How good would it be if your payroll looked after itself? No more hours chained to the desk, transferring data from a spreadsheet. No more running back over the payroll to fix up someone else’s error – or explaining to staff why they didn’t get paid correctly. Imagine all the other things you could do…
Paying award rates: the devil’s in the detail Last week, we walked through how to find the right award. Now it’s time to tackle applying the award correctly. Working out the base pay rate is only the beginning. We often see businesses come unstuck when it comes to modifying that base rate. It’s a thorny…
Are your workers on the right award? Assigning your workers to the right award is essential to pay them correctly. So we’re worried to see some businesses faltering at this first step. Now awards won’t usually be a problem if you run an indie record store or a suburban butcher. But for more complex operations,…
Who’s been caught out by Industry Awards? Looking through Fair Work Australia’s recent investigations, we’ve seen several reports of businesses underpaying staff. In a handful of cases, it’s about shonky operators who deliberately try to get around the Award. Far more often, though, we see business owners who genuinely want to do the right thing,…
Congratulations to Moodie’s Pharmacy in Bathurst, NSW, for winning the 2015 award for Innovation in Professional Services. Also known as the oldest pharmacy in Bathurst, the business was bought in 2003 by its current owner: pharmacist Paul Jones. Disillusioned by what the banner groups were offering, Mr Jones decided Moodie’s Pharmacy would instead become part…
Congratulations to Samantha Kourtis and the team at Charnwood Capital Chemist who had a well deserved win of 2014 QCPP Pharmacy of the Year. The award was announced at the Australian Pharmacy Professional conference (APP) on the Gold Coast. Charnwood Capital Chemist was named the Innovation in Professional Services category winner AND was then judged…