Payroll Compliance Legislation
This course introduces students to payroll compliance responsibilities that affect organizations.
It is designed to provide the payroll student with the theory and knowledge required to describe
payroll’s objectives and stakeholders, identify an employer/employee relationship, communicate
the payroll compliance requirements to various stakeholders, and apply federal and provincial
legislation to payroll including Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance Act, Income Tax Act,
employment standards legislation, Workers’ Compensation Acts, and Québec-specific legislation.
Course Prerequisite(s)
None, although a thorough understanding of mathematical principles will increase the probability of success in this course.
Payroll Fundamentals 1
In this course, students learn how to apply payroll legislation and calculate individual pay.
This includes all components of individual pay from remuneration, through deductions, to net pay for
both regular and non-regular situations.
This course is designed to provide the payroll student with the theory and knowledge required to
calculate regular individual net pay, calculate non-regular individual pay, calculate termination
payments, complete a Record of Employment, and communicate all aspects of individual pay
requirements to stakeholders.
Course Prerequisite(s)
Payroll Compliance Legislation
Payroll Fundamentals 2
In this course, students learn how to calculate and report government and third party remittances,
year-end requirements and accounting for payroll at the compliance level for the organization.
This course is designed to provide the payroll student with the theory and knowledge required to
calculate organizational remittances to federal, provincial and third-party stakeholders, prepare
accounting documentation for payroll, complete year-end documentation, and communicate all
aspects of organizational remittances, accounting and year-end requirements to various stakeholders.
Course Prerequisite(s)
Payroll Compliance Legislation
Basic Bookkeeping Level 1
Payroll Fundamentals 1
Payroll Transition
The Payroll Transition course is designed to transition holders of the Payroll Administrator
certification (or students who have completed the Introduction to Payroll course) to the new Payroll
Compliance Practitioner (PCP) certification.
In this course, students use both print-based and web-based learning components to develop
knowledge in five key areas of payroll practice:
Payroll and its Compliance Environment
Federal Legislation
Provincial and Territorial Legislation Outside Québec.
Québec Legislation
Workers' Compensation
Course Prerequisite(s)
In this course, students use both print-based and web-based learning components to develop
knowledge in five key areas of payroll practice:
It is required that students have completed a Payroll Administrator certification, or the Payroll
Fundamentals 1 course.
