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BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... out of awards would open up 30,000 small to medium sized employers who bank with Westpac, no longer constrained by the Fair Work Commission's selection process. That figure does not include Westpac's large institutional clients. She said that BT, the ...

Pressure mounts on super in modern awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
MLC and BT have called on the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to delay its four yearly review of the default fund terms of modern awards until after the government has completed its own review into the issue. The call is part of a larger campaign led by ...

FSC slams 'closed shop' super awards rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Financial Services Council (FSC) has urged the government to take superannuation out of modern awards, arguing that the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has no role in determining which funds can be default employer funds. Under the current system, super funds ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... a failure of other sectors to pick up the slack. She also put a case for blaming the worsening situation on Labor's Fair Work Act. "There's now a lot of uncertainty. You'd have to think that with state governments and the federal government now under ...

ISA and FSC clash over super in awards debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... awards - or all of them - has to mount 122 applications." Each application is a two stage process. Codina said that the Fair Work Commission - which oversees the application process - is "not in a position to make those assessments", a point which he ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... to 15. The Government is considering removing a merit-based filter undertaken by an independent expert panel within Fair Work Australia to require employers to select from any of an estimated 100 MySuper funds. "Few employers will have the time or expertise ...

Fair Work confirms MySuper awards regime

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... to get flak from the board. Then you're looking to terminate people, which is very, very difficult in Australia with Fair Work." Terminating a fund manager, however, is very easy. Secondly, in the case that the fund performance is neutral - "Well, you've ...

AustSuper's executive restructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
AustralianSuper in its 2013 annual report has announced the completion of a corporate restructure, creating six core divisions that will report to long-time chief executive Ian Silk. These are Investments headed by Mark Delaney; Strategy, People and ...

AIST employee to take legal action over workplace dispute

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
The Fair Work Commission gave the green light for an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) employee to take legal action against the industry body after she claimed to have been constructively dismissed. IT systems administrator Hanina ...