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30.08.2020
Payroll software could protect employers who commit accidental wage theft, ombudsman says
Use of ‘regtech’ would simplify complex award system and de-risk landscape for small business, Kate Carnell says Employers who use approved payroll software could be provided “safe harbour” against prosecution and penalties for wage underpayment under a ...
30.08.2020
Patience, you must have: FWC upholds safety-related dismissal of employee given multiple chances
The Fair Work Commission’s (FWC’s) recent decision in Hafsteins v Correct Installs Pty Ltd [2020] FWC 2729 has showcased a “patient” employer’s handling of an employee’s numerous workplace health and safety breaches. The employee was employed at a ...
23.08.2020
More than 2000 BaptistCare aged care workers underpaid $1.28m
More than 2000 aged-care and community services workers employed by BaptistCare NSW & ACT in frontline roles were underpaid almost $1.3m over six years. BaptistCare, which operates 17 residential aged-care facilities and receives annual revenue of ...
23.08.2020
The Payroll pandemic: Five trends disrupting accountability, transparency and pay
Once the outlier of back office functions, payroll has come to represent a core differentiator in managing discontinuous change in the new normal. In the midst of coronavirus-inspired social distancing, company bankruptcies and government bailouts, ...
23.08.2020
Draw the line: Managing employee conduct and behaviour in the workplace
Managing employee conduct and behaviour can be a challenge. The question of what is appropriate and what is not appropriate in the workplace will depend on a variety of factors, including the industry in which the employees work, the overall culture of ...
23.08.2020
University underpayment so rampant tutors ‘instructed to do a poor job’ to avoid unpaid hours
Tutors at some of Australia’s sandstone universities are being told to do a “poor job” and “skim read” student essays to meet impossible marking pay rates, as an ABC investigation reveals at least 10 tertiary institutions are involved in an underpayment ...
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