Employee working in 2 Provinces

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We are a logging truck company based in BC. Some of our employees will be working in Alberta for 4 months during 2014. Can you tell me how I set up their payroll as their personal exemption amounts are different and the WCB rate is different for each province. Am I better to do 2 paychecks - one for each province? Revenue Canada told me to change the deductions when working in the different province but not sure how to do that with the WCB. Thank you for any insight you can give!!

payroll.edmonton · Accepted Answer

In Alberta, our WCB coverage follows our employees, provided they are doing the same work outside of Alberta as inside of Alberta. It is valid for 12 months. Worksafe BC says: If a B.C. workers is injured while working in another province, WorkSafeBC will cover the workers' medical and wage loss costs if: 
 The worker's employer is located in B.C. 
 The worker's residence and usual place of employment are in B.C. 
 The employment is such that the worker is required to work both in and out of the province 
 The worker is still working for the same B.C. employer and will return to B.C. in less that six months 
 CRA will tax based on province of residence, so provided they maintain a residence in BC you should be fine.

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