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22 Jan - 22 Jan 202512:30 pm - 1:30 pm
From 1 January 2025, intentional underpayment of wages by employers will become a criminal offence at a Federal level.
The new offence applies to intentional underpayments that happen after 1 January, including where they’re part of a course of conduct that started before the laws take effect. This doesn’t include honest mistakes. There are some exceptions to who the criminal offence provisions apply to.
In light of this significant change, it is now more important than ever for employers to get things right.
Often the causes of underpayments are simple errors or employers and managers misunderstanding the underlying industrial instrument rather than it being intentional. Despite this, we continue to see many front-page news stories about wage underpayments by Australian businesses, with particular attention on vulnerable and migrant workers, and other poor practices including sub-standard record keeping. We are also seeing a significant increase in class action underpayment cases.
With the introduction of the wage theft offences, it is now an opportune time for employers to consider reviewing the wages paid to its staff to ensure they are meeting their wage obligations, and to avoid potential underpayments and associated penalties.
On Wednesday, 22 January 2025, we will be running a FREE webinar updating employers on their minimum wage obligations and wage theft.
This webinar will cover:
- The new wage theft offence;
- Typical causes of wage underpayments;
- How to identify wage underpayments;
- The minefield that is annualised salaries;
- How to proactively prevent wage underpayments and legal risks involved;
- Employer and officer obligations, including what to do if you uncover an underpayment and how to rectify the underpayment;
- Recent activities of the Fair Work Ombudsman;
- Recent underpayment case examples (including high profile cases) and the increase in underpayment class actions.
This is a webinar not to miss.
Event Details:
| Delivery: | Online via GoToWebinar |
| Date: | Wednesday, 22 January 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30pm to 1:30pm AEST |
| Cost: | Free |
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