Monday 14 November - Creating Confidence In How People Are Paid

Newsbite: Paid Family and Domestic Violence leave

The legislation enables workers to access 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave, a promise made by the Albanese government during their election campaign. The new workplace entitlement will begin from February 1 next year for all employees in Australia, including casuals.

Small businesses will have an extra six months to adjust to the changes, meaning it will come into effect from

August 1, 2023.

The entitlement to paid family and domestic violence leave will be as follows:

• Permanent (FT and PT) employees – at the employees’ full rate of pay, the amount they would have been paid had they not taken the leave
• Casual employees – at the employees’ full rate of pay, worked out as if the employee had worked the hours in the period for which they were rostered. A casual employee is taken to have been rostered to work hours in a particular period if they have accepted an offer from an employer to work those hours.

You can read the full Bill here: Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022

Until the 1st of February 2023 or 1st August 2023 for small business your employees will still be entitled to the 5 days unpaid family and domestic leave in accordance with the current entitlements under the NES.

It's often said, payroll is underestimated by those who don't work in it. The common question is 'why is payroll so hard?'

Australian Payroll Association have put together a fast paced, 45 minute webinar for those who have payroll responsibility and want to fully understand the question of why it's so hard.

Payroll is one of the most complex functions for employers and this webinar will explain why this is the case and what you need to ensure you run a low risk, efficient payroll function that has the confidence of your employees, management and board.

Date: Dec 2, 2022 10:00 AM in?Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Click here to book.

Newsbite: QLD Payroll Tax Changes from January 2023

From 1 January 2023, the deduction range will increase, which means a reduction in payroll tax for small and medium businesses. For annual Australian taxable wages over the $1.3 million threshold, the deduction will change to $1 for every $7 of taxable wages over this amount.

Click here to learn more.

2023 Payroll Training Courses & Events

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Payroll Compliance

Effective management of modern awards & agreements

Companies are responsible for interpreting and keeping up-to-date with relevant modern awards. Modern awards are based on industry or occupation and generally have conditions relating to:

• Minimum wages
• Wage or salary annual arrangements
• Allowances
• Leave, leave loading & taking leave arrangements
• Super
• Employment types (FTE, PTE or casual)
• Work arrangements (rostering or variations to hours)
• Overtime & penalty rates
• Consultation, representation & dispute settlement procedures

Maintaining compliance with awards can be a key challenge for payroll considering the rules are difficult to interpret. The main components include:

• Understanding the industrial relations framework (IFA) in Australia
• Learning which modern award/s will apply to their employees
• Staying informed about what can be done within the national workplace relations system and the bodies associated with it
• Research the award clauses that affect pay including ordinary hours, overtime, penalty rates & allowances
• Determining if you have additional super obligations
• Identifying when an award has been varied & how to find a past variation
• Taking advantage of the tools provided by the Fair Work Ombudsman

Enterprise agreements set out minimum employment conditions and can apply to one business or a group of businesses. When a workplace has a registered agreement, the award doesn’t apply. However, the base pay rate in the registered agreement can’t be less than the base pay rate in the award, the NES and any terms about outworkers in the award still apply.

If you need assistance with understanding your awards you might want to consider registering for our Understanding Modern Awards course.

https://www.austpayroll.com.au/classroom-payroll-courses/