National Payroll Institute
{{Short description|Canadian nonprofit organization}}
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| location_city = Toronto, Ontario
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Peter Tzanetakis{{Cite news |date=2018-07-18 |title=Peter Tzanetakis |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv/appointmentnotices/article-peter-tzanetakis/ |access-date=2023-05-13}}{{Cite web |title=National Payroll Institute - Board of Directors |url=https://payroll.ca/who-we-are/board-of-directors |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=payroll.ca}}{{Cite web |title=Peter Tzanetakis {{!}} National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/author/peter-tzanetakis/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |newspaper=National Post |language=en-CA}}
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| website = {{Official website|http://www.payroll.ca/ }}
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The National Payroll Institute is a professional association representing payroll workers in Canada.{{cite web|title=Winning the war for talent through payroll|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv/article-winning-the-war-for-talent-through-payroll/|website=Globe and Mail}}{{cite book|title=Vrouwen willen meer dan een roze creditcard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Px6EAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PT264&dq=%22national%20payroll%20institute%22&pg=PT264#v=onepage&q=%22national%20payroll%20institute%22&f=false|publisher=Lannoo Meulenhoff}} The Institute was formed in 1978 as the Canadian Payroll Association, and rebranded in 2022. The Institute offers two certification programs for payroll administrators and managers,{{cite book|last=Dubey|first=N. B.|title=OFFICE MANAGEMENT: Developing Skills for Smooth Functioning|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3aiA1URwOXIC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA37&dq=canadian%20payroll%20association&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q=canadian%20payroll%20association&f=false|page=37}} and advocates for the profession and employers' interests through government lobbying and its magazine, Dialogue.
Since 1995, the Institute has hosted National Payroll Week in Canada, coinciding with the observance in other countries.
Background
The CPA was founded in 1978{{cite book|last=Lambert|first=Vicki M.|title=Payroll: A Guide to Running an Efficient Department|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0gwZboBNf44C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA288&dq=canadian%20payroll%20association&pg=PA289#v=onepage&q=canadian%20payroll%20association&f=false|page=288-289|date=March 4, 2005}} by a group of payroll practitioners who proposed changes to the first Record of Employment (ROE) form. They advocate on behalf of employers to federal and provincial/territorial governments, seeking to proactively influence payroll- and benefits-related legislation to enable all stakeholders to administer them in an efficient and effective manner.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
As of 2005, the association had over 10,000 members and 75% of Canadian employees were paid through member companies.
The association changed its name from Canadian Payroll Association to National Payroll Institute in 2022.{{cite web|title=Canadian Payroll Association relaunches as National Payroll Institute|url=https://www.talentcanada.ca/canadian-payroll-association-relaunches-as-national-payroll-institute/|website=TalentCanada|date=March 7, 2022}}
A series of surveys by the association have shown that about half of Canadians live from paycheque to paycheque.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/payroll-salary-survey-1.4276782 |title=Almost half of Canadian employees living paycheque to paycheque, survey indicates|date= September 6, 2017|website=CBC News}}{{Cite web |title=Almost half of Sask. residents living paycheque to paycheque: Canadian Payroll Association {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2926658/almost-half-of-sask-residents-living-paycheque-to-paycheque-canadian-payroll-association/ |date=September 7, 2016 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2016-09-07 |title=Half of working Canadians living paycheque to paycheque: survey |language=en-CA |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/household-finances/half-of-working-canadians-living-paycheque-to-paycheque-survey/article31741113/ |access-date=2023-05-13}}{{Cite web |date=2018-09-05 |title=Fewer living paycheque to paycheque but more overwhelmed by debt: survey |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/fewer-living-paycheque-to-paycheque-but-more-overwhelmed-by-debt-survey-1.4081177 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}
= Certification =
The CPA offers two Certifications, Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) and Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP, formerly Certified Payroll Manager, CPM). The required courses for each certification are:{{cite web|title=The Canadian Payroll Association|url=https://conted.ucalgary.ca/accrediting/cpa.jsp|website=UCalgary}}
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| Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP)
! Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP) |
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| Payroll Compliance Legislation
| Introduction to Payroll Management |
| Payroll Fundamentals 1
| Applied Payroll Management |
| Introduction to Accounting
| Managerial Accounting |
| Payroll Fundamentals 2
| Compensation and Benefits Management |
| | Organizational Behaviour Management |
Certification holders are required to:
- adhere to a Professional Code of Conduct;
- maintain membership with the NPI; and
- participate in continuing professional education (CPE).
Payroll courses are offered at over 50 post-secondary institutions and 90 campuses across Canada. The courses are also offered through an instructor led online program that starts every month.
Professional development
The CPA holds more than 400 professional development seminars across Canada each year to address key payroll topics ranging from Learning Payroll I and II which covers the basics, to Taxable Benefits and Year-end.
The CPA's Annual Conference & Trade Show, held in a different city each year, is a payroll networking event featuring more than 50 educational and keynote sessions. It also includes the largest payroll trade show in Canada.
National Payroll Week (NPW) is the largest annual public relations initiative of the Canadian Payroll Association. NPW recognizes the accomplishments of payroll professionals, the payroll community and The Canadian Payroll Association (CPA), by building greater awareness of the size and scope of payroll and its impact on business, government and employees across Canada.{{cite magazine|title=Canadian Business, Volume 72, Issue 14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrqZAAAAIAAJ&q=canadian+payroll+association&dq=canadian+payroll+association&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwip9fvKuNaNAxUarYkEHdFxOLsQ6AF6BAgEEAM|page=10|publisher=CB Media|magazine=Canadian Business}} It was created in 1995.{{cite web|title=National Payroll Week 2022|url=https://people.utoronto.ca/memos/national-payroll-week-2022/|website=UToronto}}
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.payroll.ca/ }}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/payroll.html|title= Canada Revenue Agency's Payroll Information page|date= 18 November 2020}}
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