Simple employee Labour Costing with your mobile device

May 5th, 2013

Enter your employee number, select Go, choose a jobsite and optionally select your cost center – It is that easy!

Labour Costing employees for anybody who has tried is one of the most challenging employee time collection problems in any business today that needs good, correct, current employee labour data broken down.

After talking to hundreds of businesses over more than a decade I understand the challengers you face. From all the discussions I have had with a wide selection of industries the single biggest challenge is actually collecting the data in the first place.

The biggest single challenge for …

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Do You Have Employees That Work Overtime?

May 3rd, 2013

If you have an employee that has to work overtime on a public holiday, the question of payment can be complicated. Typically, overtime pay would be double time if a sufficient number of overtime hours were reached. But, when it is a holiday, and overtime is required, double time and a half may already be paid, and therefore, it is not typically necessary to pay a worker triple time for those hours.

Tracking the specific number of hours worked is essential if you are going to pay your staff accurately. Using time and attendance software can ensure that it is …

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How Does Minimum Wage Work in Australia?

April 3rd, 2013

Those that are new to working in Australia’s economy, may not be familiar with the standards for minimum wage. There are some important facts to note:

Minimum wage standards apply to individuals that are age 21 and older, and that are employed full-time.
Younger employees are paid a percentage based on their age, and the minimum wage standard.
Not all employees are paid minimum wage. Other agreements are set and negotiated independently. In most cases, these are higher than the minimum wage standard.
Full-time adult employees are also paid additional benefits by the Australian government.

Part-time employees are paid a rate …

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Pay Rate Adjustments When Minimum Wage Increases

March 27th, 2013

If you are paying your employees by the hour, and they are receiving minimum wage, at some point during their tenure, you re going to need to adjust their payment rate. Australia’s Fair Work Commission evaluates wages on an annual basis. As of April 2013, the minimum wage was set at $15.96, and there are already talks happening to increase minimum wage even further. If this occurs, rates need to be adjusted in the following ways:

Those being paid minimum wage need to be paid the new, adjusted rate.
Those being paid above minimum wage whose rate is surpassed with the increase, …

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Managing Staff that Don’t Use Their Leave Time

March 20th, 2013

Every once in a while, you get an employee that’s just not like the rest. While many are begging to use leave time on an ongoing basis, you have those special employees that just don’t ever use the time that they have available to them. Believe it or not, this can actually be a problem for a business, because you can end up with an employee who wants to take an entire month off at once, or you owe a substantial amount of cash to that employee when he/she is ready to resign. So, it is important to help …

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Options for Issuing Employee Paycheques

March 13th, 2013

Issuing payroll to employees can be completed by a variety of people in an organization. Whose job this becomes generally depends upon the size of the business, and the way that staffing is structured. Accounting, Human Resources, the business owner, or a manager may be responsible for issuing payments to hourly and salaried staff. In some instances, the job may even be outsourced once you submit hours work collected from your time and attendance system.

But, once you’ve gathered the data, how do you get the money to the employees?

Bank deposit – collect banking information from employees (by having …

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Options for Tracking Employee Hours

March 6th, 2013

In order to pay your employees it is necessary to keep track of employee hours. No matter what you will need to apply an element of trust with your employees – but, there are a number of different ways that you can keep tabs for payroll purposes and efficiency data.

Timesheets – the old-fashioned way of tracking employee hours is to have staff fill our timesheets outlining the time that they started work, and the time that they completed the job. You can have them itemize what they accomplished during their shift in order to keep track of their efficiency.
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How Much Redundancy Pay is an Employee Owed?

February 26th, 2013

Redundancy payment often includes a few different components for individuals employed in Australia.

A Genuine Redundancy Payment is one component that is  available to those whose jobs have been terminated after offering dedicated service. The specific terms of Genuine Redundancy Pay do vary depending upon the employer. However, it is typically:

A lump sum payment when employment is terminated
An added payment for each year of service offered to the company

The next component often included with a termination package is the Employment Termination Payment. Employees receive:

Payment for unused days off
Payment for unused sick days
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Preparing to Terminate an Employee

February 15th, 2013

When preparing to terminate an employee, you need to ensure that you have all of your ducks in a row to avoid any legal issues. Before you call the employee into your office to fire them, make sure that you have done the following:

You have collected written reports from managers – if there were any performance issues reported by the employee’s managers and supervisors, make sure that you have it in writing. A formal report should always be filed when an incident occurs, and must include the manager’s signature. Have these documents together when you are ready for the …

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Which Employees are Entitled to Redundacy Pay in Australia

February 9th, 2013

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