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In Australia, there is no standard definition of casual employees other than they are usually people that are ...
Almost 400,000 workers will finally receive more than half a billion dollars of unpaid super under a one-off ...
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has now registered the new rules governing the extension of the JobKeeper payments, ...
Business groups have balked at the Victorian government’s $1.7 billion payroll tax deferrals, arguing the ...
Australia should resist imposing stricter migration policies in the wake of COVID-19 and instead promote the ...
More than 7000 staff members across David Jones and Country Road have been underpaid $3.7 million over the ...
IBM has repaid 1,647 Australia staff $12.3 million after admitting to underpaying them for almost a decade. ...
The ATO has clarified that JobKeeper payments are considered ordinary income but will not count towards the ...
At least 25 companies have paid bonuses worth a combined $24.3 million to their executives after claiming ...
Australian workforce management and optimisation solutions provider Tambla has acquired Datacom Business ...
This information is a summary of the announced extension to the JobKeeper Payment to run from 28 September ...
There’s an unlikely user of the government’s current amnesty for employers who underpaid SG ...
At Australian Payroll Association we know payroll inside out and we love supporting a wide range of ...
Queensland water service provider Sunwater is back-paying employees more than $2 million and has entered into ...
Use of ‘regtech’ would simplify complex award system and de-risk landscape for small business, Kate ...
The Fair Work Commission’s (FWC’s) recent decision in Hafsteins v Correct Installs Pty Ltd [2020] FWC 2729...
This September, the team at Australian Payroll Association are taking part in STEPtember, a challenge of ...
More than 2000 aged-care and community services workers employed by BaptistCare NSW & ACT in frontline ...
Once the outlier of back office functions, payroll has come to represent a core differentiator in managing ...
Managing employee conduct and behaviour can be a challenge. The question of what is appropriate and what is ...
Tutors at some of Australia’s sandstone universities are being told to do a “poor job” and ...
JobKeeper audits are expected to go on for two years, while the ATO’s scrutiny of employer obligations is ...
The High Court of Australia has preserved the long-standing industry practice regarding personal/carer’s ...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has significantly impacted the financial stability of many businesses. ...
The operator of the Uniting aged care homes has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work ...
The High Court of Australia has today granted the appeals by Mondelez International and the Australian ...
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research is back-paying employees more than $350,000 after ...
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced that eligibility for JobKeeper 2.0 will now be based on single ...
An extra 400,000 Australians could lose their jobs or be working zero hours by the end of the year as a result...
Victoria has experienced the most job losses in Australia, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau...
The company’s founder and former CEO Simon Anquetil has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud ...
Out of hours conduct and its impact on the employment relationship is always a hotly debated topic – ...
The ATO has now issued a draft practice statement confirming its restriction on remitting the Part 7 penalty ...
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against the operators of the ...
A joint agency investigation into an alleged $17 million payroll tax fraud syndicate has resulted in the ...
The JobKeeper wage subsidy program has been extended until March 2021, albeit at lower rates and with ...
There is a common misconception that probationary periods allow an employer to dismiss an employee for any ...
The Fair Work Ombudsman has announced the regulator’s strategic priorities for the year ahead, which include...
The Fair Work Ombudsman will prioritise JobKeeper payment compliance over the next 12 months as it flags a ...
The employees were also not provided with paid rest breaks they were entitled to under the Award The Fair Work...
Devyn Hammond has today been sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW to 4 years jail for her role in a syndicate...
Many standard employment contracts contain a clause that addresses an employee’s obligations in relation to ...
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $22,440 penalty against the former owner-operator of a labour-hire ...
Westpac has said it will repay $8m to about 8,000 workers who it underpaid by incorrectly calculating their ...
On 8 April 2020, the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) made determinations varying 99 awards, adding ...
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) portal appears to have crashed on Wednesday morning, the first day of the new ...
Employers have been handed a reprieve from the Fair Work Commission after it agreed to extend special ...
