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20.08.2026 Legislation that trips up even senior payroll professionals By Louise Missen | Head of Member Services, APA You've mastered payroll essentials. Here's the legislation that trips up even senior payroll professionals There's a moment in every payroll career where the fundamentals stop being the hard part. You can ... News

20.08.2026 AI can’t replace payroll knowledge By Adrienne Silla | Head of Advisory, APA This is perhaps the most important message for payroll professionals. You cannot outsource your payroll knowledge to AI. AI can give you an answer. But you need enough payroll knowledge to assess that answer. ... News

16.08.2026 AI and Payroll: Can you trust the answer? By Adrienne Silla | Head of Advisory, APA AI is quickly becoming part of everyday payroll. We are using it to draft emails, explain complex topics, summarise information, write procedures and increasingly, answer payroll questions. And there is a lot to ... News

14.08.2026 Payday super was the story of the month and the interest isn't slowing down By Louise Missen | Head of Member Services, APA If you spent July fielding questions about Payday Super, you weren't alone. Across every channel we track, one topic dominated everything else last month: Payday Super. That's not really a surprise. From 1 ... News

07.08.2026 The Evidence Gap: Why Good Time Records Matter More Than Ever By Emma-Lee Oliver | Senior Payroll Consultant, APA There was a time when I thought of timesheets as simply the starting point for payroll. Employees completed them, managers approved them, payroll processed them and everyone moved on. After spending the ... News

07.08.2026 Payroll training isn't professional development. It's a compliance control. When organisations think about payroll compliance, they focus on software, audits, policies and checklists. All important. But one of the most effective compliance controls is routinely overlooked: ongoing payroll training. Payroll is no longer a ... News

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