{"id":249,"date":"2018-03-12T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epo2023.appletest.com.au\/?p=249"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:29:42","slug":"untrained-payroll-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epayoffice.com.au\/untrained-payroll-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Business Cannot Afford to Hire an Untrained Payroll Person a Few Days a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a small to medium sized business owner, we understand that cash flow can be a concern and payday seems to roll around a lot sooner each pay cycle. However, cutting corners by hiring the wrong person to look after your payroll can cost you more than your reputation: it can close your doors forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to research conducted by recruitment company Robert Half<\/a>, one in five HR Managers said that hiring the wrong person had cost their company significantly. While you might be doing your own HR, hiring an unskilled person can cost you money in training, induction and later on paying them out if they turn out to be unsuitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question is, how comfortable are you, as a company that your payroll person knows what they are doing when it comes to keeping abreast of laws and regulations<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian payroll legislation is a complex beast \u2013 and it is constantly changing. If you hire someone who is not well versed with payroll laws, then you are likely not compliant and may already be in trouble with Fair Work Australia (FWA) or the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) without knowing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would your business hold up well to a rigorous audit if it came to that? Could it survive the negative publicity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few things to consider when hiring someone to do your payroll<\/strong> even if it is for a few hours every week. Do they know about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n