The younger the employee, the less courage they have to ask their employer to make permanent working from home...
Workplace relations advisor Employsure is denying that it misled consumers into thinking it was affiliated ...
Across Australia, employers continue to face the difficult challenge of standing down employees in response to...
Australians looking to take advantage of a tax benefit loophole in the COVID-19 early access to super scheme ...
Australia’s wage underpayment saga has taken a new twist today in Victoria, where Parliament has ...
National Minimum Wage increased by 1.75% from 1 July 2020. On Friday 19 June 2020 the Fair Work Commission ...
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has back-paid more than 1800 current and former staff $12 ...
In this episode, I speak with SmartWFM founder, Jarrod McGrath. This fireside chat is full of everything ...
From pandemic pay hikes to one-off hero bonuses, retailers that remained open during the COVID-19 lockdown ...
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against Sydney-based cleaning ...
The unfair dismissal provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) provide a mechanism by which ...
Toll Group has confirmed its latest encounter with ransomware enabled attackers to “access” personal and ...
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will announce significant changes to the JobKeeper scheme in July, including a ...
A H&M retail worker has been ordered to take annual leave after disputing whether the Swedish company was ...
In deciding whether to take disciplinary action against an employee, it is important for employers to ensure ...
WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC 84 Executive summary The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia ...
Prosecutors should consider charging a former police officer and five others involved in the University of ...
‘The Fair Work Act needs to be urgently amended to define a casual employee in a simple and clear ...
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With Josh Frydenberg staring down the barrel of the biggest budget deficits in Australian history, getting a ...
Employers asking workers to take annual leave while accepting JobKeeper payments has quickly become one of the...
Record penalties of $891,000 have been imposed by the Federal Court against the operators of three Hero Sushi ...
In a significant recent decision, the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) held that an UberEats ...
Suncorp has finally walked away from the full rollout of its long-troubled Oracle core banking system ...
Organisations must be careful when directing staff to download the COVIDSafe app The Australian ...
A pregnant aged care worker involved in a “sophisticated and disguised” scheme with her cousin to ...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has a vital role to play in the management of the current COVID-19 pandemic as ...
A sophisticated fraud of the early access to super scheme could have involved a breach of security at ...
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will respond “sympathetically” to firms that make mistakes on their ...
‘It’s vital to remember that we are not born resilient’ After facing some of the worst ...
ServiceNow has committed to protecting the jobs of its 11,000 plus global workforce through 2020 Despite the ...
The manufacturing union has accused South Pacific Laundry of a “disgraceful” decision to stand down 180 ...
The power of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to make orders in applications for stop bullying orders is unique....
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured penalties of $177,174 against a Queensland construction company and its ...
The Fair Work Commission has made orders against Australia’s leading legal transcription service provider ...
Hundreds of thousands of Australians have been granted early access to their superannuation savings, totalling...
The coronavirus pandemic has not only upended our social and family lives, for many of us it has also required...
Anytime we find ourselves in an economic environment that is both challenging and evolving, the level of ...
But impact from major COVID-19 related actions will be evident in April Australia posted a surprise rise in ...
The commencement of a disciplinary process against an employee is not an insignificant matter. It serves to ...
The ATO will now only consider deferring PAYG withholding for large businesses where there is a genuine risk ...
Businesses need to be proactive in setting new best practices with respect to the protection of their ...
The Australian government says temporary visa holders with work rights are being given access to draw from ...
Disability services provider, Activ Foundation Inc. (Activ) will back-pay employees in Western Australia a ...
Qantas and Jetstar have stood down two-thirds of employees temporarily to preserve as many jobs as possible ...
Federal and State anti-discrimination legislation makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate against or ...
On 28 March 2020, the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) made a determination varying the Clerks Award. The...
Workplaces all over the globe are going into shutdown mode with many people going into self-isolation as we ...
The number of coronavirus cases is expected to climb significantly in the coming weeks. Already, many ...
When an employer is required to make changes to the workplace which are likely to have significant effects on ...
