The following may be helpful for your clients’ dealings with their employees, especially when hiring staff and managing employees once they are on-board. There are also template letters for use when terminating employment.
PAYG withholding tables
Tax withheld calculator (for employers and other withholding payers)
Regular payments
Tax tables including regular payments (weekly, monthy), Higher Education Loan Program, Student Financial Supplement Scheme (SFSS), Medicare levy adjustments.
Other staff-related forms and tables
FBT exempt work-related itemsFBT car calculatorGross up rates for FBTFBT: Application to registerFBT: Notice of non-lodgmentTax table for seniors and pensionersTax table for back payments, commissions, bonuses and similar paymentsTax table for employment termination paymentsTax table for return to work paymentsTax table for unused leave payments on termination of employmentTax table for payments made under voluntary agreementsTax table for working holiday makersSpecial tax table for individuals employed in the horticultural or shearing industry
Superannuation payments
Template letters Here are some template letters from Fair Work Australia for employers to use when hiring, managing an employee or ending the employment of an employee.
These templates will continue to be updated over time, so while the templates below will be a guide as to what is required, you should check the Fair Work Australia site each time you wish to use them to ensure accuracy.
How to use these templates:
download the template you want to use and save it to your computerfill in the red coloured sections that are also marked in pointy brackets (less-than and more-than symbols)delete any information that doesn’t apply to your situationdelete any blue highlighted instructionsdelete the instructions at the beginning of the templateproof read the letter and check you’re not missing anythingcheck again to make sure no coloured or highlighted sections are leftinsert your logo, business name and contact details at the top of the templatesave and print.
Employing staff
Job advertisement template (DOCX 4KB) (PDF 292.9KB)Job description template (DOCX 3KB) (PDF 216.2KB)Telephone screening form (DOCX 2KB) (PDF 295.9KB)Reference checking form (DOCX 9KB) (PDF 282.9KB)Letter of engagement – casual employee (DOC 75KB) (PDF 7KB)Letter of engagement – full-time and part-time employees (DOC 78KB) (PDF 9KB)Notice to unsuccessful applicants (DOCX 1KB) (PDF 193.5KB)Successful probation letter (DOC 60KB) (PDF 2KB)Unsuccessful probation letter (DOC 64KB) (PDF 5KB)Starting a new job checklist (DOCX 6KB) (PDF 506.1KB)Induction checklist (DOCX 3KB) (PDF 606.8KB)
Pay slips and record-keeping
Pay slip template (DOC 48KB) (PDF 8KB)Weekly time and wage records template (DOC 5KB) (PDF 449.1KB)Record of employee details (DOC 5KB) (PDF 206.1KB)Leave record (DOC 5KB) (PDF 411.7KB)Staff meeting records template (DOC 59KB) (PDF 5KB)
Ending employment
First warning letter (DOCX 9KB) (PDF 212.8KB)Final warning letter (DOCX 7KB) (PDF 301.2KB)Termination of employment letter (DOCX 6KB) (PDF 371.9KB)Termination of employment letter – serious misconduct (DOCX 2KB) (PDF 227.4KB)Termination of employment letter – redundancy (DOCX 6KB) (PDF 448.5KB)
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