Hidden Payroll Risks: What Your System Isn’t Showing You

Nothing Obvious in the Reports. Hidden Issues in the System.
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On the surface, everything can look fine.
Payroll runs.
Reports reconcile.
Numbers balance.
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But recent underpayment cases across organisations like Coles, Woolworths, Apple and Merivale have shown something important:
👉 The issue isn’t always the rules
👉 It’s how those rules are applied inside payroll systems
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And that’s where risk quietly builds.
Not in what you can see - but in how payroll has been configured over time.
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This session takes a different approach.
We’re not revisiting legislation or summarising Awards.
Instead, we’ll explore:
• How Award rules are actually interpreted in practice
• Where Ordinary Time Earnings (OTE) is commonly misclassified
• How payroll systems apply (and misapply) these rules
• Why reports often don’t reveal underlying issues
• Where compliance risk is really introduced
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This is designed for:
• Bookkeepers
• Payroll professionals
• Finance and HR teams
• Anyone responsible for payroll accuracy and compliance
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🍽 Lunch session - fully catered (2 hours)
📍 WOTSO North Sydney
🗓 28 May
🎟 Limited to 25 attendees
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This isn’t about adding more rules.
It’s about stepping back and looking at payroll from a different angle.
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Because sometimes the real issue isn’t what’s visible…
👉 it’s what’s built into the system.
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There will also be an opportunity to continue the conversation after the session for those interested in exploring their own payroll setup in more detail.

Early bird (until Friday evening on 24th April 2026): $79🎟 Standard: $97. Prices are plus GST.

Email [askarin@payrollwhizzards.com.au](mailto:askarin@payrollwhizzards.com.au) for payment details