SA Recruiter Rendezvous: Navigating Modern Award Compliance

A morning networking session in Adelaide for recruitment and staffing people in South Australia. It is run by the RCSA SA Council and centres on a talk about modern award compliance.

What it covers

• How courts and the Fair Work Commission decide award coverage and read modern awards.
• Where underpayments most often happen, such as classification, overtime, penalty rates, allowances, rostering and breaks.
• Whether annualised salaries and set-off arrangements really protect an employer.
• The current legal risk, including the criminal offence for intentional underpayment.
• What to do when a possible underpayment is found, and how to build ongoing controls such as payroll audits.

Who should go

Recruitment consultants, business owners, HR and payroll staff, finance leaders, in-house lawyers and managers who handle rostering and workforce costs.

Good to know

• It is on Tuesday 10 November 2026, 8:30am to 10:30am ACDT, at Maxima, Level 7, 60 Light Square, Adelaide.
• The format is a light breakfast and networking, then a talk with questions.
• The presenter is Corrina Dowling of Citation Group.
• Members pay AUD 25 plus GST. Non-members pay AUD 37.50 plus GST.
• It is worth 2 CPD hours.
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