[Australia] Recognition for Payroll in ANZSCO updates

Thanks to the efforts of Ciaran Strachan and the Australian Workforce Compliance Council (AWCC Ltd), Payroll now has more representative Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) codes.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) opened a public consultation seeking opinions about necessary changes to selected occupations to inform the comprehensive review of the ANZSCO. The consultation ran from February 1 to April 28, 2023

The ABS has published its Consultation Round 1 Preliminary Proposed Changes to ANZSCO in which AWCC Ltd was successful in its submission for some significant updates to be made for the Payroll Profession.

These were:

• Creation of Payroll Manager, and at skill level 2,
• Disbandment of Payroll Clerks,
• Creation of Payroll Officer (however this is to remain at skill level 4), and
• Removal of Payroll from ANZSCO 551 series (Accounting Clerks and Bookkeepers) and creation of a new separate classification for Payroll and its Specialisations (this is to be tabled for a later date whereby Payroll may become part of a new cluster along with Safety, Workforce Compliance and Industrial Relations).

In an August 16 LinkedIn post, Mr Strachan shared the good news, thanked everyone who had contributed to the submission and posted a link allowing interested parties to review the full proposed changes in the ANZSCO register and AWCC’s final response.

Thanks to the efforts of Ciaran Strachan and the Australian Workforce Compliance Council (AWCC Ltd), Payroll now has more representative Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) codes.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) opened a public consultation seeking opinions about necessary changes to selected occupations to inform the comprehensive review of the ANZSCO. The consultation ran from February 1 to April 28, 2023

The ABS has published its Consultation Round 1 Preliminary Proposed Changes to ANZSCO in which AWCC Ltd was successful in its submission for some significant updates to be made for the Payroll Profession.

These were:

• Creation of Payroll Manager, and at skill level 2,
• Disbandment of Payroll Clerks,
• Creation of Payroll Officer (however this is to remain at skill level 4), and
• Removal of Payroll from ANZSCO 551 series (Accounting Clerks and Bookkeepers) and creation of a new separate classification for Payroll and its Specialisations (this is to be tabled for a later date whereby Payroll may become part of a new cluster along with Safety, Workforce Compliance and Industrial Relations).

In an August 16 LinkedIn post, Mr Strachan shared the good news, thanked everyone who had contributed to the submission and posted a link allowing interested parties to review the full proposed changes in the ANZSCO register and AWCC’s final response.