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21.08.2022 Brisbane meatworks Australian Country Choice Holdings underpays staff more than $2.5 million Brisbane meat processor Australian Country Choice Holdings (ACCH) has admitted it underpaid staff more than $2.5 million and will enter into an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman. Key points: Australian Country Choice Holdings underpaid ... Blog

03.05.2020 Over $170,000 penalties for apprentice underpayments The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured penalties of $177,174 against a Queensland construction company and its director after two young carpentry apprentices were underpaid $32,347. The Federal Circuit Court ordered Brendan Paul Angus to pay penalties of ... News Blog

22.02.2020 Five questions I’m regularly asked about payroll Here are some questions I’m asked on a regular basis by employers and journalists. What is the cause of the payroll underpayments? Are employers underpaying staff deliberately? Do you think criminalising wage theft will stop it? Will the 1 March changes ... Blog

12.05.2019 Why is there a current shortage of high calibre Payroll people? Every day I am talking to people within organisations who are looking for great payroll people. To me and the majority of our clients ‘great payroll people’ fundamentally means, strong technical payroll knowledge and experience combined with a proven ... Blog

20.03.2019 New way to attempt payroll fraud It used to be that whenever payroll fraud was mentioned, thoughts would turn to ghost employees or tampering with casual worker’s master files. But recently it seems that fraudsters have moved their attention to other ways of infiltrating payroll ... Blog

18.11.2018 Payroll fraud What could have been done to stop a lone employee stealing almost $20 million from her employer? Although it’s impossible to accurately quantify, payroll fraud is more common than you might think. Unfortunately when there are large amounts of money ... Blog

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