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Unlock Your Living Away From Home Allowance (LAFHA)
Unlock Your Living Away From Home Allowance (LAFHA)
What is Living Away From Home Allowance? The LAFHA is an allowance which is: paid to an employee directly by their company to cover additiona...
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Cracking Health Services Award’s Employee Pay Rate Progression
Cracking Health Services Award’s Employee Pay Rate Progression
What is Health Services Award Pay Point Progression? Health Services Award Pay Point Progression refers to the process by which healthcare workers...
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Preventing Negative Annual Leave Balance: Payroll Guide
Preventing Negative Annual Leave Balance: Payroll Guide
What is a negative leave balance? When an employee takes paid time off before they have acquired it, they are said to have a negative leave balanc...
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2024 Minimum Wage Australia Guide
2024 Minimum Wage Australia Guide
What is the Minimum Wage in Australia? The minimum wage is the lowest legally mandated hourly wage that employers are required to pay their employ...
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Unlocking Nurse Award Pay Point Progression
Unlocking Nurse Award Pay Point Progression
What is Nurse Award Pay Point Progression? Nurse Award Pay Point Progression is a system used to determine a nurse's salary based on their level o...
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Understanding Pay Point Progression in the SCHADS Award
Understanding Pay Point Progression in the SCHADS Award
What is Pay Point Progression in the SCHADS Award? To make matters more complicated, the award structure places many pay points among the various ...
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Streamline SCHADS Award Compliance with HR Software
Streamline SCHADS Award Compliance with HR Software
In today's intricate landscape of wage and labour regulations, adhering to the requirements of the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Serv...
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The Difference Between Fixed-term, Casual, and Permanent Employment
The Difference Between Fixed-term, Casual, and Permanent Employment
What is Fixed-term, Casual, and Permanent Employment? Fixed-Term The same benefits are available to fixed-term workers as they are to full- or pa...
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Transforming HR and Payroll with AI
Transforming HR and Payroll with AI
The AI Revolution in HR and Payroll Is AI replacing humans in payroll and HR departments, or is it enabling more strategically minded, productive ...
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A Guide to the Right to Work
A Guide to the Right to Work
What is a right to work right to work in australia? Everyone has the right to the chance to earn a living through work that they voluntarily choos...
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Notice of Resignation:Your Essential Guide
Notice of Resignation:Your Essential Guide
What is a resignation & notice? A resignation notice is a formal document or letter that an employee submits to their employer to inform them ...
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Your Guide to Broken Shift Allowance
Your Guide to Broken Shift Allowance
Broken shifts consist of multiple work periods within a single day, separated by unpaid breaks. In this article, we will explain the regulations re...
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