Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
The Fair Work Ombudsman the Australian government body that covers industrial relations in all states except for Western Australia has been reviewing the nanny industry. and has released the following statement. Nannies & au pairs in private homes employees? This...
ABN Contractors, ATO, Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
So you have recently hired a nanny who says they have an ABN number, allowing you to skip the whole annoying expensive time consuming matter of becoming an employer and paying them as a contractor. Be aware that in the long term, it may not be so simple. The...
ATO, Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
The Australian Tax Office crackdown on contractors claiming to be business entities to gain a tax advantage has been extended to nannies and nanny agencies operating in cash or contractor roles. Now more than ever it’s imperative to ensure you are paying your...
ATO, Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
Now more than ever before it’s important to recognise the difference between an employee and a contractor with both the ATO and Fair Work Australia targeting the employment relationship and sham contracts. A sham contract refers to the situation where an employer...
ATO, Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
Employment contracts for nannies: Many nanny employers tend to view a written work agreement as a document that offers benefits and protection primarily to the nanny when in fact; the document offers legal protection to the parents, as the employer and should offer a...
Employee Entitlements, Policy
Recently I have started working full time from home and as a direct correlation my participation in Facebook has increased. It’s such a great distraction and sadly I’m not updating the Domestic Payroll page but my personal page. I find my business Facebook page...