What is it? Stand Down is a provision that allows an employer to deduct monies for any time an employee cannot...
World Vision Australia (WVA) has conceded underpaying 200 casual and 45 permanent employees by as much as $8.9...
In 2019 several large businesses found themselves in payroll scandals they had the resources to avoid. So what...
No profession loves hard copies of records more than lawyers – but it is often human resources who have the ...
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Circuit Court against two companies for ...
The National Retail Association (NRA) has welcomed the announcement by the Queensland State Government to ...
In the reporting year 2018/2019, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) received 13,928 unfair dismissal applications....
I spend time working with some of the best Payroll Managers in the business and often ask myself “what ...
Employers place a significant emphasis on workplace culture, and rightly so – a workplace that holds itself ...
Employers often supplement their workforce by utilising casual employees to perform work in addition to that ...
Here are some questions I’m asked on a regular basis by employers and journalists. What is the cause of ...
An external HR consultant and a supervisor have been found accessorily liable for contraventions of the Fair ...
It goes without saying that employees should treat each other with respect and courtesy in the workplace. In a...
As we have discussed in previous blogs, it is not uncommon for an employer and employee to enter into a deed ...
2020 is starting out on a grim note for some, as the region experiences multiple natural disasters. What can ...
An error in the payroll system: it’s the excuse made for a range of underpayment cases across Australian...
With the spotlight on employee underpayments in Australia at an all time high, it is vital employers ...
At Australian Payroll Group, we have several amazing Sydney based opportunities at all levels for payroll ...
What are the enforcement options under the Fair Work Act? Unfortunately, Australians are becoming used to ...
Tracy Angwin on Talking Business, Qantas Radio. Very few people other than Alan Kohler could weave being a ...
Workplace bullying can be extremely serious and should not be tolerated by employers. Across Australia, ...
Businesses have been warned against simply relying on software to identify and rectify payroll errors in the ...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently issued interim orders in an application for orders to stop bullying, ...
Performance management is a challenging process, which can be further complicated when employees are working ...
To celebrate our 500th edition of our free weekly payroll newsletter, we are offering all subscribers $500 ...
One of the National Employment Standards (NES) under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) is the entitlement ...
After the news broke of the potential $300m underpayment by Woolworths, Tracy Angwin talks payroll with ABC ...
SelectingSuper presented at the Australian Payroll Association annual conference. During the presentation, ...
Our best conference ever! 600 payroll professionals, the providers of the top payroll services and ...
Workplace bullying can be extremely serious and should not be tolerated by employers. Across Australia, ...
There is no doubt that swearing in the workplace is unacceptable – the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ...
You don’t want to be caught underpaying staff, for all the obvious reasons. But inadvertently overpaying...
These are the seven most common payroll mistakes and oversights that usually lead to scandals In recent times,...
From joining oOh! Media as a payroll officer in April 2013, Anthea Wager has progressed to her current role of...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is responsible for ensuring compliance with workplace laws. It does this by ...
The people in charge of ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time are reporting significant training ...
The rapid rise of concepts such as the gig economy has seen a significant shift in our understanding of the ...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has recently ordered the re-instatement of a dedicated pelican feeder in the ...
New research has revealed that 1 in 3 Australian organisations admit to making employee payment mistakes every...
In this episode, Tracy speaks with Tal Williams, a parter at Holman Webb lawyers. Tal has been a corporate ...
Workplace Law’s managing director, Athena Koelmeyer, recently presented a webinar entitled ‘Managing ...
Discussions with employees about restructures and redundancies are difficult and emotions often run high. ...
Employers regularly have to deal with issues relating to employee behaviour, work performance and misconduct. ...
ASIC Statement Payroll providers must avoid carrying on a business that is: providing a non-cash payment ...
Terminating an employee’s employment can be a confronting situation. It is difficult news to deliver and is ...
Officeworks is looking at ways to boost productivity to offset an estimated $10 million increase in labour ...
