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Payroll Compliance

Fast and Efficient Wage Remediation with PaidRight

September 16, 2024
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Payroll Compliance

Accelerating Wage Remediation with PaidRight’s Innovative Solution

Wage remediation is a pressing concern in Australia’s dynamic and highly regulated employment landscape. Employers must navigate complex payroll compliance issues while ensuring they meet legal obligations required by the Australian workplace relations framework established by the Fair Work Act.

 The intricate web of modern awards, enterprise agreements, and statutory obligations can lead to unintended wage discrepancies. Errors often arise from outdated payroll systems, different systems operating concurrently in silo, misinterpretation of awards, and human error. As the Fair Work Ombudsman intensifies its scrutiny, businesses must act quickly to correct these issues through wage remediation.

Wage remediation involves identifying and correcting instances of underpayment to restore employees' rightful earnings. However, the process is far from straightforward. The combination of complex regulations, voluminous payroll data, and the need for precise calculations means that wage remediation can become a resource-intensive and time-consuming task, especially when handled manually which in itself increases the likelihood of human error.

The Main Aim of Wage Remediation: Swiftly Back-Paying Underpaid Employees


The primary objective of wage remediation is clear: to ensure employees are paid what they are owed as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, traditional wage remediation methods, which often rely on large teams of people manually combing through payroll records, can be painfully slow. 

Each layer of complexity adds to the time it takes to complete the remediation, from verifying employee classifications to recalculating pay for various shifts and allowances. This lengthy process not only frustrates employees but also places a significant burden on the business, prolonging the uncertainty and risk associated with non-compliance.

In a world where business moves quickly, the traditional approach to wage remediation, which might take months or even years, is simply not viable. There’s an urgent need for a more efficient, reliable, and timely solution that addresses wage discrepancies without dragging out the process.

PaidRight’s Wage Remediation Solution: A Game-Changer

PaidRight is revolutionising the wage remediation landscape by offering a solution that dramatically accelerates the process, ensuring that underpaid employees are compensated in a fraction of the time it takes with traditional methods.


Our approach is distinct for several reasons:

Speed and Efficiency: PaidRight is designed to deliver results quickly. We pride ourselves on getting you to an initial result in under two weeks. By leveraging our advanced, automated platform, we eliminate the need for a large team of auditors, which reduces the time and resources required. Our solution processes large volumes of payroll data in one central repository with precision, rapidly identifying discrepancies and calculating back-payments.

Cost-Effectiveness: Traditional wage remediation processes can be costly, often requiring significant investments in personnel and time. With PaidRight, businesses save up to 50% of the cost associated with traditional methods. Our technology-driven approach streamlines the process, allowing us to achieve results more efficiently and cost-effectively.

Pragmatic and Direct Approach: At PaidRight, we focus on the material issues impacting your remediation costs. We don’t get bogged down in insignificant details that can derail timelines and inflate costs. Our team is known for its honest and direct communication, ensuring that you are always informed and aligned with the process.

Expert Team: Our team is comprised of professionals with deep expertise in wage remediation, including legal, data analysis, and payroll specialists. We’ve worked on some of the most complex remediation projects in the country, bringing a diverse skill set to each engagement. This expertise, coupled with a client-centric focus, ensures that we fully understand and address the unique challenges faced by your organisation. 

Customer Success Stories: Delivering Results in Record Time


PaidRight’s wage remediation solution has delivered impressive results across various industries. Here are two highlights:

  • National Retailer’s Remediation in Four Months: A prominent national retailer faced a daunting remediation task involving tens of thousands of employees across multiple states. The complexity of their payroll structure, combined with the need for precise calculations, made this a challenging project. However, with PaidRight’s solution, the entire remediation process was completed in just four months, significantly faster than the industry average. The retailer not only avoided potential penalties but also restored trust with its employees by swiftly addressing the issue.

  • Not-for-Profit Organisation's Remediation in Six Weeks: A non-profit organisation, operating with limited resources, needed to address underpayments across its workforce. Traditional remediation methods would have stretched their budget and delayed the process. PaidRight stepped in, leveraging our automated platform to complete the entire remediation in just six weeks. The non-profit was able to focus on its mission, confident that its employees were being fairly compensated without the burden of a prolonged remediation process.

The Future of Wage Remediation


As the Fair Work Ombudsman continues to enhance its enforcement activities, wage remediation will remain a critical concern for businesses across Australia. The expectation is that the need for remediation will persist in the short term, particularly as new legislation comes into effect which amongst other changes, include criminalising wage theft in respect to wage underpayment, liability for increased financial penalties and imprisonment as organisations adjust to changing compliance requirements.

The key to navigating this landscape successfully is speed. The faster businesses can address wage discrepancies, the better they can mitigate risks, avoid penalties, and maintain trust with their employees. PaidRight’s solution is uniquely positioned to meet this need, providing a fast, efficient, and cost-effective way to handle wage remediation, as a risk mitigation measure to support ongoing payroll compliance. As we look to the future, the emphasis on technology-driven solutions like PaidRight’s will only grow, ensuring that businesses can manage compliance challenges with confidence and agility.

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