employed Albertan. Our goal is to assist the participants in finding gainful employment. Our program can accomodate up to 10 participants each month and we were full with a waiting list for August. For our session beginning on September 6th we only have 3 spots left! The best news is that 5 of our 10 August participants have already found full-time employment and the remaining participants are currently pursuing some very promising job leads. If you are currently seeking employment or know someone who is looking for gainful employment make sure you call Business IQ Training at 780-672-2672.
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August 22, 2011 Well now that my blog is up and running as promised I will be posting regularly to update my followers on any progress, successes or general updates regarding my business. I am very excited to be a part of the "Perfect Pitch" mentorship program and look forward to all the publicity it will bring to my business and of course the valuable business coaching that I will be receiving. I speak with the organizers of the program on Tuesday evening to determine what type of a mentor coach I will benefit from and from there the sky is the limit! Since being selected as a finalist on August 10th my mind hasn't stopped racing about all the endless possibilities for my business. I am new to "blogging"so this alone will be a great experience!
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August 11, 2011 Lisa Rohr, owner of Business IQ Training has been selected as one of 6 finalists in the Alberta Rural Entrepreneurs "Perfect Pitch" contest. From here Lisa Rohr will go on to a three-month mentorship program with an expert in her field before the final pitch during Edmonton's FarmFair in November, where the winner will receive $25,000 to go towards their business. Lisa hopes to expand Business IQ Training to include webinar courses and is seeking recognition as a private vocational school. As part of the competition Lisa will be making posts to this blog chronicling her progress, updates and successes! If you wish to post a comment on the Blog please select the "Contact Us" link on this blog or from the website http://www.businessiqtraining.com/
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