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Prove every worker was paid right — before you pay them
Most employers can't prove every worker was paid correctly — because the award gets interpreted in a spreadsheet. These reads are about closing that gap: checking pay against the award before it's paid, every worker, every cycle.
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Your award interpretations — including the ones payroll flags “manual.”
Check before you pay
Every worker, every cycle, before payroll exports — a fix, not a correction.
Keep the proof
Hours, rule, result — per worker, per period. Evidence on the shelf.
How Smartta Works
The checking and proof layer for your workforce, in plain terms. Your systems record what happened; Smartta checks whether it was right, guides the decision, and keeps the proof — catch, guide, prove — on top of the systems you already run.
Read → Payroll compliance · Perspective · July 2026The Calculation Nobody Checks
No one sets out to underpay staff — but between the roster and the payslip sits a calculation done by hand, applied every cycle, checked by no one. Since 2025, “we corrected it when we found it” is no longer a defence. The case for checking pay before you pay it.
Read → Payroll compliance · Advisory · June 2026Between the Clock and the Payslip
HR, rostering, time & attendance, payroll — each does its job, none interprets the award against the hours actually worked. That step falls to a spreadsheet. The case for filling the gap with a control that runs before payroll, alongside the systems you already run.
Read → Payroll review · Advisory · July 2026From Remediation to Prevention
A remediation project corrects what has already been paid; it does not change the conditions that produced the error. Five options for closing that gap — from scheduled manual assurance to pre-run validation and a governance layer — with a suggested sequencing.
Read → Enterprise agreements · For consultants · July 2026The BOOT Doesn’t Stop at Approval
The Better Off Overall Test is not a one-time hurdle at lodgement. Award movements, drift in patterns of work, and new roles erode the margin over an agreement’s life — and a client’s software choice decides whether you can prove it holds.
Read →Stop hoping you're compliant. Start proving it.
A free payroll compliance check, or a look at how Smartta validates pay independently of payroll — every worker, every cycle, with the clause and the expected value attached.