Tag: Payroll

Business community challenges Albanese government’s proposed industrial relations changes.

As earned wage access gains momentum in Australia’s on-demand economy, it is essential to separate fact from fiction

Employment Hero CEO, Ben Thompson, advises SMEs on fair pay and avoiding trouble with complex payroll in Australia.

A survey of payroll employees has revealed that corporate Australia is facing higher risks in employee payment errors

HR and payroll trends that emerged during COVID-19 are set to strengthen during 2021.

Although it’s near impossible to accurately quantify, payroll fraud – defined as the theft of cash from a business via the payroll processing system – is less rare than many of us might think. This is because incidents of payroll fraud are often not reported in the media and are managed instead by internal HR […]

New data has revealed that 83 per cent of organisations are using payroll technology developed 20 years ago or more. The findings come at a time when a wage underpayment epidemic is sweeping across some of Australia’s biggest companies… The data comes from the 2019 Payroll Benchmarking Report, an annual study by the Australian Payroll […]

The ATO is urging small employers who’ve not yet made the switch to Single Touch Payroll (STP) to get in touch if they need help to transition. Small employers with 19 employees or fewer are now required to start reporting through STP but ATO Assistant Commissioner Jason Lucchese said there was still time for businesses […]

By Tracy Angwin, CEO and payroll expert at Australian Payroll Association Are you looking to hire new payroll people? Payroll staff are an integral part of any organisation, whether it be in a finance or HR capacity. However, the reality is that it’s a specialist set of knowledge and skills that are unique to the […]

Insufficient cash flow means lost opportunities  Australian small businesses have lost opportunities worth an estimated $5.8 billion due to insufficient cash flow1 Nearly half (46 per cent) of Australian small business owners have been at risk of being unable to pay their employees1 More than a quarter (26 per cent) of Australian small businesses that […]