David Jones and Country Road confirm $3.7m underpayment

More than 7000 staff members across David Jones and Country Road have been underpaid $3.7 million over the last six years, according to the businesses parent company Woolworths Holdings. The payment error was found in late 2019, and a subsequent audit blamed the issue on rostering and payroll system errors. The SDA, ATO and Fair […]

IBM repays Aussie staff $12M

IBM has repaid 1,647 Australia staff $12.3 million after admitting to underpaying them for almost a decade. The global tech giant has entered into an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) to back-pay the employees, many of whom were lower-salaried call centre workers in Ballarat. According to the FWO, IBM identified employees […]

ATO settles JobKeeper ordinary income debate

The ATO has clarified that JobKeeper payments are considered ordinary income but will not count towards the calculation of an entity’s aggregated turnover. The Tax Office has now updated its web guidance to confirm that while JobKeeper payments are ordinary income, they are not earned in the ordinary course of business, and hence are not […]

JobKeeper recipients paying millions in bonuses to their executives, research reveals

At least 25 companies have paid bonuses worth a combined $24.3 million to their executives after claiming JobKeeper subsidies, an analysis of the financial reports of 290 entities on the ASX 300 has found. Key points: Not all the bonuses were paid in cash, some were paid in shares The Business Council of Australia says […]

Tambla snaps up Datacom Business Services

Australian workforce management and optimisation solutions provider Tambla has acquired Datacom Business Services, part of Datacom’s enterprise payroll service business in Australia, in a move aimed at building out the company’s national customer base. Datacom Business Services (DBS) operates as a payroll service provider and system integrator that deals in payroll services, SAP system integration […]

JobKeeper extension announcement

This information is a summary of the announced extension to the JobKeeper Payment to run from 28 September until 28 March 2021. The JobKeeper extension will become law when amendments to the JobKeeper Rules are registered. We will regularly update information once it is available. Information is current at 2 September 2020. Extension from 28 September 2020 […]

Industry fund underpaid SG to staff

There’s an unlikely user of the government’s current amnesty for employers who underpaid SG – a Sydney superannuation fund, which is currently reimbursing shortfalls to staff. Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund underpaid SG to staff for about eight and a half years after the Australian Taxation Office updated its guidance, meaning the fund should […]

A new way to find the best payroll professionals

At Australian Payroll Association we know payroll inside out and we love supporting a wide range of organisations across all sectors with all of their payroll related issues, training and technical advice. We also know Payroll Officers, lots of them, and we have developed a profiling tool to identify exactly the specific behavioural attributes and […]

Sunwater signs Enforceable Undertaking

Queensland water service provider Sunwater is back-paying employees more than $2 million and has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The Queensland Government owned organisation self-reported to the regulator last year that it had identified underpayments during an annual remuneration review for employees on individual contracts. The affected employees were […]

Payroll software could protect employers who commit accidental wage theft, ombudsman says

Use of ‘regtech’ would simplify complex award system and de-risk landscape for small business, Kate Carnell says Employers who use approved payroll software could be provided “safe harbour” against prosecution and penalties for wage underpayment under a plan put forward by the small and family business ombudsman. Kate Carnell made the call in her Covid-19 […]

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