The risk of wage theft presents a complex issue and real cause for concern for business owners and employees across the globe.Keep up to date with the latest information around employment conditions, awards and relevant news.
Wage theft is the dishonest underpayment or non-payment of employee entitlements, and includes not paying what is owed, or failing to record and accrue leave entitlements. Across many states in Australia, wage theft is now considered a crime, with laws already in place that require employers to provide workers with the pay and conditions outlined in the relevant award, workplace agreement, contract of employment or legislation. Common actions which fall under wage theft include: - deliberately and dishonestly underpaying workers - deliberately and dishonestly withholding wages, superannuation or other employee entitlements - falsifying employee entitlement records to gain a financial advantage - avoiding keeping employee entitlement records to gain a financial advantage
Entitlements are defined as an amount payable to an employee or any other benefit payable or attributable to an employee, including: - wages or salary - allowances and gratuities - annual leave - long service leave - meal breaks - superannuation
Part of running your own business means that it is your responsibility to ensure your contracts, wages, and employee entitlements meet the often-changing requirements of your industry awards and legislation. Failing to do so can result in disputes between employees and employers and may lead to serious penalties if not resolved appropriately. Sweep’s technology monitors for wage theft by connecting payroll and award data, making it easier for employers to audit and address these issues as they arise.
Sweep will help you chat with your employer about your workplace conditions and resolve any potential disputes around underpayment and entitlements before they blow out and become serious. Designed with lawyers, Sweep is guided by up-to-date employment law standards and helps you know what your rights are. At any time, you can download your payslip data to check that you’re being paid correctly. Sweep is reimagining the employee payslip as a digital tool to detect and eliminate wage theft in real-time. It gives you the ability to understand how much you're getting paid and identify issues.
As Sweep is currently in its pre-launch phase, we are offering businesses the opportunity to integrate the platform free of charge while taking part in this testing period. While the final release will include a recurring fee for use of the platform or specific features, we are determined to help wipe out wage theft and so will be ensuring that our pricing is fair and affordable, and ensures that the platform is accessible to businesses of all sizes.
We currently only offer integration between Xero and Sweep, however, this may change in future releases. We recommend registering your interest to hear about the latest news and features as they are released.
