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On the 15th June 2022, the Fair Work Commission announced a 4.6% increase to the Award Minimum Wage, effective from the first pay run from 1 July 2022.

We’ve put together a summarised guide to help you and your clients prepare for the End of Financial Year.

We've summarised the most common Warnings and Errors you may encounter while preparing for EOFY and explain how to resolve them.

KeyPay is releasing enhancements to improve the user experience when adding a New Employee.

KeyPay has released an integration with Zoho Books so that shared users can benefit from an automated payroll and accounting experience.

Introducing our newest feature - flatfile importing! You can now import employee data from other systems into KeyPay with minimal manual intervention required.

International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8 March, but we at KeyPay believe that gender equality and diversity should be a year-round focus.

No more manually approving timesheets against hours worked; if a timesheet matches the roster exactly, the system will auto-approve this for you!

The Small Business Support Program is designed to help support small to medium businesses that suffered during the Omicron outbreak.

KeyPay has released an exciting integration with Paytron so that users can benefit from friction-free payments.

Celebrate Valentine's Day with KeyPay, to find out why we (and our clients) love our payroll and employee management software.

January 28 2022 is World Data Privacy Day - in today’s day and age where online transactions are rampant, it’s key to take steps to protect your information.

With multiple payroll software providers in the market, it can be difficult to know which platform is best for you and your business.

Managing caregiver teams and support workers can be complex, time-consuming and stressful. Consider a few minor changes to save time and cut down costs.

Save time and cut down on manual effort by duplicating existing roster templates. No more re-building your preferred rosters from scratch!

Employees now have the ability to add a new qualification and edit existing qualifications within the employee portal to save even more time.

From award wins to expansion (and even making it back to face-to-face events!), we take a look at some of our highlights from 2021.

Introducing our newest feature - roster warning rules! Users can now set up warnings to ensure legislative compliance when creating shifts.

Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 is now mandatory. Ensure you're using payroll software that achieves compliance for your clients and their businesses.

As of 10 December 2021, the COVID Small Business Fees and Charges Rebate is being increased from $1,500 to $2,000 per eligible NSW business.

The festive season is almost here! We've made life easier by outlining how to prepare to run payroll during the holidays.

With Christmas just around the corner, we're bringing you a feature enhancement - a clearer breakdown of how PAYG is calculated within a termination pay run.

With the recent cyber attack on Frontier Software, there may be concerns over data security and protection. KeyPay takes measures to protect your information.

In line with Fair Work's 2.5% increase to the national minimum wage and awards, KeyPay has now updated our Group 3 modern award pay rates.

Our new Advanced Standard Hours feature saves time by allowing users to bulk import employees' hours, using an advanced importer to match data without errors.

Super stapling comes into effect on 1 November 2021. This will have implications for new employees, employers and their onboarding processes.

Accountants, bookkeepers and payroll bureaus will now be able to automate the distribution of earnings across different locations.

Peter Allan discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the payroll market, expectations from payroll candidates and employers, and the changes he has perceived.

The new Document Acknowledgement Report will allow KeyPay users to review the acknowledgment status and send reminders at the same time!

With KeyPay’s new WorkZone Calendar Events feature, users can see all calendar events from within the roster screen! No more switching from roster to calendar.

Thinking about expanding your business internationally? Here are 10 things to consider for business globalisation, from hiring, to payroll, to HR.

Amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 have changed the way the law operates in respect of casual employees. Here are the changes and how to manage them.

Bulk update employee pay rates quickly and easily using KeyPay’s new Update Pay Rates feature - saving hours of time and manual frustration.

Businesses currently exempt from STP will now need to begin preparing for reporting on July 1 2021. Here's how this will affect your clients.

Review payroll related legislative and tax changes for the new Financial Year FY22 in Australia.

KeyPay is putting more power into payroll admins' hands and enabling them to restore deleted items themselves, without the hassle of emailing back and forth!

Employees can now create timesheets from approved leave requests and rostered shifts. Plus! NZ and SG employees can now edit their personal details in WorkZone.

KeyPay's work anniversaries in calendar feeds, offers your clients better visibility so they are able to plan ahead for annual reviews or pay increases.

Pay run finalisation tasks like reporting and pay slip distribution can now be automated, saving time and manual frustrations.

To enhance security and accessibility, KeyPay provides 3 more options of accessing employee details for users.

STP Phase 2 is coming soon and one of the requirements will be reporting termination reasons. KeyPay has rolled this out in preparation for phase 2 of STP.

Find out about the JobMaker scheme, how to apply, and how KeyPay is preparing clients' businesses for JobMaker claims and reporting via Single Touch Payroll.

Remote working has become the norm. Here's some tips for hiring remote workers in this new world by HR Partner.

Have easy access to a range of branded payroll functions straight from the partner dashboard.

Users can record, in advance, any future pay rate changes against an employee and the system will update the earnings in the pay run automatically.

KeyPay has introduced a Timesheet Interpretation Context Panel feature that provides clarity on how timesheets have been interpreted each pay run.

This guest post by Beam indicates which employees should receive super contributions and how to calculate the minimum super threshold amount for the month.

Workplace Law take a look at workplace legislation and policies employers should prioritise as we move forward and bring our workplace back together.

Employers within the Retail and Pharmacy industries should be aware of the following Modern Award penalty rate changes that came into effect from 1 July 2020.

Our partner, Beam, tells us when you and your clients should pay super and what happens if SG payments are missed.

