Government announces Jobkeeper Payment to support business

On Monday 30th March the Federal Government announced that it will invest $130 billion dollars into trying to support Australian workers with the new Jobkeeper Payment.

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New workplace award rules coming into force on March 1

All employers with employees on fixed annual salaries are now on notice about new award rules coming into force on March 1st.

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Are you paying your staff correctly? Woolworths $200m plus remediation

Woolworths is the latest company to facing a fallout from the underpayment of staff. In what is believed to be the largest remediation of its kind, Woolworths have stated that they have underpaid 5,700 salaried team members with remediation expected to be in the range of $200m to $300m (before tax).