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feeding the pay run is correct. Under the old quarterly model, an issue with super could remain hidden for a considerable period before the next contribution cycle. That tolerance has largely disappeared. Payroll Begins Before Payroll This is the part I think is most often underestimated. Payroll teams don’t create the information they process. They inherit it. A new employee’s employment details are captured during onboarding. Their classification is based on the employment arrangement and applicable industrial instrument. Their hours may come from rostering or timekeeping, while leave comes from employee and manager activity.
If those inputs are incorrect, incomplete, late, or inconsistent, payroll inherits the problem – and the accountability that comes with it. That’s why Australian payroll complexity can’t be solved by a new payroll engine alone. You need to look further upstream to what we at Xemplo refer to as “Box 1” (the stage when payroll data is received and prepared, i.e. onboarding). Because the quality of the pay run depends heavily on the quality of the processes that feed it. Payroll, therefore, has two jobs happening simultaneously: 1. To pay people correctly, and 2.To produce accurate information about those payments for regulators through PAYG and Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 The Cost of Getting it Wrong is Also Changing Complexity matters because the consequences of error aren’t theoretical. Employees must receive their minimum pay rates and entitlements, and underpayments can involve wages, overtime,
Payday Super compresses the timeframe for payroll teams to detect errors, resolve exceptions, process contributions, and ensure the data feeding the pay run is correct.
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