Consequences of Not Following These Guidelines

Where these Guidelines are not followed and contractors are not engaged under a valid contract for services, then the University may be liable for :

• award and certified agreement provisions of the University which have not been complied with;
• penalties where legislation relating to superannuation, taxation and workers' compensation has not been complied with;
• compensation or damages in relation to injury suffered by contractors while providing their services and any other person suffering loss or injury arising from the performance of work by the contractor.
• possible claims of unfair dismissal at the conclusion of the work;
• PAYG tax and associated penalties for non-compliance with the Income Tax Assessment Act;
• deduction from the payment of income tax at the highest marginal rates;
• payroll tax where the SRD determines that a contract of service exists because payments made to a company will be deemed wages liable to payroll tax.