20 years of expertise in wage audits
In this video, Shana Schreier-Joffe draws on over 20 years of experience in employment law, sharing insights on wage audits, Fair Work Ombudsman processes, and how legal expertise like Sasphire can help businesses handle audit results and avoid costly underpayments.
About the speaker
In 2019, Shana was named a finalist in the Women in Law Awards for the category of ‘Partner of the Year – SME’ and has been named a Leading Employment Lawyer in the prestigious Doyles Guide. Shana is a frequent guest speaker at many industry functions and legal seminars and presents workplace training to clients on all aspects of employment and workplace law.
Summary
In this expert discussion, Shana Schreier-Joffe, a seasoned employment law specialist with over 20 years of experience, shares valuable insights into wage audits, Fair Work Ombudsman investigations, and legal compliance strategies.
With wage compliance under increasing scrutiny, businesses must ensure their payroll processes align with modern awards, Fair Work obligations, and evolving wage theft laws. Shana explains how legal expertise, including firms like Sapphire, plays a crucial role in helping businesses interpret audit results, address potential underpayments, and implement corrective actions to avoid legal and financial consequences.
Key takeaways
- How employment law expertise enhances the wage audit process
- Understanding Fair Work Ombudsman investigations and their impact on businesses
- How legal professionals can identify and mitigate payroll risks
- The importance of proactive wage compliance to avoid underpayment claims
- How correcting payroll errors early can prevent financial penalties and reputational damage
With regulators enforcing tougher penalties on non-compliance, businesses must take a strategic approach to wage audits with legal expertise guiding them. Watch the full interview to learn how employment law specialists can help safeguard your business from compliance risks.
Transcript
0:00
The reality is I've been doing employment law for over 20 years. I worked for one of the largest organisations in relation to employment law, which would just specialised employment law and build up my skill set. I've worked with very large organisations and individuals and I've worked with both in relation to audits that have been investigated by the Fair Work Ombudsman. So I've involved with Fair Work Ombudsman reviews, I've involved with Fair Work Ombudsman prosecutions. I know how they think, I know what they're looking for and I've done audits to obtain undertakings to, you know, assist clients to ensure that they're not affording power or if they're in trouble dealing with those issues.
0:43
I think that experience brings a lot of insight in terms of how to do an audit, what's being looked at an audit, how to deal with the the outcomes of an audit. I mean, the worst case scenario is that your client ends up having an underpayment and it can be a very large underpayment as we know. We've seen the news. What do you do with that information then? Oh my God, I've got an underpayment. What do you do? And my experience in terms of having 20 years of experience in the industry working in this area alone every day. I know the awards, I know most of the awards. We are back to front. I know how they apply makes it makes me well placed to do this.
1:22
Sasphire Legal is a very much ability firm. We are doing employment law. That's all we do. We have all very strong lawyers and a lot of support staff. We have two senior solicitors, myself and Dean Tolkin and we're also part of a bigger organisation, Keypoint Law and so we just have the resources that can really provide all of the benefits I've described to the clients who want to do a wage audit. From the wage audit to the report and the advice and helping their clients shouldn't there be a big issue.
