As many employers may already know, over the past few years, penalty rates in the Restaurant, Hospitality, Pharmacy, Fast Food and Retail awards have been gradually changing. This week encounter another phase of changes to the Retail Industry Award. Specifically with casual penalty rates. We do not usually mention particular award changes for individual awards, but this is … Read more

As we know, the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outburst as a public health emergency of international concern. As a result, employers need to understand their obligations in considering how this may affect their employees. This may include the granting of different forms of leave, working from home or taking extra precautions in … Read more

We are very close to Christmas and being the time for giving, some employers might be thinking of providing an annual bonus to employees. When employees are paid bonuses, it is assessable income to them and processed as such in payroll: • Deduct PAYG from the amount using a marginal rates calculation • Report it … Read more

With Christmas around the corner, some employees may want to take annual leave in advance. In this article we look how you can protect yourself when agreeing to let an employee take annual leave in advance. When can an employee take annual leave in advance? Under the annual leave in advance clause now included in … Read more

The clocks have moved forward by 1 hour.  This is due to daylight saving, which started at 2am on Sunday 6th October 2019 in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. Daylight saving doesn’t apply in Western Australia, the Northern Territory or Queensland. How does this impact payroll? Employees most likely … Read more

With Single Touch Payroll bringing increased focus on compliance, paying superannuation correctly is more important than ever. Here are some ideas to form your own superannuation checklist: Check that you are paying superannuation to all entitled workers. It is important to know that some contractors may be entitled to superannuation as well. Check you are paying … Read more