at a glance
Hiring Australian contractors can be risky if you aren’t familiar with the country’s employment laws. The Australian Taxation Office and courts can enforce 'sham contracting' penalties for misclassification, including fines of up to AUD $93,900. You also have to comply with Australia’s Fair Work Act and, in some cases, make superannuation contributions for eligible contractors. But with Rippling, you can grow your global team quickly and compliantly.
Worry-free Compliance
Avoid misclassifying contractors in Australia
Rippling can help you avoid costly misclassification mistakes. Worried that your Australian contractors are misclassified? Try our free classification assessment to find out.
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Support your Australian contractors right out of the box with Rippling
Simplified Onboarding
Onboard contractors in Australia in 90 seconds
Rippling makes it easy to onboard Australian contractors, allowing you to send out contracts in minutes. In a single onboarding flow, contractors can quickly sign agreements, submit required payroll and KYC information, and even set up their email account or apps from any device, including their mobile.
Global Workforce Management
Seamlessly transition contractors to employees
As your business grows, your workforce is likely to change. You can easily transition a contractor to an employee in minutes while preserving any historical data via Rippling EOR or your own entity. Through the transition, you'll retain historical documents and payroll data, and the contractor can retain their email and systems access.
APP & IT MANAGEMENT
Set up and manage your Australian contractors’ IT needs
Give contractors access to apps like Google Workspace and Slack with a few clicks—and remove it just as easily at the end of their contracts. You can increase security by enforcing multi-factor authentication and even set up workflows to automatically alert you of any suspicious login activity.
Contractor Compensation
Easily pay Australian contractors in AUD
Easily pay contractors in your local currency or AUD. And if you need to pay someone off-cycle for a late invoice? You can do that in minutes. Contractor payments are tied to invoices and integrated time-tracking, saving you manual data entry in pay runs and creating a paper trail to mitigate misclassification risk.
Looking to hire employees
in Australia instead?
Check out our hiring guide in Australia.
Hire employees in Australia
