Employees covered by some awards can access 2 weeks’ unpaid pandemic leave from 15 July 2022 until 31 December 2022. This follows a recent Fair Work Commission decision to add the entitlement back into these awards. Eligible employees can access up to 2 weeks’ unpaid pandemic leave (or more by agreement with their employer) if […]
READ MOREBrisbane cleaning business operator in court
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against a cleaning services operator based just north of Brisbane. Facing court is Colin Spann, a sole trader who operated a business trading as Spann’s Cleaning Services, based at Morayfield. The regulator investigated after receiving a request for assistance from a worker employed on a casual basis […]
READ MORESilver Chain signs Enforceable Undertaking
National community health and aged services organisation Silver Chain Group Limited has back-paid staff in Western Australia more than $17 million and entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The not-for-profit organisation self-reported its non-compliance to the FWO in 2020 after becoming aware of underpayments following a review it commenced to […]
READ MORE4th Plutus Payroll conspirator sentenced to 4 years in jail
The fourth conspirator of the Plutus Payroll tax scandal has now been sentenced to four years in jail. Devyn Hammond was sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW to four years in jail for her role in the Plutus Payroll scandal, that is alleged to have defrauded the Commonwealth of more than $105 million over […]
READ MORENTEU alleges Deakin University committed “systematic wage theft”
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has accused Deakin University of systematically underpaying casual academics dating back to June 2018. The Union says the underpayment occurred after Deakin paid casual staff based on a ‘piece rate’ on a per course or assessment basis, instead of the hourly rate agreed to in the Enterprise Agreement between […]
READ MOREA bone to pick: Assessing the “reasonableness” of additional hours
Under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act), employers are prohibited from requesting or requiring full-time employees to work more than 38 hours per week, unless those additional hours are reasonable. When considering the reasonableness of additional hours, section 62(3) of the FW Act provides a list of factors which are to be […]
READ MOREAudit lifts the lid on public service leave arrangements
An audit of government entities that employ more than 55,000 public servants has found 8% had an excess annual leave balance in 2020-21. The non-compliance was found across four entities with a requirement, including the Department of Finance, which ranked highest for excess annual leave balances applicable to 21% of its public servants. The Australian […]
READ MOREMinimum wage increases
The national minimum wage has increased to $21.38 per hour (up from $20.33) or $812.60 per week (up $40 from $772.60) based on a 38-hour week for a full-time employee. This increase applies from an employee’s first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2022. On 15 June 2022, the Fair Work Commission […]
READ MOREATO accelerates STP phase 2 efforts
The Tax Office is encouraging more businesses to make the switch to single touch payroll phase 2. In a statement to the market, the ATO confirmed it has been writing to employers to advise them of the reporting method being made available. “For employees, STP and STP2 mean that pay, tax, and super information is […]
READ MOREDeducting pay & overpayments
There are limited situations when an employer can make a deduction from an employee’s pay or require an employee to pay money (for example, to fix an overpayment). Taking money out of an employee’s pay Taking money out of an employee’s pay before it is paid to them is called a deduction. An employer can […]
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