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Super now the fourth pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... the same misgivings 20 years ago in 1991 about the introduction of the 3% SG, but productivity increased along with real wages and so the cost was not borne by employers at all. He said the same will happen as SG phases in towards its 12% target. The ...

High level super talks on now

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... said. "Employers are concerned about the costs. Unions are looking to preserve worker entitlements and an increase in real wages, so the SG increase needs agreement across two significant groups." "It's a very difficult task." Six of the largest industry ...

SG war far from over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... for lifting the SG gave business and employees plenty of time to adjust. "History shows that businesses thrived and real wages increased during the last period of compulsory super increases. This time round, the proposed increase from 9 to 12 per cent ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... out of wages, rather than profits. Future wage productivity increases are expected to be sufficient to ensure that real wages continue to grow," said Shorten. Paying extra SG from employee wage rises means Shorten is sending strong signals to business ...

First SG raise costs no more than a cuppa

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... "It's hard to argue that such a rise will be a huge impost on either wage costs or take-home pay, particularly when real wages are expected to have increased by more than six per cent by 2013-14." Reynolds also noted that among the estimated 25 per cent ...
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