Deciding on the terms under which to engage a person to perform services can be a complex task. There are ...
In this special episode, Tracy Angwin is the one who gets interviewed. Recently invited onto The Switzer ...
A recent decision of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has reminded employers of the importance of taking a ...
Originally recorded for Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) continuing education program, Ariella from ...
These strategies can come in handy regardless of whether you’re facing a tight labour market or not As ...
Every day I am talking to people within organisations who are looking for great payroll people. To me and the ...
Australia’s anti-discrimination legislation imposes positive obligations on employers to make reasonable ...
Workplace coaches and HR gurus talk a lot about the art of cultivating a positive and productive workplace ...
In this episode, I speak with Ashik Ahmed, co-founder, CEO and CTO of rostering and time and attendance ...
It’s hard for business owners to think that one of their employees is committing payroll fraud. However, ...
The end of the employment relationship can be a challenging time for both employers and employees. The parting...
As the Global Payroll Manager for Telstra, Tony Vomero manages the payroll function for tens of thousands of ...
Anyone who knows me, will have heard me talk about my frustration when employers blame their payroll software ...
In this Lab session, Keith Wilkinson of t2c Consulting will reflect on his experience and share valuable ...
As Easter is a little later this year, there is a cluster of public holidays, some applying to all States, ...
According to the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC’s) most recent annual report, unfair dismissal applications ...
There is often a big question mark for employers over what exactly constitutes abandonment of employment There...
Payroll Consultant and Trainer – Rozelle What will you be doing? We could write you a long list of the day ...
It used to be that whenever payroll fraud was mentioned, thoughts would turn to ghost employees or tampering ...
As per our March Members Update: Superannuation Guarantee Ruling SGR 2009/2 provides that annual leave loading...
As Australian Payroll Association’s Chief Knowledge Officer, there’s very little (if anything) ...
A recent decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (the Court) has shown why employers must always ...
The rules for claiming deductions for payments to workers are changing. From 1 July 2019, you can only claim ...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has reduced an employee’s entitlement to redundancy pay to nil after an ...
As the National Leader in PwC’s Payroll Consulting Practice, Rohan has experience in personal and ...
Who are we? Australian Payroll Association is reimagining the future of payroll. Payroll has never seen a ...
Recently, our Managing Director, Athena Koelmeyer presented a webinar for Payroll HQ‘s Learning Lab ...
Starting her payroll career at Marks and Spencer, Kate Upcraft is one of the top UK based payroll consultants....
What’s it’s like to be responsible for paying 14 million people in 143 countries with 12,500 ...
Section 351 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) prohibits employers from taking adverse action against an ...
Employers engaged in contracting sectors – such as providing outsourced services to third parties under ...
John Shepherd has been working at the ATO since January 1991 and has various roles in that time, but has spent...
Meet Richard McLean, Founder of Keypay. In this fireside chat, Richard discusses how payroll software ...
David Xeureb is the Payroll Manager for Marriott. He is responsible for the payroll for six Marriott hotels ...
Under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), an employee is only protected from unfair dismissal if the employee is ...
I want to clarify that legislation to extend Single Touch Payroll to all employers from 1 July 2019 has not ...
Findings of accessorial liability for contraventions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) are now frequent...
I never wanted to be an accountant. My life goal at school was to be a plumber. But my mum believed going to ...
It is often said that the essence of the employment relationship is the work/wages bargain – where an ...
If you want to know what it’s like to manage the payroll function for 160,000 employees, paying a $10B ...
What could have been done to stop a lone employee stealing almost $20 million from her employer? Although ...
The second instalment in the Payroll HQ learning lab series will run on Thursday 29 November at 14:30 ...
As Executive Director for Compliance and Enforcement at the Fair Work Ombudsman, it’s Lynda’s role to ...
Earlier this year, we wrote a blog about the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers who, at the time, were embroiled in a ...
Whilst productivity should always be on the minds of HR leaders, there’s one overlooked aspect of your ...
