High Court provides clarity over casual employees and accrued entitlements

The High Court of Australia today delivered its decision in the high profile WORKPAC PTY LTD v ROSSATO & ORS case. Newsagents will be aware that the case involved claims by a former casual employee who had been employed under a series of casual contracts that they were entitled to annual leave, sick leave and […]

STP phase 2 commences 1 January 2022

Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase 2 reporting starts 1 January 2022. If you employ staff, you’ll need to be ready for this change. New guidelines that explain the changes are now available from the ATO.

Changes to Single Touch Payroll reporting from 1 July

There are changes to Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting for small employers with closely held payees and quarterly reporting for micro employers and for closely held payees from 1 July 2021.

Employment contracts – assistance for Newsagents to get the details right

NANA is able to assist Members to build their own employment contracts for employees under Australia’s Fair Work System. The contracts are tailored to NANA Member’s individual business needs.

Annual wage review – 2.5*% increase

A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission this afternoon announced its 2020/2021 Annual Wage Review decision. The Commission has announced that for the General Retail Industry Award 2020, rates will increase by 2.5% from the first complete pay period to commence on or after 1 September 2021. NANA will update its wage rate schedules […]

Employment contracts – assistance for Newsagents to get the details right

NANA is able to assist Members to build their own employment contracts for employees under Australia’s Fair Work System. The contracts are tailored to NANA Member’s individual business needs. The service to NANA Members helps Newsagents as small business employers to make a basic employment contract that complies with workplace laws. The NANA service creates a […]

It requires more than an ABN to be a legitimate contractor – FWO launches legal action

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has commenced legal action against a Sydney company for alleged sham contracting. The FWO is pursuing the company through the Federal Court following from an investigation after receiving requests for assistance from three workers who had been engaged by the company. It is alleged that in respect to the employees […]

Super Reforms – Your Future, Your Super – still no certainty from Federal Government

In the 2020–21 Federal Budget, the government announced the Super Reforms – Your Future, Your Super measure. The intent of this proposed measure is to:

Superannuation changes come into force on 1 July 2021

SGC Rate – 10% As intended for some time, the superannuation guarantee rate will increase from 9.5% to 10% from 1 July 2021 and rise by 0.5 per cent per year thereafter until it reaches 12% by 2025. Although there was some speculation that the planned increase would be paused as part of this year’s […]

IR Omnibus Bill shredded in Senate – remainder passed by House of Representatives

The Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery ) Bill 2020 (the Bill) otherwise known as the IR Omnibus Bill was shredded in the Senate on Friday last week. The Bill in its trimmed down format was submitted to the House of Representatives on Monday and what remained was passed. The Bill has now […]