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Payroll Audit

Did you know that between 2023 and 2024, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) recovered $473 million for nearly 160,000 underpaid workers? Deliberately underpaying your employees or not can be a costly mistake for any business, large or small. And it’s not only the financial ramifications that could pain your company – think legal fees, back payment claims, penalties, and fines – you only have to Google ‘wage theft’ to see just how many businesses have had their brand splashed around the media causing irreparable reputational damage.

The solution: PayCheck.

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A cost-effective and time-saving tool for Australian businesses

Developed by Citation Legal, we’ve combined the elements of forensic analysis with our expert employment law services to create a comprehensive payroll audit process – PayCheck. If you’re looking for an alternative to other costly and time-consuming services, PayCheck is the solution to mitigating and resolving underpayment risks in your business.

Would your business pass a surprise FWO payroll inspection?

We know that most payroll system errors stem from humans – the smallest of mistakes could result in a significant underpayment of wages – a simple payroll data entry error, a clerk interpreting the wrong award classification, HR missing a legislation change.
And mitigating these mistakes is much easier than you may think. PayCheck is a clever tool plus service that will uncover any issues and advise your business on how to resolve them.
And, because Citation Legal is a law firm, our findings are protected by legal privilege – we will work with your business to resolve errors before they turn into large issues with the authorities.

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How PayCheck can mitigate underpayment risks in your business:

A comprehensive audit for any number of employees and spanning back for the full six-year limitation period.

Customised methodology for businesses, based on your data including strategies to resolve inconsistencies or missing information.

In-depth analysis of each component of an underpayment breach (for example: overtime, penalty rates or allowances).

Think of PayCheck as an underpayment calculator: precise underpayment or overpayment values to the cent for every employee.

Data visualisation packages allow for easy explanation of suggested routes forward and dependent upon client’s appetite for risk, enabling a pre-emptive rather than reactionary approach to avoid large fines.

A payroll audit costs less than a penalty – and will help your reputation instead of hurting it. PayCheck is your complete solution to staying on the right side of the law.

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