At Programmed, we’re committed to continually improving our employee benefits and making things simpler and more accessible for everyone. We’re pleased to announce some important updates to our salary packaging arrangements and partnerships, designed to streamline the process and provide even greater value to employees.
What's changing?
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Two Salary Packaging Providers across the business: From today, we will have two salary packaging partners available across all business units - Kooya and Smart. Both offer a wide range of benefits, competitive pricing, and responsive customer service.
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Retirement of ICT Portable Electronic Device Process: All requests for portable electronic devices will now be managed through Kooya and Smart. The internal ICT salary packaging process has ben retired. Any orders currently approved and in progress will continue, however no new requests will be processed.
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Orix Update: If you currently have a novated lease with Orix, you can continue with your existing agreement until the end of your lease term, however any new salary packaging arrangements will need to be through either Kooya or Smart.
Benefits available
For employees who meet the eligibility criteria as set out in our Salary Sacrifice Policy, the following salary packaging benefits are available through our salary packaging partners:
Kooya:
- Novated Lease
- Income Protection Insurance
- Remote Area Benefits
- Portable Electronic Devices
- E-Bikes
- Airline Lounge Membership
- Self Education
- Memberships & Subscriptions
Smart:
- Novated Lease
- Income Protection Insurance
- Remote Area Benefits
- Portable Electronic Devices
- E-Bikes
- Airline Lounge Membership
- Self Education
- Memberships & Subscriptions
- FIFO Airport Parking & Flights
For additional information on these benefits and eligibility, please refer to the Salary Sacrifice Policy and Novated Lease Procedure available via the links below.
* Please note, in addition to the eligibility criteria set out in our Salary Sacrifice Policy, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) also have specific requirements which determine an individual’s eligibility to salary package certain items. For example, in order to salary package portable electronic devices and e-bikes, these items must meet a certain criteria and must be used predominantly for work / commuting to work purposes. It is the employees responsibility to ensure they meet the requirements as set out by the ATO. For more information about these benefits and the ATO eligibility criteria please contact Kooya or Smart Salary.
Contact details
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1300 856 802
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1300 476 278
Want to know more? Attend an upcoming online information session!
For anyone interested in learning more about salary packaging, Kooya and Smart are hosting a series of webinars during the week commencing 27 April. They will also be on site at Collins Street and Burswood on Wednesday, 22 April, to answer questions in person.
If you’d like to attend one of the webinars, please register via the links below.
Additional Super Contributions
Programmed also offer eligible employees the option to salary package additional superannuation contributions. This process is facilitated internally by our payroll team. For more information regarding this please refer to the Additional Superannuation Contribution Form below or contact your payroll team.
We’re excited to bring you these improvements and hope they make salary packaging more accessible and streamlined.
We’re also pleased to be working towards an additional partnership with Origin Energy, which will expand salary packaging options to include electric vehicle subscriptions and other benefits. More information will be shared over the coming months.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with either provider or a member of the Human Resources team at maintenancehr@programmed.com.au.
Kind regards,
Mark Rademaker
Executive General Manager of HR
Programmed
