Defining BPS Reporting Units

A BPS reporting unit represents a group of employees within a company that Statistics Canada has selected for the survey. Each reporting unit, uniquely identified within a company by the reporting unit ID, corresponds to one Payroll record (Record Type 2) in the survey EDR file.

A reporting unit is defined by:

• Business activities.

• Business locations.

• Pay frequencies of employees.

  (Statistics Canada refers to pay frequency as pay period type.)

Use the BPS Reporting Unit table to establish the relationship between these criteria. For each BPS Reporting Unit record:

• Define the required business activities and locations using the Tax Location Code and Activity ID fields.

• Assign a pay group to ensure that each reporting unit includes only those employees with the same pay frequency (for example, biweekly or monthly) and pay period dates.

The system selects employees whose job data fulfills the criteria that is defined in the BPS Reporting Unit table. It extracts and reports their payroll information in the Payroll record of the EDR file.

This diagram shows the relationship of entities related to the BPS reporting unit:

This diagram shows the relationship of entities related to the BPS reporting unit.

Use the BPS Activities (Business Payrolls Survey activities) page (BPS_RU_TBL1) to specify the pay group and BPS activities that define a reporting unit.

Navigation:

Set Up HCM > Product Related > Payroll for North America > Business Payrolls Survey CAN > Reporting Unit Table > BPS Activities

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the BPS Activities page.

Use the BPS Locations (Business Payrolls Survey locations) page (BPS_RU_TBL2) to specify the BPS locations that define a reporting unit.

Navigation:

Set Up HCM > Product Related > Payroll for North America > Business Payrolls Survey CAN > Reporting Unit Table > BPS Locations

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the BPS Locations page.