Wage theft in Australia is systemic, sustained and shameful and workers are often too scared to speak out in fear of repercussions, according to a scathing Senate inquiry report, which calls for new laws to protect employees. A Senate committee — set up in 2019 to investigate the unlawful underpayment of employees — has made […]
READ MORENT government accidentally overpaid its public servants by $3.6 million in 2020-21 financial year
Northern Territory public servants received more than $3 million in overpayments last financial year, including one staff member whose bank balance ballooned by $93,000 in a single payroll error, the Auditor-General says. A total of 2,365 overpayments totalling $3.6 million were made to 1,443 employees during the 2020-21 financial year, according to Julie Crisp’s latest […]
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Public holiday dates for Easter
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READ MORENew indexed figures 2022/23 financial year
The ATO has released some new indexed figures that will commence in the 2022/23 financial year. Lump Sum D Threshold The Lump Sum D threshold will increase to $11,591 + $5,797 for each completed year of service from 1 July 2022. ETP thresholds The life benefit termination payment ETP cap will increase to $230,000 from […]
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READ MOREAged care workers still without Christmas penalties after cyberattack
Thousands of Queensland aged care workers are yet to be paid Christmas penalties, while a union says one employee given a hardship payment was forced to repay it in the next pay cycle. “They’re working through the pandemic. They’ve had the vaccine rollout,” says United Workers Union national aged care director Carolyn Smith. “They’ve worked […]
READ MOREWorkers say they are being underpaid by Chemist Warehouse, again
Young workers at one of Australia’s largest pharmacy retailers say they were railroaded out of thousands of dollars of pay over the Summer, after working shifts under stringent COVID protocols through the peak of Australia’s Omicron wave. As February draws to a close, these frontline workers – who have attracted the praise of politicians ad […]
READ MOREATO to ramp up use of powers against employers that don’t pay their workers superannuation
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) says it will ramp up the use of its powers against employers who fail to pay workers their superannuation after being on “delay” with enforcement action against businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Emma Rosenzweig, the deputy commissioner of superannuation, told a parliamentary hearing into the unlawful underpayment of superannuation that […]
READ MORENew minimum hourly wage guarantee for pieceworkers
Under the Horticulture Award, full-time, part-time or casual employees can still be paid a piece rate for performing a task. The piece rate has to allow for the average competent worker to earn the equivalent of at least 15% above the minimum hourly rate for the employee’s classification. For casuals, this includes the casual loading. […]
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