Payroll & Benefits

Payroll processing is time-sensitive. Besides strict timelines, managing payroll includes keeping track of and processing benefit deductions, bonus and overtime calculations, vacation tracking, garnishments, records of employment, new hire onboarding, terminations, year-end tax processing, and federal and provincial regulation changes.

AugmentHR has a team of payroll experts that can provide the long or short-term payroll support your organization needs, regardless of your technology platform of choice, so you can focus on what you do best.

Outsourcing the payroll function allows our clients to focus on their core business and not worry about managing their complete payroll when the person responsible for those duties is on vacation, on leave, or has left the company.

Our team is also highly proficient in HR benefits management. They have worked with such providers as SunLife Financial, ManuLife, Canada Life, Great-West Life, Equitable Life, RBC Insurance, Desjardins, and other leading platforms.

Your dedicated HR benefits specialist will manage the Canadian-based health, dental, AD&D, disability, and life insurance plan on your behalf, including:

• Benefit enrolment of new employees.
• Answer employee questions and address any on-going issues and questions.
• Reconcile billing and coordinate with payroll as necessary.
• Ensure legal compliance.
• Pension management including employee retirement savings plans (RRSP, NRSP, DPSP accounts).
• Answer employee questions, reconcile the contributions, input new employees, change contribution levels, process tax forms at year-end, and more.

How do I set up payroll in Canada? Which payroll provider should I use?

AugmentHR has the experience to lead your organization's payroll implementation. We have the HR payroll services expertise to provide potential service providers to fit your needs, as determined by the size of the organization, payroll frequency, hourly vs. salary based, and other factors.

Our HR payroll services team manages:

• The selection process of a Canadian payroll provider.
• Canada Revenue Agency business number registration required to remit statutory deductions (income tax, employment insurance, and Canada Pension Plan). 
• CSST/WHMIS provincial registration.
• Determining the frequency of payroll.
• Setting up payroll coding, entering existing employees, and running test pay.

Do I need to offer HR benefits? What benefits should I offer?

When applying for jobs, candidates often look at employee benefits as part of the overall proposed compensation offering. Employee benefits increase the value of any job offer and contribute to employee satisfaction and retention.

The AugmentHR team has close relationships with top HR benefits brokers across Canada. We will benchmark the benefit offerings of other organizations that are similar to yours. Based on that benchmarked data, we can work with you and the broker to ensure that your benefits offering is competitive.

If you do not have enough employees to offer HR benefits, our benefits team can make suggestions on options, such as a health care spending account.