Sandra Parker has been appointed the new Fair Work Ombudsman and will replace Natalie James in the role on 15 July this year. RCSA has worked closely and effectively with Sandra in her most recent role as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Jobs and Small Business. We welcome her appointment and look forward to continuing to work with her in the new capacity. We would like to acknowledge the professionalism with which Natalie James approached the position. RCSA enjoyed a

The way businesses must calculate payroll tax will change in Western Australia as of 1 July this year. The changes see an introduction of a progressive scale for payroll tax, which operates in a similar way to the tax scales used to calculate personal income tax. Put simply, the higher the amount of taxable wages paid, the higher the rate of payroll tax is applied. The table below outlines the tax rates and tax scale caps: By Leigh Sampson, CFO Bayside Group and Chair of RC

The Grace Papers, an organisation dedicated to helping parents navigate the delicate balance between building a family and building a career, published a story in early June about why men need to embrace parental leave. The story revealed that while fathers have been entitled to paid parental leave for close to seven years, a study published in The Telegraph shows four in 10 men are reluctant to take it because of fears it will negatively impact their careers. In much the sa