by JFM Team | Oct 31, 2020
Accountants providing clients with payroll, accounting and book-keeping advice and services run the risk of being held accessorily liable for the underpayment of wages by their clients. This could expose you or your firm to potential fines and legal charges simply by...
by JFM Team | Jun 22, 2020
Running a business usually means that you’re flat-out, with endless tasks which need to be done. It’s important that one of those tasks is ensuring you keep proper employment records as prescribed by the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). While this may seem like a...
by JFM Team | Jun 22, 2020
Most employers do the right thing and pay their employees the prescribed rates of pay under the Fair Work Commission Modern Awards or the National Minimum Wage. A small minority do not, and if you’re employed by one of these then you are missing out on what is...
by JFM Team | May 27, 2020
If you’re paying an employee ‘above Award rates’ in lieu of certain entitlements under the Award (e.g. overtime, etc), you must make sure your employment contract specifies which Award entitlements are being discharged by this extra payment. You may...
by JFM Team | Apr 10, 2020
Just before the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the Australian economy, the Fair Work Commission made new rules for annualised wage arrangements. Despite the pandemic, as an employee who is paid an annualised wage (i.e. a fixed dollar amount, rather than an hourly...