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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.

Quite often in payroll we are asked to fill out an Employment Separation Certificate for an employee to give to Centrelink. Centrelink uses the Separation Certificate to determine when a person is entitled to receive benefits such as Newstart. Claimants are expected to use leave and redundancy payments to support themselves before being paid the … Read more

With the introduction of “Real Time Payment” employees and employers want to know if the New Payments Platform (NPP) can be accessed for processing payroll. Here is what the Communications Strategist of NPPA has to say. The New Payments Platform has been established to facilitate real time payments between bank accounts, whether it be consumer to … Read more