From b278230102d3f037e996abe3d38a978762f45c0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Bobkov Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:40:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] intro --- docs/source/introduction.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/source/introduction.rst b/docs/source/introduction.rst index 3274b5c..1dfb874 100644 --- a/docs/source/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/source/introduction.rst @@ -47,3 +47,19 @@ requirements for the various pieces of legislation from these sources. practitioners, this means performing payroll functions according to federal and provincial/territorial legislative and non-governmental stakeholder requirements. + +The legislative requirements are termed **statutory**. This means they are +enacted, created, or regulated by statute, a law enacted by the legislative +branch of a government. Fines and penalties can be imposed if an organization +is not in compliance with the legislative requirements in each jurisdiction. + +When dealing with federal and provincial/territorial government agencies, +payroll administrator must know the many pieces of legislation that +regulate their work and the compliance requirements associated with each. +Payroll administrators are responsible for ensuring their organization is +compliant with all payroll related legislation, thus eliminating the +potential for any fines or penalties. + +In payroll, there are also compliance requirements from other non-government stakeholders, +for example, union collective agreements or group insurance policies. Payroll administrator +must therefore ensure the organization is compliant with all stakeholder requirements.