Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
Source: ABC News Date: 12 July 2016 A Queensland restaurant operator who claimed a worker ate too much food and used too much air conditioning has been fined $21,000 after refusing to reimburse the underpaid staffer. The owners of Fire and Stone restaurant at...
ABN Contractors, ATO, Miscellaneous Award
Source: ATO Website Date: 11 July 2016 Stating in a written agreement that your worker is a contractor doesn’t mean they are, nor does it protect you from potential penalties for getting it wrong. This is a myth. The fact is, if your worker is legally an employee,...
ABN Contractors, ATO, Miscellaneous Award
Whether a nanny is a contractor or employee can be complicated, and ultimately only a court can determine if someone is a contractor or employee. The ATO ( Australian Taxation Office) website has some general information on the differences between independent...
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...
