Getting started
The first section of the Payroll Risk Assessment Questionnaire includes 10 questions focused on your organisation’s structure and payroll setup. These questions help us understand key factors, such as workforce size, complexity of payroll processes and pay structures.
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Your payroll systems
The second section of the Payroll Risk Assessment Questionnaire dives into your payroll systems. In 7 questions, we’ll explore your use of dedicated payroll software. This helps identify any system-related risks that could impact payroll compliance.
Payroll Data Quality Confidence
How confident are you that the timesheets accurately reflect the correct start and end times?
Low confidence
Moderate
High confidence
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How confident are you that timesheets accurately reflect actual break times?
Low confidence
Moderate
High confidence
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Payroll Data Quality Confidence
How confident are you that rosters are promptly updated when changes occur?
Low confidence
High confidence
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How confident are you that changes to employee contract information are accurately recorded?
Low confidence
Moderate
High confidence
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SCHADS
The next questions focus specifically on SCHADS. We’ll examine how you structure pay under the award, including classifications, loadings, allowances, and other key compliance factors.
Your payroll compliance process.
The final section of the Payroll Risk Assessment Questionnaire examines your current payroll compliance processes in detail. Through 16 questions, we’ll explore the tools, procedures, and checks your team uses to maintain compliance.
Do you check the following each pay-period?
Correct termination payments are made to terminated employees
Full time / part-time employees work their contracted hours
Do you check the following each pay-period?
Rates check - checking that rates are being paid correctly
Rate changes for junior employees / tenure
Do you check the following each pay-period?
Checking hours variance between timesheet records and pay records
Checking if OT has been correctly applied against award / EA
Do you check the following each pay-period?
Checking if penalties have been correctly applied against award / EA
Checking for irregular timesheet duration e.g shifts longer than 12 hours
Do you check the following each pay-period?
Checking that breaks are being recorded when they actually happened
Are you comparing payments to employees to previous pay-periods
