Over the last couple of months I’ve been assisting small business clients prepare for Paid Parental Leave and here’s what I’ve discovered

• It takes time;
• You need some technical knowledge;
• You may need problem solving skills;
• You may have to sit in a never ending phone queue;
  
• You will definitely need patience; and
• You will need to understand the implications of the setup on your payroll and accounting systems.

So Ive used my knowledge, considerable hours of research spent reading, attending webinars, writing procedures for training manuals and MYOB experience to put together a very handy little 21 page e-guide to help you prepare your systems for the 1 July handover from Centrelink to employer responsibility – remember that’s only 32 days away!

Do you have staff with a baby being born or adopted after 1 July? Then you need to prepare now!

In April, The Hon. Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families issued this media release stating that 42,000 new and expecting parents had already registered for the scheme, is your employee one of them?

There are also many great organisations out there helping Aussie business to understand their obligations not only for Paid Parental Leave but other important employment relations issues – my pick would be Workforce Guardian Australia’s number one online employment relations service.  Their compliance tools, templates, policies, and educational webinars are a fantastic resource for business.

5 Steps to Implement Paid Parental Leave?

So What are my 5 important steps to implement Paid Parental Leave

• Step 1 – Buy and read “A Bookkeepers Guide To Paid Parental Leave”
• Step 2 – Register for an Auskey
• Step 3 – Register for Centrelink Online Business Services
• Step 4 – Use the Guide to implement changes to you payroll and accounting systems – as the end of a payroll year is fast looming a great time to add it to your checklist
  
• Step 5 – Have a coffee and pat yourself on the back – Job well done

Introducing

“A Bookkeepers Guide To Paid Parental Leave”

The Guide outlines:

• Essential information on Paid Parental Leave for business owners, bookkeepers and payroll officers
• Links to further reading and resources
  
• A setup guide for altering your payroll in MYOB^®
• Screenshots of
  • Setting up employees
  • Setting up payroll categories
  • Setting up chart of accounts
  • processing a PPL Pay
  • Receiving funds correctly from Centrelink
  • Accounting for PPL funds as accessible income for PAYG-I

   

(Although the set up focuses on MYOB^® software you should easily apply the principles to other accounting packaging )

Want to know more – check out the Table of contents here

Its an easy to read, easy to understand handy reference guide

Now this guide is not only for bookkeepers as the name may suggest – but it has been written by a bookkeeper – me! So who is this guide for?

• Business owners;
• Payroll officers; and
  
• Bookkeepers

So what will it cost?

Well normally this guide will sell for $27.50 (inc. GST).

But Ive got a sizzling limited offer especially for you.

Buy the guide for $19.95 (inc. GST)

Click here to Get Prepared Now

But wait there’s more! As part of the download package I’ve add the Centrelink resource “Paid Parental Leave Scheme – Employers Toolkit”

I want you to be prepared and have great resources at your fingertips – this Toolkit is the guide prepared by Centrelink ir provides further information not covered in my guide and by bundling it with A Bookkeepers Guide to Paid Parental Leave I ‘m saving you time having to find and download it for yourself!

I hope you find this guide useful, I hope it saves you time and assists you to implement Paid Parental Leave into your business and your systems.

Love your work

Leanne