Tag: underpayment

Is your business prepared for next month’s minimum wage increase?

With minimum wages set to rise from next month, HR and business leaders are urged to act fast to avoid costly payroll errors.

HR’s role in preventing and responding to underpayments

Preventing underpayments requires more than a functional payroll system – it’s about joining the dots between people, payroll and processes.

5 ways employers could accidentally underpay their employees

With wage theft in the spotlight, carefully monitoring payroll compliance is more critical than ever. Here are five ways accidental underpayments can occur, and how to prevent errors like these slipping through the cracks.

Employer ordered to pay $4 million in penalties for “calculated” wage theft

The Federal Court has imposed over $4 million in penalties against an employer for “deceitful and unscrupulous” wage theft. With the criminalisation of wage theft looming, now is the time to put legal safeguards in place to reduce underpayment risks.

IR update: Jail time for wage theft included in ‘Closing Loopholes Bill’

Criminalising wage theft and industrial manslaughter, and stronger protections for gig economy workers. Here are the big-ticket items in the government’s Closing Loopholes Bill.

How can HR help to rectify and prevent employee underpayments?

Amid criminal prosecutions, million-dollar fines and high-profile court cases, employee underpayments are firmly in the spotlight. Organisations now have to ensure their payroll operations stand up to scrutiny – or face the consequences.

Australian universities owe over $100 million in unpaid wages, finds report

A recent report has uncovered millions of dollars’ worth of underpayments at public universities over the last three years. The research indicates that wage theft has become “an endemic part of universities’ business models”.