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Solving Payroll Challenges in the Care Sector: Insights from Care Sector Payroll Experts
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Thursday 16th October -  11:00am AEDT

Summary

Payroll in the care sector is under the microscope like never before. In this 45-minute webinar, hear directly from experts leading payroll and compliance in aged care, disability, and healthcare.

David Haines and Duncan Stone from PaidRight join Jeanette Cunningham (Life Without Barriers) and Tracie Jones (NIDO) to share first-hand insights on how teams are navigating Fair Work scrutiny, embedding best practice, and reducing risk, without ballooning budgets.

This session is packed with real-world examples, lessons learned, and practical steps you can take immediately. If you’re responsible for payroll, compliance, or workforce governance, join us to protect your people and your organisation’s reputation.

Key takeaways

  • Regulatory Spotlight: How Fair Work’s focus is reshaping payroll expectations in care.
  • Common Challenges: Reducing manual, error-prone tasks while keeping payroll accurate and efficient.
  • Learning from Leaders: Insights from Jeanette and Tracie on embedding best practice across people, process, and technology.
  • Proactive Controls: Leveraging checks, quality data, and internal reviews to lower risk and boost team confidence.

Guest Panel Speakers

Jeanette Cunningham
Group Payroll Manager, Life Without Barriers
Tracie Jones
Payroll Manager, NIDO Early School
Fred Van Der Tang
PaidRight

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Group Payroll Manager, Life Without Barriers
Jeanette is an accomplished Group Payroll Manager with experience spanning SMEs and large, complex organisations. She has managed payroll operations for 8,000–15,000 employees nationwide, delivering compliance and high-impact results.

She has led major system implementations, change management, and process improvement initiatives, combining advanced systems knowledge with strategic thinking. Jeanette is a collaborative leader who fosters team development, drives performance improvement, and builds strong relationships across internal and external stakeholders.
Payroll Manager, NIDO Early School
Tracie has 20+ years’ payroll experience across media, logistics, and education. She is currently Payroll Manager at NIDO Education, overseeing payroll for 3,000 employees across 110 services, with annual growth of 15%.

She has led implementations of integrated rostering, time & attendance, and payroll systems, managed acquisitions and divestments, and driven process improvements to support scale and compliance. Tracie is passionate about ensuring NIDO stays fully compliant in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment.
CEO
Fred van der Tang is PaidRight's CEO. Fred has deep and global experience in leading teams to growth. His formative years were at Randstad, the world's largest staffing and HR services firm., where he had executive roles in the Netherlands, Italy, UK and Australia. Fred arrived in Sydney, Australia in 2011, and later joined Ascender, a PE backed payroll technology/outsourcing firm. Following that, Fred successfully grew Zembl, a B2B energy broker, before joining the PaidRight team in 2022.
CEO
Fred van der Tang is PaidRight's CEO. Fred has deep and global experience in leading teams to growth. His formative years were at Randstad, the world's largest staffing and HR services firm., where he had executive roles in the Netherlands, Italy, UK and Australia. Fred arrived in Sydney, Australia in 2011, and later joined Ascender, a PE backed payroll technology/outsourcing firm. Following that, Fred successfully grew Zembl, a B2B energy broker, before joining the PaidRight team in 2022.
Founder
Duncan has a Masters in Business Decision Sciences and is a former Director at PwC. He founded PaidRight from a CSIRO-PwC joint venture and helps organisations prevent underpayments and simplify compliance through technology-driven solutions.

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