Don’t let the end of the financial year scare you! We're is here to provide you with all the tools you’ll need to wrap up FY19/20 smoothly.

Businesses often focus on employee experience to boost morale, productivity and revenue. Payroll bureaux should be embracing the employee experience.

Restaurants often overlook the power of marketing and social media for website promotion. This blog post goes through techniques venues can use to drive sales.

External delivery partners can often charge restaurants up to 38% per order commission fees. Here's how you can move your restaurant online and increase profit.

Restaurant owner Adam Cheers discusses optimising financials to ensure your restaurant survives in unprecedented times.

During uncertain times in COVID-19, now more than ever is a time to reassess your current system setup, moving to the cloud and putting employee safety first. 

There is no playbook for years like 2020 with COVID-19. But instead of getting overwhelmed amid the changes, there’s also opportunity. 

The amount of super you must pay employees is set out by law. This article by Beam covers the SG rate, future SG rates, and calculating OTE.

COVID-19 is an unnerving time and in this time of unease, we want to help you find opportunity for you, and your clients, through technology.

Due to the impacts of Coronavirus, the Fair Work Commission has increased award flexibility and introduced unpaid pandemic leave and annual leave at half pay.

In order to keep workers in employment for as long as possible during COVID-19, the Federal Government announced the JobSeeker program for wage subsidies.

KeyPay has improved how ETP Type O payments are processed in the pay run to ensure compliance, and improve automation and ease of use.

Read the latest findings from KeyPay’s 2020 Gender Pay Gap report.

Employment Innovations shares 5 Australian payroll trends businesses should look out for in 2020.

The High Court of Australia handed down a decision clarifying how personal/carer's leave is accrued and taken. Here's next steps to keep your clients compliant.

How will the 2020 Modern Award changes affect how you pay annualised wages? We discuss this and our solution to keep you compliant.

KeyPay’s partner dashboard allows partners to enhance client services, generate new business, analyse client activity and save time on support requests.

We put KeyPay to the test every day for our payroll management, rostering and timesheet needs. See how we use it to its full potential in our own business.

What's the importance of change management during technology implementations? We discuss what you need to know to make your next change a success.

New WorkZone update brings added functionality for managers looking to reduce rostering inefficiencies and manage staff better on the go.

The Rostering vs Timesheet comparison report helps businesses identify financial costs to guide business development.

KeyPay supports posting journal entries of leave accrued and allows this process to be automated by configuring the Chart of Accounts to map leave liability.

Thinking about changing payroll software? These are several ways you can transition Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting from one payroll system to another.

Users can now use Method B(ii) as another option to Method A, when calculating withholding amounts on lump sum payments in KeyPay.

Employment Innovations have compiled a list of their top ten employment law myths that they find catch out employers again and again.

GDPR employee obligations are made easy with KeyPay by giving employers the tools to anonymise employee data and access to their personal data.

Businesses with <19 employees will have begun reporting Single Touch Payroll events from July 1 2019. We recap on STP and what you should be aware of.

Cloud software is becoming widely used, but some payroll administrators can't let go of desktop systems. Here's why you should switch to the cloud.

Your managers can now approve expense requests directly from their smartphone in WorkZone - KeyPay's employee app - anywhere and any time!

A decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia has shown why employers must exercise care when seeking to dismiss employees – even during probation.

End of Financial Year 2018/19 is upon us and this may be the final year employees need payment summaries. Here's how employees can download in KeyPay.

This blog guides you through lodging PAYG payment summary reports to the ATO for this end of year 2018/2019 - before you start STP reporting next year!

KeyPay is making EOFY an even more enjoyable task with its EOFY resources and EOFY STP wizard.

Publishing employee payment summaries was previously a time consuming process, but now with KeyPay, it can be completed in a few simple clicks.

KeyPay is making End of Financial Year reporting and setting up Single Touch Payroll an easy task.

A crucial part of End of Financial Year for those not yet reporting with STP is end of year reconciliation. Here's how to get end of year reporting right.

Single Touch Payroll will be mandatory for all employers by July 1 2019. Find out all you need to know about STP and KeyPay.

What is a modern award? Learn about some basic information about modern awards to help employers find their way.

In this blog we explore branded payroll and why branding your payroll product can improve client value, retention and brand perception.

With KeyPay's restricted reporting's enhanced feature, restricted users can now be given access to the employee group and location permissions. Learn more.

Clock Me In from KeyPay now allows managers to perform most of the admin features previously only afforded to full access users. Explore more.

WorkZone, KeyPay’s mobile app, now allows managers to approve leave requests and timesheets on the go. Download WorkZone today to explore more.

The process of acquiring employee super details is automated with KeyPay. Employees can select employer's default super fund when providing super details online

Can you find a 'new hope' for payroll? Take this quiz to assess your current payroll software and find out where you can improve your payroll processes.

Single Touch Payroll is an ATO initiative, mandatory for small businesses by July 1. What is STP and what are the benefits of starting now?

Remove some or all manual handling of processing pays by setting up automated pay runs in your business and instead spend that time focussing on other work.

Traditional payroll systems are inefficient and difficult to use. Bureaux should no longer settle for the norm and recognise the benefits of cloud payroll.

Explore some of the HR and employment issues employers may face when relocating office in part 2 of our blog by Workplace Law.

Restricted users can now access to the pay slip, payment file & journal reports. This removes the responsibility of post payroll tasks for full access users.

In this blog, we outline some of the key considerations and a few issues that HR, managers and businesses can expect to face when relocating office.