How do I set up payroll software for the Business Equipment Award MA000021?

Efficiently manage your payroll for the Business Equipment Award MA000021, while ensuring full compliance with an increase in the Fair Work Commission National Minimum Wage and Award Rates.

e-PayDay Go® Award-centric Single Touch Payroll (STP) software includes the Business Equipment Award [MA00002], which covers employees in the business equipment industry.

Employees are covered if there is a classification for the work they do. The business equipment industry means the sale or lease (and any related installation or servicing) of business equipment such as:

• computers

• data processing equipment

• photocopiers

• facsimile machines

• cash registers

• accounting and adding machines

• calculators, or

• associated with the above (such as keyboards, display screens, printers, routers and multifunction devices).

Examples of employees covered by the Business Equipment Award include:

• technical employees and technicians

• clerical and administrative employees

• salespersons

• information technology apprentices and trainees who work in the business equipment industry.

Check the award for complete information on who is covered and the classification descriptions.

Who the Business Equipment Award doesn't cover

The following employees and their employers aren't covered by the Business Equipment Award:

• employees engaged in managerial positions

• employees whilst undertaking formal training courses or schools in connection with their employment

• employees of electrical contractors

• employees of manufacturers of business equipment

• employees who work at a retail business.

Check the award for complete information on coverage and classifications.

How do I update the Business Equipment Award MA000021 when the Fair Work Commission National Minimum Wage and Award Rate increases?

The e-PayDay Go® Update Awards tool enables you to process the Fair Work Commission National Minimum Award Rate increases. With this simple but powerful tool, you can choose whether to adjust the above-award rate in accordance with the rise or absorb the change. This functionality streamlines the important task of changing the hourly rate to align with revisions established by the FWC.