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- 10 March 2022
Many workplaces are currently affected by the flooding across Queensland and northern New South Wales. There are several paid and unpaid leave entitlements employees may be able to access if they are affected by the floods or to assist with emergency management activities. These include: Taking annual leave Annual leave can be taken at any time … Read more
- 10 February 2022
If you provide your employees with incentives or rewards for getting their COVID-19 vaccination or booster dose, there may be tax and super consequences in doing so. The consequences differ depending on whether a cash payment, paid leave or non-cash benefit is provided. If you provide non-cash benefits to your employees, you may have to pay … Read more
- 4 February 2022
Alltech Outsourced Solutions is a dedicated Payroll Processing Solution providing a simple and efficient payroll processing alternative to businesses. For the past 30 years Alltech has been processing payroll on a National basis. Our client base includes companies in Retail, Franchising, Banking/ Finance, Hospitality, Not for profit, Aged Care, Government and Manufacturing. We are utilising … Read more
- 11 November 2021
Christmas is less than 7 weeks away! It is important to prepare and understand the rules for an annual shutdown period, and the rules for when you require a skeleton staff to operate during the shutdown period. What is a shutdown? A shutdown is when a business temporarily closes during slow periods of the year, such … Read more
- 21 October 2021
On Friday last week, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) published an updated Information Sheet 89 on “Communicating with employees about choice of superannuation fund: What you can and cannot do.” This is great timing as the changes to Information Sheet 89 reflect the super fund ‘stapling’ measures, which commence on 1 November 2021. Why is … Read more
- 3 September 2021
Just like last year, the increase to award wages is happening in 3 stages. REMINDER: The increase for the Retail Award applies from the first full pay period on or after 1 September 2021. Depending on the award, there were 3 different start dates! Here is a recap of the different start dates: Start date Which awards … Read more