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25.04.2022
What employees are paid if they work when daylight saving time ends
We have had a lot of calls from members about the start and end of daylight savings and how this affects people who work overnight shifts. Here is some clarity from Fair Work. Employees should check their award or enterprise agreement for terms about ...
25.04.2022
Unpaid family and domestic violence leave entitlements
Entitlement to unpaid family and domestic violence leave All eligible employees are entitled to take unpaid family and domestic violence leave. This entitlement became part of the National Employment Standards (NES) in 2018. There hss been recent changes ...
25.04.2022
How to report employment and taxation information through STP Phase 2
There are many factors to help you work out the correct amount to withhold from your employees’ pay. These may be based on information they provide in their TFN declaration or withholding declaration, or their employment information. You must now report ...
18.04.2022
Spotless penalised for failing to pay redundancy
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $17,500 penalty against facilities services company Spotless Services Australia Limited in a legal action that has established greater clarity on situations in which employers must pay redundancy entitlements. The ...
18.04.2022
Commission finds employee’s out-of-hours conduct at social gathering to be a valid reason for dismissal
The physical return-to-work happening at many workplaces will also see the return of work-related events in an effort to reacquaint employees after a string of lockdowns and stay at home orders. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently set out the ...
18.04.2022
STP2 education series – 1. Disaggregation of gross
STP reporting currently includes a gross amount. This is the total of many different components and payment types. Because some of these are treated differently for social security purposes, you will now need to report more detail. In STP Phase 1, the ...
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