Compliance & Remediation

Where inaccuracies in leave calculations are identified through NLC Payroll +MORE, Australian Fair Work, the New Zealand Holidays Act, or annual payroll reviews, NLC Payroll +MORE provides structured remediation support for both current and former employees, utilising our proprietary remediation calculator.

Payroll Compliance and Remediation

What we offer

We manage the remediation process end to end - validating data, calculating historical entitlements, and facilitating payment of identified arrears - ensuring accuracy, consistency, and full legislative compliance.

Payroll Compliance and Remediation Systems

System and Process Rectification 

Addressing Errors and Ensuring Accuracy

NLC Payroll +MORE’s rectification services support you to ensure your payroll is accurate, compliant with regulations, and aligned with your organisation’s policies.

Working with a dedicated consultant, our process identifies and corrects errors, discrepancies, or inaccuracies in payroll data, calculations, or procedures.

This proactive approach safeguards payroll accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency. By identifying issues, implementing corrective actions, and establishing preventive measures, we help maintain the ongoing integrity of your payroll system.

Leave Recalculation

NLC Payroll +MORE’s Leave Recalculation service can reassess and adjust an employee’s accrued leave balance, often due to various factors such as changes in employment status, policy updates, or corrections in the leave accrual process. This recalculation ensures that employees are credited or debited with the correct amount of leave based on their entitlements, usage, and any relevant adjustments.

Common Leave Recalculation Scenarios

Policy Changes

When there are updates to the organisation’s leave policy, such as changes in accrual rates, or other rules, the leave balances for affected employees may need to be recalculated.

Corrections and Adjustments

If errors are identified in the initial leave accrual process, leave recalculation is performed to rectify discrepancies and ensure accurate leave balances.

Employee Status Changes

Changes in employment status, such as promotions, demotions, or transfers, may impact leave entitlements.

Proportional Leave Accruals

For new hires or employees with changes in their work schedule, leave recalculation may be needed to adjust accruals based on the change in working hours.

Legal or Regulatory Changes

Changes in laws or regulations that affect leave entitlements may require leave recalculation to align with the updated legal requirements.

Remediation

Fair Work Australia and New Zealand Holidays Act compliance made simple

Ensuring compliance with legislation in Australia and New Zealand can be complex and time consuming. NLC Payroll +MORE takes the confusion out of getting it right, providing clarity and confidence now and into the future.

Alongside dedicated expertise in helping businesses maintain legislative compliance, NLC Payroll +MORE provides the right tools to support your compliance today and adapt as your business or the employment landscape evolves.

Common Leave Recalculation Scenarios

Exclusive to NLC Payroll +MORE and affectionately known as HAROLD.

Designed and built through extensive experience in helping businesses remediate leave and payroll inaccuracies, NLC Payroll +MORE’s Remediation Calculator delivers concise, easy-to-understand reporting that is customised to your business. 

A tool that has been recognised and approved for use by MBIE and the Labour Inspectorate, and has been adapted to include Australian compliance.

  • Produces individual spreadsheets to assist testers, including ‘was paid’ and ‘should have been paid’ data.
  • Every leave type is calculated and analysed.
  • The calculator’s results are easy to work through.
Payroll Compliance and Remediation Payroll Testing

Payroll Testing

Ensure Accuracy and Compliance with Our Expert Solutions

Payroll testing can systematically evaluate and validate the functionality, accuracy, and compliance of your payroll system.

The primary goal of payroll testing is to ensure that your payroll software or system accurately calculates employee compensation, deductions, taxes, and other related components, while also adhering to legal requirements. Payroll testing is a critical phase in the software development life cycle or when implementing a new payroll system.

Payroll testing is crucial to mitigate the risk of payroll errors, ensure legal compliance, and instill confidence in the accuracy of payroll processes.

Testing is typically conducted by a dedicated team or individuals responsible for payroll system validation before its implementation or during routine system updates and improvements.

Backpay Calculation

Delivering Precise, Transparent, and Prompt Backpay Solutions

Backpay calculation involves determining the amount of pay that an employee is owed for work performed in the past, typically when there has been a delay or error in pay. This situation may arise due to various reasons, such as payroll processing errors, disputes over contract terms, or delayed salary adjustments.

Key points related to Backpay Calculation include:

Retrospective Period Changes

Backpay is calculated for a specific past period during which the employee should have received the correct pay but did not.

Reasons for Backpay

Common reasons for backpay calculations include corrections to payroll errors, resolving disputes over pay rates or bonuses, implementing pay increases retrospectively, or addressing delayed salary adjustments.

Pay Components

Backpay may include various pay components such as base salary, overtime, bonuses, allowances, and any other forms of compensation that the employee is entitled to.

Tax Implications

Both employers and employees should be aware of the tax implications of backpay. In some cases, backpay may be subject to taxes, and the applicable taxes may vary based on the reason for the backpay.

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