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 3. Payroll Stakeholders
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+Stakeholders are the individuals, groups and agencies, both internal and external to the
+organization, who share an interest in the function and output of the payroll department.
+Stakeholders can be considered customers of the payroll department and payroll practitioners
+can take a proactive customer service approach to serving these individuals and groups.
+
+Payroll management stakeholders are the federal and provincial/territorial governments, the
+internal stakeholders and the external stakeholders. Internal stakeholders include employees,
+employers and other departments within the organization. External stakeholders include
+benefit carriers, courts, unions, pension providers, charities, third party administrators and
+outsource/software vendors. 
+
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