Last week, Parliament passed legislation to extend Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting to include all small employers (those with fewer than 20 employees) from 1 July 2019. Small employers can start reporting any time from the 1 July start date to 30 September 2019. There will be generous transition arrangements including deferrals and a quarterly reporting … Read more

The festive season is just around the corner. It’s time to start thinking about what happens over Christmas and New Year as many businesses either shut down or have less assigned staff at work. Planning ahead… Employers can suggest employees to take annual leave during a shut down if their award or registered agreement or contract … Read more

We at Alltech are always looking to improve the service to our clients. In listening to what our clients require, we changed our payroll software to Keypay. One of the advantages of using Keypay is the ESS (Employee Self Service ) Portal. Follow this link to see how your business can improve it’s payroll processes with this … Read more

Termination of Employment Timing of Final Pay The Fair Work Act does not specify when amounts due on termination should be paid to the employee. In the past, Fair Work provided us with the following advice: It should be paid to an employee on their last day of work or on the next scheduled pay … Read more

The ATO has released some helpful information which can be shared with employees about STP. The main introduction page is available here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Single-Touch-Payroll/Single-Touch-Payroll-for-employees/ This page then links to the following pages: What Single Touch Payroll means for employees https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Single-Touch-Payroll/Single-Touch-Payroll-for-employees/What-Single-Touch-Payroll-means-for-employees/ Setting up your myGov account https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Single-Touch-Payroll/Single-Touch-Payroll-for-employees/Setting-up-your-myGov-account/ Accessing your income statement or payment summary online https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Single-Touch-Payroll/Single-Touch-Payroll-for-employees/Accessing-your-income-statement-or-payment-summary-online/ When … Read more

Follow this link https://www.fwc.gov.au/awards-agreements/minimum-wages-conditions/annual-wage-reviews/annual-wage-review-2017-18 to find out all the necessary information for the 2017-18 Annual Wage Review.