Payroll Compliance Legislation (PCL)

Overview

This is the first payroll course of the PCP program and a prerequisite to enrolling in Payroll Fundamentals 1 and Payroll Fundamentals 2. Upon completion of PCL, the student will have a thorough understanding of legislative compliance requirements and will be able to all payroll works.

We provide the following course:

Payroll Compliance Legislation (PCL)

This is the first payroll course of the PCP program and a prerequisite to enrolling in: Payroll Fundamentals 1 and Payroll Fundamentals 2. Upon completion of PCL, the student will have a thorough understanding of legislative compliance requirements and will be able to:

+ describe payroll’s objectives and stakeholders  +identify an employee-employer relationship  +communicate the payroll compliance requirements to various stakeholders  +apply federal and provincial/territorial legislation, including: the Canada Pension Plan Act, the Employment Insurance Act, the Income Tax Act, Employment Standards, Worker’s Compensation Acts and Quebec-specific legislation.

Payroll Fundamentals 1 (PF1)

This is the second payroll course of the PCP program. Students must successfully complete the PCL course prior to enrolling in this course. Upon completion of PF1, the student will be able to: calculate regular pay, calculate non-regular pay, calculate termination payments, complete a Record of Employment (ROE) and communicate all aspects of pay requirements to various stakeholders.

Prerequisite: Payroll Compliance Legislation

Introduction to Accounting (Transfer of Credit): Students must successfully complete an Introduction to Accounting course (or an approved equivalent), not offered by the Association, to satisfy the educational, requirements of the PCP certification. Completing an Introduction to Accounting course before PF2 is recommended but not mandatory. The official transcript must be submitted to the Association along with the completed transfer credit application.

Payroll Fundamentals 2 (PF2)

This course is the final payroll course of the PCP program. Upon completion of PF2, the student will be able to: calculate organizational remittances to federal, provincial and third party stakeholders ( prepare accounting documentation for payroll, complete year end documentation, communicate all aspects of organizational remittances, accounting and year end requirements to internal, external and government stakeholders.

Prerequisites: Payroll Fundamentals 1. Completing an Introduction to Accounting course before Payroll Fundamentals 2 is recommended but not mandatory.