STANDARDS LIANCE READY? ©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/CHOREOGRAPH entitlement is and who it applies to? Have they looked at payroll and budget implications particularly with respect to overtime and/or job protected leaves, and the fact that employees may be on leaves longer or may take additional leaves? Have these organizations looked at changes that need to be made to their payroll and human resource information systems to accurately reflect and capture the changes? for the legislative changes - they are as follows: * Review and update your policies to ensure compliance; * Communicate changes to staff; * Update forecasts, budgeting, payroll and human resource information systems; and * Train your managers on the new legislation. In my opinion, there are four action items that need to be taken in order to be ready There are a number of websites and articles on the internet that capture the changes to the legislation. The best resource is always the source of the change, and that would be the Alberta Government. The following website provides an excellent summary of the legislated changes - https://www.alberta.ca/ workplace-legislation-changes.aspx. I would like to focus on the impact to organizational policies around job protected leaves, general holidays and general holiday pay, as well as termination and temporary layoffs. HUMAN CAPITAL | WINTER 2017 | 9http://www.ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/CHOREOGRAPH https://www.alberta.ca/