{"id":50,"date":"2020-02-17T10:42:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T10:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:81\/paul\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2020-09-11T07:48:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T07:48:09","slug":"payroll","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hrchief.com.au\/index.php\/payroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Payroll Auditing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"excutive_background your_mangers\">\n<p><!--<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vulcanmakes.com\/paul\/wp-content\/themes\/vulcanmakes\/images\/back13.jpg\" alt=\"pic\" \/>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"banner_top_pass\">\n<div class=\"text-center\">\n<h1>Payroll Auditing for Small to Medium size Businesses<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"the_right botuya\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"the_text_box\">\n<h2>Payroll Auditing for Small to<br \/>\n<em>Medium size Businesses<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>There has been a \u201chuge shift\u201d in public attitudes towards wage underpayment or, as it\u2019s been termed by some parties \u201cwage theft\u201d. As well as this public focus &#8211; the Federal government are now preparing to introduce tough new laws to criminalise underpayment.<br \/>\nFair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker is outraged about just how many companies have failed to properly classify workers, pay their overtime and penalties, or meet superannuation contributions. Ms Parker is especially angry with Woolworths and the recent 300 million non payments in Woolworth\u2019s employee\u2019s remunerations. In the Ombudsman\u2019s view, Woolworths\u2019 failure to inform and co-operate has torpedoed the regulator\u2019s trust.<br \/>\nAustralia has never had a criminal system in workplace relations however due to the current long list of Corporations short changing employees and by some deemed as \u201cwage theft\u201d such a system is now being entertained and has become a key agenda item on the Governments priority list.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"discover2 first\" href=\"https:\/\/hrchief.com.au\/index.php\/contact-2\/\">let&#8217;s talk<br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"boxt21\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrchief.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/exploring1.jpg\" alt=\"pic\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"what-we-do we_next\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"dig_box_big bort12\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"boxt2 pt-0\">\n<h3>PAYROLL AUDITING FOR SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESSES<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"p_box1\">\n<p class=\"mt-3\"><b>There are many different forms of possible payroll errors or \u201cwage theft\u201d that include:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Paying under-award wages,<\/li>\n<li>Failing to pay superannuation;<\/li>\n<li>Failing to pay for breaks,<\/li>\n<li>Failing to pay overtime,<\/li>\n<li>The compulsory use of employer-provided staff accommodation or others to claw back wages,<\/li>\n<li>Withholding of wages on the basis that it will put visa status at risk,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Not paying for trial or training periods,<\/li>\n<li>Misclassifying workers as independent contractors when they are employees,<\/li>\n<li>Not paying personal, annual or paid leave,<\/li>\n<li>Not paying appropriately for higher duties,<\/li>\n<li>Failing to meet basic worker entitlements in family run businesses,<\/li>\n<li>Phoenixing-type activity, where a firm goes into administration or liquidation to avoid having to pay employee entitlements, then re-emerges under a different legal structure but with the same or related individuals in control,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Inappropriate deductions from workers\u2019 wages such as inflated rent, transport costs or uniforms,<\/li>\n<li>Charging employees for PPE,<\/li>\n<li>Paying \u2018all-inclusive\u2019 flat hourly or daily rates without considering allowances and other entitlements,<\/li>\n<li>Non-payment of shift allowances,<\/li>\n<li>Requiring the employee to pay an \u2018employment bond,<\/li>\n<li>Failing to pay for \u2018on call\u2019 work periods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"p_box1\">\n<p class=\"mt-3\"><b>Genuine Payroll errors by amicable employers can and do frequently occur. Root causes for such occurrences often vary but the main ones are:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Lack of understanding in employment law and employment agreements by those that administer them,<\/li>\n<li>Lack of experience and awareness of the Australian Industrial Relations Framework by managers, CEOs and boards,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Incorrect interpretation and processing of Awards, i.e allowances, working hours and other,<\/li>\n<li>Acting on instructions from senior staff who refuse to acknowledge that employment law actually even exists,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Acting on instructions coming from misinformed internal and external advisors and consultants,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"p_box1\">\n<p class=\"mt-3\"><b>Incorrect payroll setup (payroll errors) can also occur very easily. The main courses are likely to be:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Incorrect information initially passed on from HR to Payroll,<\/li>\n<li>Incorrect initial payroll system setup and thereafter &#8211; incorrect processing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Poor payroll software and systems making accurate payroll difficult to administer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"p_box1 botyu230\">\n<ul class=\"work\">\n<li>Set and forget payroll departments that sit separate from HR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"p_box1\">Don\u2019t become another Company PROSECUTED by the Fair Work Ombudsman, ridiculed by an ANGRY UNION, or confronted by an ANGRY EMPLOYEE with their \u201cJohnny come lately\u201d law friends and end up on the WAGE THEFT WANTED LIST. Your long and hard earned reputation is much more valuable than: &#8220;FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE&#8221;.<br \/>\nFor an Employment Agreement, Wage and Payroll Audit contact:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"what\">\n<div class=\"text-left\"><a class=\"discover2 mt-3 first\" href=\"https:\/\/hrchief.com.au\/index.php\/contact-2\/\">let&#8217;s talk<br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chief_section\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 mo_right\">\n<div class=\"chief_text\">\n<h3>THIS IS WHY<\/h3>\n<h2>HR<\/h2>\n<h3>CHIEF EXISTS<\/h3>\n<p>HR Chief is here to assist the needs of modern business working within complex Industrial frameworks and forever changing global markets. 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An in-house HR presence or HR expert can increase the understanding of how important it is to have compliant systems and have your people aligned to business strategy and thereafter, the positive effect on your Company&#8217;s bottom line.<\/p>\n<div class=\"what\"><a class=\"discover2 mt-4 first\" href=\"https:\/\/hrchief.com.au\/index.php\/contact-2\/\">let&#8217;s talk<br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 mo_right boty423\">\n<div class=\"chief_img\">\n<div class=\"cleft_img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hrchief.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/whatright.png\" alt=\"pic\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Payroll Auditing for Small to Medium size Businesses Payroll Auditing for Small to Medium size Businesses There has been a \u201chuge shift\u201d in public attitudes towards wage underpayment or, as it\u2019s been termed by some parties \u201cwage theft\u201d. 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