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06.02.2022
University of Tasmania caught up in staff underpayment bungle
The University of Tasmania has become the latest institution caught up in a wage underpayment bungle that has already entangled more than a dozen Australian universities. Key points: A third of the tertiary education sector has now admitted underpaying ...
06.02.2022
ATO Guidance on remission of 200% SGC penalty
An employer is subject to the SG charge if it does not make the minimum required amount of SG contributions on behalf of their eligible employees in respect of a quarter. From 1 July 2021, the minimum SG contributions payable in relation to an employee ...
30.01.2022
Tax partner flags remote working implications
Businesses and individuals need to be wary of certain tax implications arising from remote working arrangements, particularly those overseas, according to a tax partner at HLB Mann Judd Sydney. Peter Bembrick, tax partner at HLB Mann Judd Sydney, said ...
30.01.2022
Payroll Manager awarded $1.1million damages for foreseeable work injury
A Queensland local government employee has been awarded more than a million dollars compensation for a work injury that a judge has ruled was caused by his employer’s negligence. Queensland Supreme Court Justice James Henry also found that the ...
30.01.2022
Easter Sunday to be a public holiday in WA
Easter Sunday will be established as a public holiday in Western Australia, and new provisions are being implemented in the state industrial relations system for the Easter Sunday public holiday entitlements. These changes have been introduced by the ...
23.01.2022
Super for contractors
If you pay contractors mainly for their labour, they are employees for superannuation guarantee (SG) purposes, and you may need to pay super to a fund for them. It doesn’t matter if the contractor has an Australian business number (ABN). Make super ...
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