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 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...
