Managing rosters, timesheets and tracking staff hours just got easier for more Australian businesses with the expansion of Planday’s award interpretation tool to include three hospitality awards. Earlier this year, Planday entered the Australian market with the Retail and Clerks awards available to Xero customers using Xero Payroll.

Planday is an easy-to-use online workforce management platform that replaces spreadsheets and manual work rosters with fast, flexible digital rostering, smart time-tracking and communications all in one place. When integrated with Xero Payroll, Planday is a powerful solution that makes the process of paying staff more efficient, and helps ensure staff are paid on-time and correctly.

In Australia, pay rates and conditions over and above the National Employment Standards are governed by modern awards. They are industry or occupation-based, and apply to employers and employees who perform work covered by the award. Australia has more than 100 modern awards outlining specific pay rates and conditions (e.g. overtime, penalties, etc.) for each industry and occupation.

The hospitality industry in Australia, which employs nearly 950,000* people, use a number of awards, each with different award rates and penalties. This makes paying staff correctly complex and stressful for business owners. It’s a critical issue that can affect business success, reputation and employee satisfaction – business owners want to pay staff correctly without hassle, and they don’t want to face penalties for inaccurate payments.

Now Australian businesses paying staff under hospitality, restaurant and fast food awards can take advantage of Planday’s award interpretation tool to pay staff accurately and improve compliance confidence.

From a business perspective, Planday, combined with payroll software and point-of-sale integrations, becomes a powerful tool that offers businesses visibility and control over labour costs and revenue margins.