Earnings-and-Compensation

What base pay means in Canadian payroll and how it differs from gross pay, overtime, and other variable earnings.

What a bonus means in Canadian payroll and how it differs from regular salary, wages, or commission pay.

What commission means in Canadian payroll and how this variable pay term differs from salary, wages, or bonus pay.

Canadian payroll terms for salary, wages, bonus, commission, overtime pay, and the compensation language payroll uses before deductions are calculated.

What an hourly rate means in Canadian payroll and how payroll uses it to build regular and premium earnings.

What overtime pay means in Canadian payroll and how it differs from regular wages, bonus pay, or statutory holiday pay.

What salary means in Canadian payroll and how fixed compensation is spread across payroll periods.

What a shift premium means in Canadian payroll and how extra pay for less desirable shifts differs from overtime.

What wages means in Canadian payroll and how the term differs from salary and net pay.