Avoid Wage Theft Employer Guide

An avoid wage theft employer guide tends to read as a list of principles. What actually keeps a payroll accurate is a cycle with dates on it.

Annually, check the award rates that apply to each classification, since they change. Confirm nobody has moved role without their classification following. Reconcile any annualised salaries against award entitlements for the year just finished.

On change, recheck whenever someone’s role, hours or location moves, and whenever an award or agreement is varied.

Continuously, log every pay query with the answer given and the date, so a pattern is visible rather than scattered across inboxes.

Record what you did and when you did it. Reasonable steps that you cannot evidence afterwards are not much use to you when somebody asks.

The Fair Work Ombudsman publishes current rates and obligations. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

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