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Payroll resources

Payroll guidance to help your business manage government, legal and economic changes.
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Payroll guidance to help your business manage government, legal, and economic changes.

Datacom's payroll resources will help you navigate government, legal, and economic changes that may affect your Datacom payroll systems.

Our payroll specialists stay across all updates to remuneration schemes, flexible working arrangements, changing legislation, and more so we can continue to manage your payroll system needs while you focus on your business.

We will continually update our supportive and complementary resources, helping to break down any important and complicated changes so you always receive the most up-to-date information and the best customer service.

Whether your Australia or New Zealand business uses DataPay, EasiPay or MyPay our top priority is to make sure we can help you to continue to pay your employees correctly and on time.

COVID-19
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    Managing fraud risks
    COVID-19 has caused economic hardship but businesses are also at risk of becoming victim to opportunistic fraudsters. Read our tips on how to manage your fraud risk. Learn more
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    Wage Subsidy August update
    With New Zealand entering a second lockdown, we highlight what employers need to consider when dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 in the workplace. Learn more
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    COVID-19 financial support
    What you need to know about the government's latest developments and how it affects your business and organisation, including updates to the leave payment scheme. Learn more
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    Essential workers leave
    How does the government's essential workers leave support scheme affect your employees and their annual leave? We assess it and how it impacts public holidays and the COVID-19 wage subsidy scheme. Learn more
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    Support for employers
    With much of New Zealand currently under various alert level restrictions, we thought it would be useful to summarise the financial support available to businesses under the different alert levels. Learn more
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    Australian workforce laws and COVID-19
    We answer your frequently asked questions about the latest Australian workforce laws, including what to do if an employee becomes ill and whether working from home should affect an employee's salary?
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    Government support during COVID-19 – JobKeeper Payment
    What do you need to know before enrolling in the JobKeeper payment scheme? And what do you need to tell your employees if you do enrol? We look at the government's latest updates.
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    JobKeeper payments – a guide for payroll
    The AU$130bn wage subsidy scheme, called the JobKeeper Payment, aims to assist businesses who need help to cover their employees' wages. We outline what you need to know.
Payroll resources
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    Best-of-breed vs single vendor
    When it comes to purchasing payroll software, a vendor may offer you two options. How do you decide? We analyse your two options and what options you need to consider. Learn more
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    What is leave leakage?
    There's an invisible cost which may be affecting your business. We look at the high risk of leave leakage, particularly during holiday periods, and give you advice on how to combat it. Learn more
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    Payroll compliance FAQs
    Learn what payroll risks your organisation may face with our payroll compliance decision tool, including what key areas to look out for. Learn more
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    Extended leave without pay
    Your staff are your most valuable asset. Yet, payroll is one of the most important operating expenses. How can you preserve staff while reducing costs? Learn more
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    Classifying contractors correctly
    A recent decision by the Employment Court demonstrates the importance of reviewing your employment status and the written contracts of independent contractors. Learn more
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    The IR345 Reconciliation Report
    We help you to bring together the information found on our IR345 report and what appears in myIR. Learn more
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    Payday filing guidelines
    We will highlight the new requirement that changes the way businesses must submit employee payroll information to the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). Learn more
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    Payroll compliance risk questionnaire
    Learn what payroll risks your organisation may face with our payroll compliance risk questionnaire, including what key areas to look out for. Learn more
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    Recent developments in Australian payroll compliance
    To help you keep on top of the 2022 changes, we have summarised the recent payroll-related developments to be aware of. Learn more
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    Payroll tax obligations
    The Australian State Revenue Offices have increased their focus on the payment taxes in relation to Employee Share Schemes (ESS) offered by employees. What does this mean? And how does it affect you? Learn more
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    Employers' guide to single touch payroll (STP)
    Instead of reporting payment summaries once at the end of a financial year, you now need to send information at every pay run. Our guide will help you through this change. Learn more
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    The latest in Australian payroll compliance
    What are the latest public holiday substitution changes? What do you need to know about salary sacrificed super contributions? We give you an insight into the latest compliance rules and regulations. Learn more
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    How a Federal Court decision affects you
    A recent decision by the Full Federal Court of Australia regarding the accruing and taking of paid personal/carer's leave has significant ramifications across all Australian workplaces. Learn more
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    Jobmaker Payments: a guide for payroll
    The end of 2020 saw the introduction of the JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme as an incentive for employers to hire additional young jobseekers. Find out how these changes apply to your business. Learn more
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    Payroll compliance risk questionnaire
    Learn what payroll risks your organisation may face with our payroll compliance risk questionnaire, including what key areas to look out for. Learn more
Decision-making tools and FAQs
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    Payroll compliance
    Learn what payroll risks your organisation may face in New Zealand with our payroll compliance decision-making tool, including what key areas to look out for.
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    Payroll compliance
    Learn what payroll risks your organisation may face in Australia with our payroll compliance decision-making tool, including what key areas to look out for.

Discover more

Payroll fraud and the dangers of undue trust When it comes to choosing your payroll supplier, there are more factors to take into consideration than trust alone.
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Managing workforce costs in a COVID-19 world Paying fixed licenses and support fees for your outdated payroll system hurts businesses. Kevin Murphy
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Make leave management a priority Your leave management system working correctly is key to the wellbeing and reputation of your employees and business.
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