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- 12 August 2026
When an employee leaves without returning a laptop, phone, or uniform, can you deduct it from their final pay? In most cases, no - and here's what the law actually says.
- 6 August 2026
Can employees salary sacrifice unused leave, redundancy pay or bonuses on termination? What the ATO rules allow, what they don't, and a work-around for cashed out leave.
- 3 August 2026
Public holidays generate more payroll questions than almost any other topic. Here's a plain-language guide to the most common questions Australian employers ask — covering leave, super, stand-downs, and more.
- 30 July 2026
Paying a staff bonus? Here's how to calculate PAYG withholding on bonuses using the ATO's marginal rates method, plus the super, STP and salary sacrifice rules.
- 28 July 2026
When a former employee applies for JobSeeker Payment, Centrelink may ask you to complete an Employment Separation Certificate. Here's a plain-language guide to every question payroll managers commonly get wrong.
- 23 July 2026
Three super figures change each year and you’d be surprised how often they get mixed up. The maximum contribution base, the concessional contributions cap, and the non-concessional contributions cap sound like variations on the same thing. They’re not, and only one of them is your problem as an employer. The maximum contribution base is an … Read more