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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROCKWOOD · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

Can contractors be shown as employees on the organization chart?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

The chart should accurately identify the actual relationships.

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Use genuine agreements to explain the available service rather than presenting an invented payroll hierarchy. The reviewer needs the real operation and applicant duties.

Canadian payroll records, T4 slips, employment confirmations and an organizational chart from the qualifying year, showing continuous managerial employment with the related company within the three years before filing. A strong chart answers three questions at a glance: who the transferee will supervise, whether those people are supervisory or professional employees, and who performs the day-to-day operational work if the transferee is not doing it. The qualifying relationship is shown by share registers and incorporation documents, plus a chart tracing control to a common parent where ownership runs through holding companies. Produce a dated corporate-and-staffing index linking ownership proof, active-business records, real payroll entries, premises, and both entities’ organization charts. Useful records can include formation papers, share ledgers, payroll history, organization charts, budgets, approvals, and examples of decisions actually made. Ask for the papers that existed before the transfer was contemplated: the organisation chart in force, the delegation-of-authority schedule, payroll records naming the successor, and the minute recording the appointment.