by Paulette | Nov 2, 2022 | Award Provisions, Payroll Compliance, Small business
Annualised wage arrangements for restaurant, cafe and hospitality workers changed on 1st September 2022. From 1 September 2022, annualised wage arrangements in the following awards are changing: Restaurant Award Hospitality Award Our team at Fresh HR Insights every... 
by Paulette | Oct 22, 2022 | HR Expert, Payroll Compliance, Small business, Topics of Conversation
The Fair Work Ombudsman recovered more than $532 million for 384,805 underpaid workers in 2021-22 – a record sum of back-paid wages and entitlements for a record number of employees. The advice from the Fair Work Ombudsman is that all employers must prioritise putting... 
by Paulette | Oct 4, 2022 | Employing People, Informational Snip bits, Payroll Compliance
How is BOOT testing different from Annualised Salary requirements? This is a common asked question when we are talking to businesses about our wage compliance services. Wage compliance is not always about the rate of pay we use to remunerate our employees. The... 
by Paulette | Oct 3, 2022 | Payroll Compliance, Small business
STP Phase 2 Single Touch Payroll (STP) commenced on the 1st of July 2018 for employers with 20 or more employees. The ATO undertook a long period of consultation with businesses, software/digital service providers (DSP), and those who would be affected such as... 
by Paulette | Sep 29, 2022 | Informational Snip bits, Payroll Compliance
Penalty Rates & Loadings The dictionary describes a penalty as a punishment and a loading as a charge. Fair Work Ombudsman describes them as – a penalty rate as a higher rate of pay that an employee may receive when working particular hours or days of the... 
by Paulette | Sep 28, 2022 | Casual Employees, Payroll Compliance, Small business, Small Business HR
Penalty Calculations Cumulative versus Compounding When we apply penalties or loadings to a rate of pay we can apply different approaches. These can be either cumulative or compounding. A cumulative approach involves adding a penalty or loading to a base rate of pay... 
by Paulette | Sep 26, 2022 | Award Provisions, HR Expert, HR Solutions, Payroll Compliance
Annualised Salaries – what you need to know From 1 October 2022 Minimum wage increases apply to the below industries. If you have employees on annualised salaries or increased hourly rates then you need to make sure that you are still satisfying the terms within... 
by Paulette | Aug 22, 2022 | Legislation Updates, Payroll Compliance
An annualised salary arrangement is when an employer agrees to pay their employee an annual salary that includes all entitlements in terms of the relevant Modern Award. Annualised salaries seem like an attractive way to remunerate your employees as they appear to be... 
by admin2022 | Mar 22, 2022 | Award Provisions, Payroll Compliance, Workplace Articles
Leave loading is a legal entitlement in some industry awards. An award is a legal document setting out minimum rates of pay and employment conditions for a particular industry. The 17.5% leave loading is a wonderful historic legacy from the glory days of the Labour... by | Aug 15, 2021 | New Laws New Risks, Payroll Compliance
Avoiding Payroll Scandal and Wage Theft in Australia In recent times, the Australian payroll scene continues to be trailed by several wage and payroll scandals as Fair Work Ombudsman gets a ton of complaints on a regular basis. The scandals, of course, have a huge... 
by dev@threepeas.co | Jun 17, 2021 | Employing People, Payroll Compliance, Small Business HR
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 2.5 percent increase in the minimum wage and related award minimum wages. Effective from the first full pay period after 1 July 2021 The National Minimum Wage will be $772.60 per week or $20.33 per hour. The hourly rate has... 
