December saw the last Equal Remuneration Order (ERO) pay rise for employees on the SCHADS Award. This completes the ERO process that began in 2012, which saw relevant employees receiving both the ERO and the national minimum wage increases, concurrently. This is the final ERO. What is great for administrators is the merging of the [...]
Purpose has been working with a number of clients to support them to access the JobKeeper 2.0 scheme, covering the period 28 September to 3 January 2021. From early January, we will turn our focus to the next phase of the scheme, JobKeeper Extension 2: This phase runs from 4 January to 28 March 2021 [...]
We have been following the Rossato vs WorkPac case for many months now and on 13 August we finally received some clarity around the definition of ‘casual employment’ and the entitlements owed to long-term casual employees. The High Court overruled the previous decision of the Full Federal Court, finding that employees are entitled to 10 ‘notional days’ [...]
We are excited to announce that our tech innovation wizard Ricardo has been nominated for Receipt Bank’s ‘Most Efficient Accountant’ Award. The Awards night will be held on 6 November, celebrating Accountants and Bookkeepers that are paving the way for the industry through the use of the innovative accounts payable software. Purpose has helped many clients [...]
Following its 2020 Annual Wage Review, the Fair Work Commission has announced a 1.75% increase to the National Minimum Wage. With the minimum increased, all levels of Modern awards increase by the same 1.75%. This increase is akin to a CPI indexation but the Commission takes in additional factors in coming to the percentage increase. The timing [...]
In late May the Federal Court issued a long-awaited decision that has thrown into question the definition of ‘casual employment’ and the entitlements owed to long-term casual employees. In the case of casual employee Mr Rossato vs labour hire company WorkPac, the Court ruled that Rossato (the employee) was entitled to be paid annual leave, [...]
For grant funded organisations receiving stimulus, a question that arose with the stimulus receipts is whether it would need to be reported in program acquittals? We pondered this and discussed with leading auditors. Our general conclusion is that the stimulus payments are corporate level rather than program level and therefore will not need to be acquitted. This [...]
Based on the Treasurer’s announcement over the weekend, charities now have the option of excluding Government income from their JobKeeper turnover test (i.e. in proving a 15% decline). That means the turnover reduction can be limited to the comparison of non-Government income sources, such as donations and fee for service. See the media release here. We can see [...]
Last night the Government signalled a key change to the JobKeeper wage subsidy, as it applies to non-profit orgs. The wage subsidy was introduced last week to help those employers experiencing economic downturn as a result of Covid-19, to retain staff through the crisis. The subsidy provides $1,500 per employee*, per fortnight for up to [...]
Yesterday the Government announced a further stimulus package to keep businesses and employees afloat during the ongoing Covid-19 challenge. The central feature of the package is a wage subsidy of up to $1,500 per employee, per fortnight. The good news is that this will apply to the non-profit sector. Unlike previous stimulus measures however, the wage [...]
