PLP Course Work Requirement

PLP Course Work

To ensure PLP designation holders have the information and knowledge needed to flourish, completing three core courses and two transfer credit courses is required: 

CORE COURSES 

• Foundations of Payroll Leadership: Equips emerging payroll leaders with the essential skills to manage and optimize payroll operations while beginning the transition from technical expert to strategic leader. 
• Payroll as a Strategic Partner: Building on the operational mastery from the Foundations of Payroll Leadership course, this course transitions payroll professionals into strategic influencers within their organizations. 
• Empowered Payroll Leadership: The final core course empowers payroll leaders to navigate complexity with empathy, critical thinking, and foresight. 

MANDATORY TRANSFER CREDIT 

• Organizational Behaviour: Transfer your post-secondary course covering individual and group behaviour, personality, motivation and leadership theory, communication and conflict resolution.
  
  Note: It is highly recommended that students complete this transfer credit course before starting the three core courses. 

ONE ELECTIVE TRANSFER CREDIT – STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES 

• Managerial Accounting: Transfer your post-secondary course covering financial statements, budget preparation, cost accounting methodologies, variance reporting, and more. 
• Introduction to Human Resources: Transfer your post-secondary course covering recruitment, job design, training and development, performance management, employee labour relations, compensation and benefits and more. 
• Introduction to Data Analytics: Transfer your post-secondary course covering data visualization and storytelling, programming languages (e.g., Python), statistics and machine learning techniques, database management systems (e.g., MySQL), and more. 

Courses offered online are based on a 13-week schedule (estimated 3-5 hours per week) which includes the final exam. Note: An additional one-week pre-designation module has been included at the start of Foundations of Payroll Leadership. This serves as an orientation for the PLP designation program. 

Courses offered through most public post-secondary institutions are based on a 14-week timeframe (estimated 3-5 hours per week), which includes the final exam. 

A minimum grade of 65% for each course is required to earn a designation.