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The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has announced its strategic priorities for 2022-23 including where audit and enforcement activities will be undertaken in relation to wage underpayments.

With so much media coverage and laws focused on paying your people correctly, businesses today are more aware about the potential to have payroll issues.

There have now been some developments in how medical practice entities are affected by Payroll Tax, which is expected to have a long-term – and backdated – impact on providers.

As of 1 July 2021 it is now a criminal offence for Victorian employers to deliberately underpay employees or dishonestly withhold their entitlements.

In our podcast, Alex Bell, partner and National Head of Forensics at Grant Thornton, unpacks the complexities behind payroll and awards, the unexpected ramifications of getting it wrong, and what companies can do to protect themselves.

In this podcast, Grant Thornton Risk Consulting partner Katherine Shamai discusses what it means to be a good corporate citizen, how COVID has moved the conversation along, and the long term risks to brand and stakeholders of getting it wrong.