If you run a small business in hospitality, retail, allied health or cleaning, you already know the drill. Casuals, changing rosters, and rates that shift depending on age, hours and classification. What you might not know is how much that's actually costing you, in time and in risk. Join Mel Shortland-Power (PaySauce) and Blake Fitzgerald (FitzHR) to find out where payday really goes wrong, and what to check before it becomes a problem.

Blake Fitzgerald from FitzHR will walk us through what's changing with the Fair Work Court Matter and where businesses get caught out.

Mel from PaySauce will show you how you can get every pay run right once the entitlement is sorted.

Sales & Strategic Partnerships, PaySauce

Mel leads sales and go-to-market at PaySauce, helping small businesses and their advisors get payday sorted. Formerly Head of Bookkeeping at Xero Australia, she brings deep expertise and trusted relationships across the bookkeeper and accountant community. Mel understands the real challenges small businesses face and focuses on simple, practical solutions that just work. She’s passionate about connecting the right tools with the right people, so business owners feel confident, supported, and in control every pay run.

Founder, FitzHR

Blake is the founder of Fitz HR and a senior HR professional with more than 15 years' experience on the hard end of HR: employee relations, workplace investigations and award compliance. He's seen where compliance quietly goes wrong for small businesses, and built Fitz HR to fix it. He helps hospitality, retail and other award-covered employers get classifications, contracts and tricky conversations right, pairing real HR expertise with AI built around your award. His approach is simple: your award, not generic HR - so yo u feel confident and in control.