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03.11.2024
Australian workers back-paid $473 million
The Fair Work Ombudsman recovered $473 million for nearly 160,000 underpaid workers in 2023-24, taking back-payments to workers to $1.5 billion across the last three years. The recoveries came in a year where the Fair Work Ombudsman secured the largest ...
03.11.2024
Why a Hybrid Approach is Essential for Payroll Teams
In the ever evolving workplace landscape, flexibility is no longer a perk – it’s an expectation. Like many other industries, payroll has recognised the value of hybrid work arrangements as a strategy to attract top talent and drive operational ...
03.11.2024
Employer did not force an employee to resign by enforcing its hybrid working arrangement
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 lockdowns have changed the way in which most businesses work. While working remotely has provided employers and employees with flexibility, many employers have now started directing employees to return to the workplace ...
27.10.2024
FWO commences legal action against CFMEU and official
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) and one of its officials, Stephen Parker, for alleged unlawful conduct at a construction site in Perth. The legal action relates to ...
27.10.2024
Rules and entitlements during the end-of-year holiday season
Employers and employees need to start planning how their businesses will operate during the end-of-year holiday season. Many businesses get busier this time of year and may need their employees to work more hours and on public holidays. Other businesses ...
27.10.2024
University of Sydney’s costly payroll crisis: The true price of non-compliance
The University of Sydney’s recent revelation about its payroll expenses highlights a critical issue that payroll professionals understand all too well: compliance failures and the real costs of rectifying them. In the past four years, the university has ...
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