Compliance Review

Audit payroll compliance at scale.

Upload a CSV of payroll records and the engine evaluates every shift against Modern Award rules — calculating minimum pay, detecting underpayment, flagging risks, and producing a complete compliance analysis.

Batch processing. Compliance scoring. Underpayment quantification. Professional reporting.

Compliance Audit Dashboard
Critical 3,347 rows · Complete
6%

Compliance Score

186 compliant · 63 risks · 3,098 violations

Total estimated shortfall: $154,153.71

Employees

85

Award Covered

MA000004

Date Range

1 Jul — 31 Aug 2025

Total Underpayment

$154,153

3,347

Total Rows

186

Compliant

63

Risks

3,098

Likely Underpaid

0

Errors

3,096

Underpaid

Risk Distribution

Violations

Actual pay below minimum
3,096 (92.5%)
Overtime expected not applied
22 (0.66%)

Warnings

Shift outside ordinary span
788 (23.5%)
No break deducted
266 (7.9%)

Why This Matters

Reviewing payroll compliance across thousands of shifts is difficult when award rules vary by classification, day of week, time of day, and employment type. AwardIQ processes entire payroll datasets against the applicable Modern Award rules, quantifies underpayment down to the dollar, and produces professional reports — turning weeks of manual review into minutes.

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Powerful compliance analysis, visualised.

01

Compliance Audit Dashboard

See the full picture at a glance — compliance score with severity rating, employee count, award coverage, date range, and total underpayment amount. Clickable summary cards let you filter results by status instantly.

  • Compliance scoring with Good / Needs Attention / Critical thresholds
  • Risk distribution with proportional bars for violations and warnings
  • Per-employee summary sorted by highest shortfall impact
87%

Compliance Score

Good

1,240

Total

1,078

Compliant

134

Risks

28

Underpaid

Pay below minimum
28
Shift outside span
134

Compliance Review Report

Acme Corporation

Batch: 8F2A91C3

Generated: 18 March 2026 at 2:45 pm

142 employees  |  Award: MA000010  |  1 Jan — 31 Mar 2026

Executive Summary

92%

4,820

Total

4,434

Compliant

298

Risks

88

Underpaid

Total estimated shortfall: $12,847.30

02

Professional PDF Report

Export a comprehensive multi-page PDF report directly from the dashboard. Includes executive summary with compliance score, outcome and risk charts, key findings, detailed flagged-rows table, per-employee shortfall data, methodology, and limitations sections.

  • Professional formatting ready for stakeholders and regulators
  • Employee-level shortfall breakdown included
  • Methodology and limitations sections for audit trail
03

AI Compliance Report

Generate professional narrative compliance reports powered by AI. Customise the prompt to control report structure, focus areas, and tone. Regenerate with different instructions until you get exactly what you need — all reports are saved for future retrieval.

  • Customisable report structure and focus areas
  • AI uses your batch data as evidence — it cannot invent numbers
  • Regenerate and refine — all versions saved automatically
AI Compliance Report

Report Instructions

Write a professional compliance review report covering:

1. Executive Summary

2. Scope & Methodology

3. Key Findings

4. Underpayment Analysis

5. Risk Assessment

6. Recommendations

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Compliance Review Report

Executive Summary

This compliance review assessed payroll records against the Modern Award MA000004 for the period 1 July 2025 to 31 August 2025. A total of 3,347 records covering 85 employees were examined. The review identified a compliance score of 6%, with 92.5% of records indicating actual pay below the minimum...

Key Findings

The review identified several key compliance issues including widespread underpayment resulting in a total estimated shortfall of $154,153.71...

Row Detail — Shift Analysis

Classification Resolution

Exact Match Level 3, Full-time Adult

Pay Comparison

$130.07

Actual Pay

$156.24

Award Minimum

-$26.17

Shortfall

Rate Derivation

Weekly rate$936.90
Hourly rate (÷ 38h)$24.66
Saturday penalty (×1.25)$30.82
SourceClause 17.3(a)

Rules Considered

Applied Saturday penalty rate — Clause 17.3(a)
Skipped Overtime rate — hours within ordinary limit
Superseded Weekday base rate — Saturday rate applies
04

Award Rule Traceability

Every calculation is fully transparent. The row detail panel shows structured rate derivation with formula, weekly rate, hourly rate, and source clauses. Rules considered are displayed with applied, skipped, and superseded indicators — so you can see exactly why each pay outcome was reached.

  • Step-by-step rate derivation with source clause references
  • Applied / skipped / superseded rule indicators
  • Structured audit trail with pay components and rounding details

Complete Feature Set

Everything included in Compliance Review.

CSV Upload

Flexible column mapping with alias support for varied payroll exports.

Batch Processing

Async processing with live progress polling and cancel support.

Classification Resolution

Fuzzy matching of classifications to award codes with confidence scores.

Minimum Pay Calculation

Deterministic engine covering ordinary, overtime, penalty, and allowances.

Pay Comparison

Actual vs award minimum with dollar and percentage variance per row.

Timeline Analysis

Weekly hours accumulation, rest between shifts, consecutive days tracking.

Risk Detection

Per-row compliance risk detection — underpayment, missing penalties, overtime violations.

Compliance Score

Batch-level compliance percentage with Good / Needs Attention / Critical thresholds.

Employee Summary

Per-employee breakdown of shifts, risks, violations, and dollar shortfall.

Filterable Results Table

Filter by status, severity, award code, pay comparison, and classification result.

Alternative Award Comparison

Compare a row's pay under different awards on demand.

Ask Why (AI Assistant)

Per-row AI assistant explaining flags, classification, and pay calculations.

CSV & PDF Export

Download full results as CSV or a professional multi-page PDF report.

AI Compliance Report

Interactive AI report writer with customisable prompts and saved history.

Classification Resolution Stats

Batch-level breakdown of exact, resolved, review, and failed classification matches.

Workflow

How teams use Compliance Review.

01

Upload payroll data

Upload a CSV with flexible column mapping. The engine handles varied payroll export formats.

02

Review the dashboard

See compliance score, underpayment totals, risk distribution, and per-employee impact at a glance.

03

Investigate and drill down

Filter results, open row detail panels, trace calculations back to award clauses, and ask the AI assistant.

04

Export and report

Download CSV data, generate a PDF report, or create an AI-powered compliance narrative.

Turn payroll data into compliance insight.

Upload your payroll records and get a complete compliance analysis — compliance scoring, underpayment quantification, risk detection, and professional reporting.