On 21 March 2017, the Fair
Work Ombudsman (FWO) released a publication announcing the
introduction of a new app called "
Record My Hours."
The aim of the app is to reduce the amount of disputes about pay
and working hours, between employer and employee. The app was also
created in response to the FWO being fed up with the amount of
businesses who either falsify pay records, or have records that are
so sub-standard that auditing the records to determine critical
information becomes impossible.
In the current financial year from 1 July 2016 to 31 December
2016, the FWO has already issued $1.8 million in penalties to
employers in response to contraventions involving underpayments and
record-keeping. The FWO hopes that the app will reduce these types
of contraventions and that it will also benefit small businesses
which don't have the resources to implement automated systems
that accurately record when an employee starts and finishes their
shift.
