Australia Employer of Record Services
Payroll & Tax in Australia
A beginner’s guide to understanding payroll and tax in Australia
Employer of Record Services Australia
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Our fully-compliant payroll services in Australia ensures your employees are paid on time, everytime
Whatever the territory or region, you need to attract and retain the best talent. But different countries and different cultures mean different employee expectations.
Payroll is key for any business; paying the correct salary to your business’s employees is vital. Using Agility EOR means that your employees are paid on time, every time, when they are working in Australia.
Agility EOR offers the following payroll services in Australia:
- Salaries paid per month, in local currency
- Electronic payslips
- Statutory filing completed by us
- End of year reporting
what to expect
How does Payroll in
Australia work?
Pay your staff once a month
Australia has no mandatory 13th month salary requirements, and employees are generally paid in monthly increments.
Discretionary bonuses
Bonuses are generally defined as discretionary, and therefore not required to be placed in the contract of employment.
National minimum wage
The current gross minimum wage is $21.38 (AUD), or $812.60 (AUD) weekly for a standard workweek of 38 hours. The majority of workers in Australia are covered by a modern award. These specify the minimum salary and other working conditions applicable to employees in specific fields. These may include:
- adult wage rates that vary in some circumstances according on factors including experience and education.
- introductory employee, disabled worker, and trainee wage rates.
- casual loadings for casual employees covered by minimum wage.
- piece rates.
We understand that attracting and retaining the best talent is vital for any business. Here at Agility EOR we always go the extra mile for our clients and employees. We provide both statutory and enhanced employee benefit packages, from medical and dental packages through to share options and equity stakes.
Working with you, we’ll devise benefits packages that are appropriate within Australia and are compliant with Australian law.
Australia Statutory Leave
Agility EOR work with our in-country legal experts and experienced staff to easily guide you through the myriad of complex laws and regulations in Australia.
- Holiday Entitlement
- Maternity Leave
- Paternity Leave
- Parental Leave
- Sick Leave
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We are Australia EOR experts
We have extensive experience helping businesses expand their workforce in Australia. Take a look at our areas of expertise to find out more:
Learn more about how you can attract and retain staff in Australia with both statutory and enhanced employee benefits
Wondering what it’s like to live and work in Australia? We’ve got you covered in our extensive guide, including the do’s and don’ts
Enhance your understanding of what’s included with Statutory Leave in Australia
Unsure about what’s required when employing staff in Australia? Find out about Australia Work Permits and Visas here
We take care of all Payroll, HR and Legal processing with our fully-manged EOR service in Australia
Without Agility EOR, our ability to move quickly and scale would be extremely limited. Superb work from A to Z.
Carol Oliveira
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Frequently Asked Questions
Payrolling the employees is a key part of the service offered by an employer of record company. The EOR will calculate and remit all taxes, social securities and similar payments, on behalf of both employer and employee. The client will be invoiced in advance by the EOR company, for the total cost of the payroll.
Yes. Our clients are free to dictate the structure of the employees’ remuneration including any bonuses or commissions they wish to offer. In some countries, there is a statutory requirement to provide “bonuses”, for example in the form of Christmas or holiday allowances.
Yes. Agility EOR will calculate what pay is due upon termination of an employee, factoring in such things as any untaken leave entitlements.
We find that most of our clients are in the Tech, IT, Finance and Professional Services industries. However, we have acquired the skills, knowledge and experience to help all industries across the globe.
As a private company, we’re not beholden to shareholders or asset-shredding Private Equity targets. We aim to build long-term relationships with our clients. At Agility EOR, our approach is that we never forget that our business is all about people. Our Employer of Record solutions are tailored to each requirement, not a one-size-fits-all tech platform. We do the right thing by our clients and by the laws of each country we operate in. And we believe in openness; if we don’t feel we can offer you the best solution for a specific territory, we’ll say so.
We pride ourselves on our personable-approach so once you enter your new employees details into our dedicated platform, we’ll arrange a call with you to go through the details of the employment contract where together we can review and amend to your requirements. We liaise directly with your employee to build a rapport and obtain the necessary information to hire them compliantly, and set them up ready for their first payroll.
We never stop delivering! Even if you’re employee has been onboarded and is happily working for you and being paid each month, we’re here to partner with you whenever you or your employees need us. Even your ex-employees may need our assistance for tax documents, proof of employment requests etc… Our service never stops!