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Wage & Payroll Compliance

Practical workplace relations advice for high-stakes decisions and everyday employment matters. Workplace decisions become risky when managers act before facts, authority, documents and process requirements are clear. Conversely, excessive caution can allow issues to drift and undermine standards.

iHR Australia helps organisations identify, manage and reduce wage and payroll compliance risk.

We examine the employment obligations, workforce practices and controls behind payroll to determine whether employees are being paid correctly and consistently.

Wage compliance issues can begin with an incorrect award, classification, allowance, roster or payroll rule and continue unnoticed across multiple employees and pay periods. iHR Australia helps organisations assess their obligations, identify potential exposure and strengthen the processes connecting HR, operations and payroll.

The engagement can be appropriate when you need:

  • Wage and payroll compliance review
  • Award or enterprise agreement coverage review
  • Award interpretation support
  • Employee classification review
  • Allowance, overtime and penalty-rate assessment
  • Hours-of-work and rostering review
  • Annual salary and set-off arrangement review
  • Time, wage and employment record review
  • Potential underpayment assessment
  • Remediation and control-improvement planning

Accurate payroll processing does not guarantee wage compliance. The employment rules and workforce information feeding payroll must also be correct, current and consistently applied.

25+ years of experience:
Established experience supporting organisations with workplace investigations and conflict resolution.

Independent and impartial:
Objective evidence assessment, with the investigator separate from your organisation’s outcome decision.

Experienced with complex matters:
Support for sensitive complaints, including investigations involving executives and board members.

Clear findings and practical insight:
Written reports explain our findings, with optional recommendations addressing underlying workplace issues.

Why choose iHR Australia for Wage & Payroll Compliance?

Experienced workplace relations advisers. Clear, impartial support.

For more than 25 years, organisations across Australia have trusted iHR Australia to handle sensitive workplace matters with independence, professionalism and care.

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By the numbers

Since 1998

Independent and external workplace relations expertise

1,500+

Clients supported across Australia & New Zealand

500+

Sensitive workplace matters resolved each year

600+

Training programs delivered annually

Our process

1. Define the review scope

We clarify the workforce, employment arrangements, industrial instruments, payroll concerns and records required for the review.

2. Assess obligations and practices

We examine award coverage, classifications, entitlements, hours, allowances, penalties, overtime and record-keeping against current workplace practices.

3. Identify exposure and priorities

We document potential compliance gaps, assess their significance and help the organisation determine what requires immediate attention.

4. Strengthen controls and respond

We support remediation planning and improve the documents, processes, responsibilities and checks needed to reduce future compliance risk.

Meet our compliance experts

Experienced specialists helping organisations assess award coverage, classifications, entitlements and payroll practices to identify underpayment risks and strengthen ongoing compliance.
Kirsten Hartmann - Compliance

Kirsten Hartmann

Director – Workplace Advisory and Compliance

Lorna Reid - Workplace Relations and Compliance Expert

Lorna Reid

Workplace Relations and Compliance Consultant

John Brennan

John Brennan

Senior Workplace Relations Advisor and Facilitator

Juliet Becker

Juliet Becker

Senior Workplace Relations Advisor

Kate Moore - Senior HR Consultant and Workplace Mediator

Kate Moore

Senior HR Consultant and Workplace Mediator

Martin Bock - Senior Workplace Relations Advisor

Martin Bock

Senior Workplace Relations Advisor, Mediator & Consultant

Mary Crean

Mary Crean

Senior Workplace Relations Advisor

Karen Blackhurst

Karen Blackhurst

Senior Workplace Relations Advisor

Narelle Mounsey

Narelle Mounsey

Senior Facilitator & Consultant

FAQs

Common questions decision-makers ask about Wage & Payroll Compliance

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Next step

Take a more deliberate approach to wage & payroll compliance.

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