Announced in the federal budget, the government will provide $9.2 million over four years from 2019–20 to establish a dedicated sham contracting crackdown unit within the Fair Work Ombudsman to address sham contracting behaviour. A sham contract is when an employer deliberately disguises an employment relationship as an independent contracting arrangement, instead of engaging the […]

The government has passed legislation through parliament that gives the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) the power to enforce up to 12 months jail time or hefty fines for directors of companies that do not to pay their employee superannuation entitlements. With the introduction of Single Touch Payroll from 1 July, the ATO will have up […]

Earlier this year the ATO revised their position surrounding superannuation payable on annual leave loading but it still has employers scratching their heads on the matter. We summarise some of the key points on this topic. What is Leave Loading? Essentially, leave loading is a payment made on top of the employee’s base rate of […]

Single Touch Payroll (STP) changes the way employers report their employees’ tax and super information to the ATO. From 1 July 2019, businesses with 19 employees or fewer will have to use a payroll or accounting system that offers STP every time they pay their employees.  Businesses with 20 or more employees have had STP […]