New tax rates for working holiday makers From 1 January 2017 tax rates are changing for working holiday makers who hold 417 and 462 visas. These rates are known as working holiday maker tax rates. What you need to know If you employ a working holiday maker who is in...
As is often the case with these types of matters we have recently received a couple of enquiries in relation to this topic. This article is intended to provide some background on this matter – it does not constitute legal advice or opinion – it remains Workwise’s view...
It is a standard response from many employers that they pay ‘well above the Award’. Regrettably many employers have only a passing knowledge of the Award minimum rates of pay let alone the numerous allowances and various conditions that apply in the payment of shift...
Employers: Know your rights and obligations surrounding termination and redundancy Tuesday, December 6th 2016 9.30am – 12.30pm at the Manjimup Community Resource Centre Terminating an employee’s position or making a position redundant is the...
In recent weeks we have had a number of queries relating to the increasing prevalence in the workplace of the practice of providing unpaid work trials to people or requiring that people work on an unpaid basis in order to ‘check them out’ over a particular period....
