Webinar:
Are You Paying Your People Correctly?
Understanding your pay-related obligations as a local government executive
Wage compliance continues to attract significant political, media, and regulatory attention. The message from courts, regulators, and governments is clear – employers need to act to address wage compliance.
This challenge is compounded for local government executives, who lead organisations with diverse workforces and complex operations that are subject to a specific set of regulations and scrutiny.
Join Josh Forrest from KPMG to break down the details you need to know as a local government executive to navigate the challenges of pay compliance and give yourself the comfort that you’re paying your people accurately.
Learn key tips to manage payroll risk and ensure your responsibilities and obligations are met, and three key things you can do as an executive to mitigate your payroll risk.
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
1:00 – 1:30 pm AEST
This webinar will be of interest to any local government executive concerned about ensuring they meet their payroll governance obligations.
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Presenters

Josh Forrest
Director, KPMG ThinkPay | Human Capital Risk and Compliance Services
Josh is a Director in KPMG’s ThinkPay practice – the Firm’s targeted response to assist clients with the challenges of wage theft, payroll compliance, and people risks. Josh is an experienced legal, risk, and crisis management expert, specialising in employment, compliance, and stakeholder risks.
He draws on his experience in private legal practice and in-house at one of Australia’s largest employers, leading cross-functional teams of industrial relations experts, compliance practitioners, and data-scientists, that help clients understand their employment obligations, use data to test current-state compliance and implement frameworks and systems to ensure sustainable compliance

Nic Edmonds
Chief of Customer Experience
elementTIME
Nic has over 22 years of experience in the local government and non-profit sectors, working as a risk and crisis analyst, recreation planner, project manager, and external management consultant. He has used his understanding of the private, non-profit, and government sectors to design and coordinate the development of specialist software solutions. He combines a proven understanding of end-user requirements with years of knowledge in delivering fit-for-purpose solutions for clients.
Nic and his team have created elementTIME to give councils access to great technology designed specifically for their unique challenges.
This webinar is brought to you by KPMG Australia, elementTIME, and the Local Government Payroll Professionals Community (LGPPC).