In this conversation, Tracy talks to Claire Formby, head of payroll for Western Power. They cover technology, ...
The new Long Service Leave Act 2018 comes into effect on 1 November 2018 in Victoria, and businesses that ...
Personal devices, like smart phones and tablets, have undoubtedly changed the way we interact with technology ...
Jeff Zammit has managed the payroll function at Crown Casino, Hewlett-Packard and Agility Logistics. With ...
This episode is with Melanie Pizzey from the Global Payroll Association. Mel works with payroll professionals ...
Our innovative friends at Payroll HQ formally launched their Learning Lab series in September and this ...
Matt is a payroll software expert and industry futurist. In 2015 he spoke at the Australian Payroll ...
In this episode Tracy is ‘Talking Payroll’ with Anne Bringans. Anne and Tracy worked together in ...
Andy runs the recruitment division at Australian Payroll Association. It’s unlike any other recruitment ...
Source: Athena Koelmeyer, Workplace Law The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has applied a “common sense” ...
Source: Shane Koelmeyer, Workplace Law Where a disciplinary process involves discussions about dismissal, ...
Athena Koelmeyer is the Managing Partner at Workplace Law, a specialist law firm focused on providing advice ...
In this episode, Tracy talks to Daniel Watson. With many years experience in operational payroll, payroll ...
Welcome to the ‘Talking Payroll’ podcast, the only Australian podcast taking a deep dive into the ...
Source: Athena Koelmeyer, Workplace Law Employers are often required to exercise a significant degree of trust...
Source: Athena Koelmeyer, Worplace Law One of the first steps that the Fair Work Commission (FWC) takes when ...
If you provide or employ a payroll service for more than 20 or more employees, you can report through Single ...
From where I sit I have recently observed a marked increase in the amount of inaccuracy and unethical ...
Everyone knows the phrase ‘work life balance’, but how many people actually feel like they are achieving ...
When Sonya Causer stole almost $20 million dollars from Clive Peeters over 18 months in 2008 and 2009, I ...
Did you know that depending on the size and handling of an overpayment, an FBT liability may apply? Read on to...
It’s almost Easter, are you ready? Depending on which state your workers are in, there will be anywhere ...
When and how often to pay employees is a question which can affect many areas of a business, with cash flow ...
The options for employers after discovering employee overpayments can be very confusing. Before you decide ...
Although it’s impossible to accurately quantify, payroll fraud is more common than you might think. With the...
I think we will all be familiar with these sort of questions. How much extra should I put in my super? Should ...
If you have anything on your agenda for 21 October 2016, now is the time to clear it. Because you won’t want...
As payroll professionals, we are expected to know a lot. Tax, superannuation and the legislation governing ...
With 122 awards to choose from, finding the right award to pay your employees under can seem like a daunting ...
I can’t believe how fast the last five years have gone. Australian Payroll Association officially opened...
Although it’s impossible to accurately quantify, payroll fraud is more common than you might think. ...
There is no doubt that your resume is your own personal document and as such, should be expressed exactly how ...
I’m not at all surprised about the recent news that public servants taking redundancies are being ...
There are some questions that I am constantly asked. Questions such as how many payroll professionals does ...
I was pleased to see on the front page of last Wednesday’s AFR that the Productivity Commission has ...
The end of the financial year is often filled with dread for those responsible for payroll. It’s the time of...
Overpayments can financially hurt both employees and employers and it is important for both parties. Ideally...
This is another question that I wish I had a black and white answer for. One of the complications in payroll...
If only there was a one paragraph answer to this one! Recently we looked at the most common questions we are ...
Employers often ask us whether they need to pay superannuation on payments on certain allowances or payments. ...
You know a payroll operation is doing a good job when the phones don’t ring. Conversely, if a pay office is ...
It’s always the most fascinating time of year for us at Australian Payroll Association, analysing the ...
JL/TAPS – Does the claim “only nationally accredited” really mean it is the only official ...