Bargaining Councils

Trade unions and employers' organisations may form bargaining councils, which deal with collective agreements, solve labour disputes, establish various schemes and make proposals on labour policies and laws.

SimplePay helps you to set up your payroll according to the stipulations of the agreement with the bargaining council.

To set up an employer contribution to a bargaining council:

  1. Go to Settings > Custom Items > Add Custom Item.
  2. Click Benefit.
  3. Complete the custom item's details. See the Custom Items help page for more information.
  4. Tick the Bargaining Council Item box.
  5. Click Save.

Pension and provident fund contributions

There is no need to set up employer contributions to bargaining councils for pension or provident funds as the existing system items make the correct provisions already.

You can use the same approach for any bargaining council, including the Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO). Set up the levies and contributions from your own agreement, using its amounts and percentages. The MEIBC and PSIRA / NBCPSS help pages show worked examples.

Automated export for MIBFA only

SimplePay's only automated bargaining council export is the TXT file for the Metal Industries Benefit Fund Administrators (MIBFA), which collects levies on behalf of the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC). There's no automated export for any other bargaining council, including MIBCO. See the MIBFA help page for more information.

For more information about a particular bargaining council or regulating authority, or the use of templates in general, see the following help pages: