As an employer who does business with Centrelink your assistance in helping us pay our customers correctly is invaluable. As a possible employer of Centrelink customers you may receive letters asking you to provide wage and employment details for your employees. The information you provide will help to ensure Centrelink customers receive the full payment to which they are entitled. Centrelink is expected to ensure that people receiving income support are entitled to their payments and that they are paid on time.
Centrelink customers have to declare any earnings from employment for themselves and their partner.
It is sometimes necessary for Centrelink to verify the information with employers, landlords and other authorities. Centrelink does not pay employers for this information. Centrelink regularly reviews the payments made to customers to ensure correct payments are being made. Centrelink matches data and works in partnership with the Australian Taxation Office and other government departments to ensure the right person receives the right payment. The information you provide to Centrelink will assist in the data-matching process.