An employment contract is an agreement between an employer and employee that sets out the terms and conditions of employment. It is not necessary to specifically agree on a contract for one to exist. The fact that an employee starts work for an employer brings with it certain fundamental implied terms, such as the right […]
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Managing payroll is a tricky part of any business, but choosing the right accounting software can make it so much easier.
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Payroll is a workplace function that usually occurs in the background and simply just “happens.” Any business who adopts these top tips for best practice payroll compliance, should find that payroll is invisible to the rest of the business. It does however remain one of the most preventable areas of risk for many businesses. With
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Whether you’re hiring your first employee or your fortieth, compliance matters. But how do you ensure you’re compliant with all payroll laws and follow industry-wide best practices? This guide will help you make the right choices. Compliance is a legal requirement Before your new employee even arrives for their first day, there’s a lot to
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Following a decision of the Full Bench, the Fair Work Commission has finalised arrangements for modern award changes including the insertion of new annualised salary clauses into several modern awards with effect from 1 March 2020. These changes introduce important new practices for HR and payroll aimed at reducing “wage theft” and non-compliance with awards.
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Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 is on its way and this article covers off everything you need to know and what you need to do to get your business up and running. STP Phase 2 expands on the mandatory reporting requirements to the ATO, providing specific additional employee details to the ATO and other government
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As a business owner, you may have asked yourself at one time or another whether you can afford to outsource payroll. We’d like to ask a different question: can you afford not to? Outsourcing non-core business functions has long been advocated for by business consultants. Yet, a number of business owners still find themselves in
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The colloquial use of the term ‘wage theft’ has become increasingly popular in the workplace relations landscape. A term first used by unions, ‘wage theft’ is now commonly used to describe a failure to pay workers’ correct wages and entitlements. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has been clear in its approach to countering alleged ‘systemic
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You’ve taken the first step in choosing to outsource to a payroll provider.
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