Payroll Assurance – managing your payroll obligations and solutions
Date: Friday, 13 March 2020
Time: 7:45am for a 8am start – 9am
Venue: Grant Thornton, Level 17, 383 Kent Street, Sydney
Time: 7:45am for a 8am start – 9am
Venue: Grant Thornton, Level 17, 383 Kent Street, Sydney
Everyone has seen the headlines and media scrutiny recently around businesses not paying their people correctly – when the organisations of focus are some of the biggest in the country, it’s safe to assume many organisations are grappling with similar issues. In our experience, the causes of underpayment and incorrect payments of overtime wages and superannuation are not because of intentional behaviour, rather it is typically a case of complex awards and EBAs, the lack of routine payroll data validation and failed processes unable to spot red flags.
In order to pay your people correctly, maintain your reputation and minimise Government penalties, businesses must proactively assess and test their application of their industrial relations obligations. If your organisation is thinking it might have a problem there are number of matters to consider:
Issues of this nature require a holistic approach with input from different experts, be they lawyers, accountants or communications specialists. It is not just about determining the liability and crunching the numbers.
We hope you can join us.
In order to pay your people correctly, maintain your reputation and minimise Government penalties, businesses must proactively assess and test their application of their industrial relations obligations. If your organisation is thinking it might have a problem there are number of matters to consider:
- Do you start looking for the problem?
- How do you go about looking for the problem?
- If you start looking, and find a problem, what then?
Issues of this nature require a holistic approach with input from different experts, be they lawyers, accountants or communications specialists. It is not just about determining the liability and crunching the numbers.
We hope you can join us.
Please RSVP by Monday, 9th March 2020.
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Featured speakers
Alex Bell
Partner – Financial Advisory, Forensic Consulting
Built on over 15 years forensic consulting experience across Australia and the UK, Alex knows what it takes to achieve the right forensic outcome. He believes that a successful forensic engagement starts with an experienced understanding of what is at stake, before being able to successfully navigate through highly complex environments to achieve the right result.
Partner – Financial Advisory, Forensic Consulting
Built on over 15 years forensic consulting experience across Australia and the UK, Alex knows what it takes to achieve the right forensic outcome. He believes that a successful forensic engagement starts with an experienced understanding of what is at stake, before being able to successfully navigate through highly complex environments to achieve the right result.
Jarrod Lean
Partner - Business Risk, Grant Thornton Consulting
Jarrod has over 15 years of risk management and internal audit experience. He has extensive experience in managing and conducting internal audits within a range of sectors including health, government, manufacturing, property, and not for profit. Jarrod not only has extensive experience in conducting internal audits from a compliance viewpoint but also has a strong focus on identifying operational improvements for organisations.
Jane Seymour
Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
Jane is a barrister specialising in the areas of employment law and industrial relations. She has practised at the NSW Bar for the last 8 years and previously worked as a solicitor for 20 years, including as a Partner at Gadens (now Dentons). Jane has held appointments as a Commissioner of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, Adjunct Lecturer at Sydney University Law School and Senior Fellow of the Melbourne University Law School.
Ruth Nocka
Partner - Employment & Safety, Dentons
Ruth is a market-leading workplace relations and advises on all areas of employment law including termination of employment, managing injured employees, advising on contracts and statutory interpretation.
Ruth has extensive experience in employment-related litigation acting for both employers and the regulator, including FWO and the ABCC. Ruth regularly assists clients to assess compliance with industrial instruments. She has also advised a number of clients on how best to manage underpayment issues from identification of the problem to remediation.
Chris Fogarty
Director, FMC
Chris advises on change, crisis and strategic communications across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. A former award-winning journalist, Chris moved from senior in-house Corporate Affairs roles to establish FMC, a communications agency focused on working with organisations transitioning through change or complexity. FMC has advised boards and senior management on matters relating to reputational and media management, global takeovers, mergers, restructuring, and organisational change across a broad range of sectors including retail, finance, mining, professional services, entertainment and the arts.
Partner - Business Risk, Grant Thornton Consulting
Jarrod has over 15 years of risk management and internal audit experience. He has extensive experience in managing and conducting internal audits within a range of sectors including health, government, manufacturing, property, and not for profit. Jarrod not only has extensive experience in conducting internal audits from a compliance viewpoint but also has a strong focus on identifying operational improvements for organisations.
Jane Seymour
Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
Jane is a barrister specialising in the areas of employment law and industrial relations. She has practised at the NSW Bar for the last 8 years and previously worked as a solicitor for 20 years, including as a Partner at Gadens (now Dentons). Jane has held appointments as a Commissioner of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, Adjunct Lecturer at Sydney University Law School and Senior Fellow of the Melbourne University Law School.
Ruth Nocka
Partner - Employment & Safety, Dentons
Ruth is a market-leading workplace relations and advises on all areas of employment law including termination of employment, managing injured employees, advising on contracts and statutory interpretation.
Ruth has extensive experience in employment-related litigation acting for both employers and the regulator, including FWO and the ABCC. Ruth regularly assists clients to assess compliance with industrial instruments. She has also advised a number of clients on how best to manage underpayment issues from identification of the problem to remediation.
Chris Fogarty
Director, FMC
Chris advises on change, crisis and strategic communications across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. A former award-winning journalist, Chris moved from senior in-house Corporate Affairs roles to establish FMC, a communications agency focused on working with organisations transitioning through change or complexity. FMC has advised boards and senior management on matters relating to reputational and media management, global takeovers, mergers, restructuring, and organisational change across a broad range of sectors including retail, finance, mining, professional services, entertainment and the arts.
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