Australian HR & Payroll Glossary
Aa
- After-tax deductions
- Audit Trail
- API (Application Programming Interface)
- Allowances
- Attendance Tracking
- Annualized Salary
- Accruals
- Absence Management
- After-Tax Super Contributions
- Age‑Pension Age
- Annual Leave
- Annual Leave Loading
- ATO
- ATO Online Services
- Australian Business Number (ABN)
- Award And Registered Agreement Free Employees
- Award Rate
Bb
- Bi-Monthly Payroll
- Bank File
- Bank Transfer
- Benefit package
- Bi-Weekly Payroll
- BIR
- Bereavement Leave
- Back Pay
- Bank Reconciliation
- Base Pay
- Bonuses
- Biometric Time Clock
- Benefit Deductions
- Base Pay Rate
- Basic Salary
- Before-Tax Super Contributions
- Benefits in Kind
- Bona Fide Redundancy
- Bonus
- Breaks
- Business Activity Statement (BAS)
- Business Implementation Guide (BIG)
Cc
- Cloud Payroll
- Compensation Management
- Compliance
- Compensation
- Commission
- Carer's Leave
- Casual Employee
- Casual Loading
- Clearing House
- Collective Agreement
- Community Service Leave
- Compassionate Leave
- Concessional Contribution Limit
- Concessional Contributions
Dd
- Deduction Authorization
- Data Security
- Digital Signature
- Deductions
- Direct Deposit
- Death Benefit Termination Payment
- Digital Service Provider (DSP)
Ee
- Employer of Record (EOR)
- Employment Contract
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Employee Benefits
- Expense Reimbursement
- Equity Compensation
- Electronic Payroll
- Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- Employee Self-Service (ESS)
- Employment Termination Payment (ETP)
- Enterprise Agreement
- Enterprise Award
- Enterprise Bargaining
Ff
- Fiscal year
- Fines
- Foreign employees
- Family and Domestic voilence leave
- Fairwork commision
- Fringe Benefits
- Fair Work System
- Financial Year
- Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT)
Gg
- Gross Income
- Gratuity
- Guaranteed Pay
- Group Health Insurance
- Global Payroll
- Gig Economy Payroll
- Geofencing
- General Ledger Integration
- General Ledger
- Garnishment
- General Interest Charge (GIC)
- Golden Handshake
- Gross-Up
Hh
- Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
- HR Compliance
- Hours Worked
- Hourly Rate
- Hourly Payroll Processing
- Holiday Schedule
- Holiday Pay
- Holiday Overtime Pay
- Holiday Leave Balances
- Holiday Entitlements
- Headcount
- HCM (Human Capital Management)
- Hazard Pay
- Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Ii
- Indirect Compensation
- In-house Payroll
- Inbound Payroll Integration
- International Payroll
- Incentives
- Income Stream
Jj
- Journal Voucher (JV)
- Joining Bonus
- Job Title
- Job Grade
- Job Code
Kk
- Kit Allowance
- Key Pay Dates
Ll
- Leave Policies
- Leave Balances
- Labor Law Compliance
- Labor Cost Management
- Leave Management
- Leave Accrual
- Life-Benefit Termination Payment
- Long Service Leave (LSL)
- Lump Sum
Mm
- Managed Payroll
- Mandatory Deductions
- Mobile Workforce Management
- Mobile Payroll App
- Minimum Wage
- Marginal Tax Rate
- Maximum Contribution Base
- Medicare Levy
- Medicare Levy Surcharge
- Minimum Wages
- Modern Awards
Nn
- Negative pay
- Net-to-gross calculation
- Net Pay
- National Employment Standards (NES)
- Nexus Provisions
Oo
- Online Payroll
- Off-cycle Payroll
- Overpayment
- Overtime Pay
- Ordinary Time Earnings (OTE)
- OS4DSP
Pp
- Pay Date
- Payroll Reconciliation
- Payroll Journal
- Payroll Calendar
- Payroll Audit
- Pay Compression
- Pay Equity
- Parental Leave
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Pre-Tax Deductions
- Pension Plan
- Profit Sharing
- Performance Management
- Performance Reviews
- Payroll System
- Payroll Software
- Payroll Tax
- Payroll Processor
- Payroll Deductions
- Payroll Administrator
- Pay Period
- Paid Parental Leave
- Parental Leave
- Pay As You Go (PAYG) Withholding
- Pay Day
- Pay Event
- Payday Super
- Payment Summary
- Payroll
- Payroll ID
- Payroll Tax
- Penalty Rate
- Preservation Age
- Qualifying Earnings
- Quality Control
Rr
- Regulatory Changes
- Recurring Payments
- Records Management
- Rotating Shifts
- Revenue Recognition
- Regulatory Compliance
- Redundancy Pay
- Relocation Assistance
- Recruitment
- Recognition Programs
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Retirement Benefits
- Reimbursements
- Remote Work
- Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM)
- Reportable Fringe Benefits
- Retirement Age
- Return To Work Guarantee
- Roster
- Rostered Day Off
- Rota Schedule
Ss
- Staffing
- Skills Development
- Sales Commissions
- Salary Structure
- Shift Differentials
- Salary Survey
- Salary Benchmarking
- Succession Planning
- Stock Purchase Plans
- Salary Sacrifice
- Stock Options
- Severance Pay
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Social Security
- Sick Leave
- Salaried Employee
- Salary
- Single Touch Payroll (STP)
- Standard Business Reporting (SBR)
- Stapled Super Fund
- STP Finalization
- Study And Training Support Loans (STSL)
- Super Fund
- Super Guarantee Charge (SGC)
- Superannuation
- Superstream
Tt
- Tuition Assistance
- Tax Compliance
- Time Sheet
- Total Compensation
- Tax Withholding
- Time Clock
- Time Off Policies
- Taxable Income
- Time Tracking Software
- Time and Attendance
- Tax File Number (TFN)
- Tax File Number Declaration
- Tax-Free Threshold
- TFN (Tax File Number)
- TFN Declaration
- Time In Lieu
Uu
- User Experience in Payroll (UX)
- Underpayment
- Unpaid Leave
- User Access Controls
- Update Event
Vv
- Vesting period
- Vacation scheduling
- Variable hour employee
- Voucher
- Visa sponsorship
- Vacation policy
- Virtual onboarding
- Variable cost
- Voluntary separation
- Voucher System
- Vesting
- Virtual Time Clock
- Variable Pay
- Voluntary Agreement
Ww
- Wages
- Work-life Balance
- Web-Based Payroll
- Workforce Development
- Workforce Optimization
- Workforce Analytics
- Workforce Planning
- Workforce Management
- Workers' Compensation
- Withholding Tax
- Wage Garnishment
- Withholding Declaration
- Working Holiday Maker (WHM)
Xx
- X-factor Payroll (referring to unique bonuses or incentives)
Yy
- YTD (Year-to-Date) Payroll Report
- Yearly Bonus
- Year-end Payroll Processing
- YOY (Year-over-Year) Comparison
- Year-to-Date (YTD)
Zz
- ZBA (Zero Balance Account) Payroll Processing
- Zero-hour Contract (contract where employees are not guaranteed any specific number of working hours)
- Zero-Based Budgeting (relevant for payroll budgeting)
- Zombie Agreements