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Superannuation must catch up to gig economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... current system, whether that's women who have career breaks or part-time workers that aren't putting their 9.5% [super guarantee] away, and the problem is becoming exacerbated by the move to a more flexible work environment," Walsh said. Walsh said more ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... program of superannuation administration. The remaining demands remain largely the same: it wants the $450 per month Super Guarantee (SG) threshold abolished; a ramp up in SG rates to achieve 12% in four years; SG to be paid on parental leave and increased ...

Contract work threatens super: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... than $90,000 per annum to fund the aged pension unless the contractor contributes an amount equivalent to the super guarantee. Additionally, during the first three financial years of the new arrangements, all contractors should be eligible for a 150% ...

O'Dwyer proposes compulsory unpaid super law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... paid. In an effort to help the ATO receive real-time information indicating if an employer is complying with their super guarantee (SG) obligations, super funds will also commence event-based reporting from 1 July 2018, she said. O'Dwyer warned employers ...

Super guarantee must be 12pct: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has renewed calls for the super guarantee to be lifted to 12% as soon as possible because retirement balances are still nowhere near where they need to be. Latest ASFA analysis shows Australia's $2.3 ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... constraints of enterprise agreements. It is "unfair and inefficient" that enterprise agreements can dictate where super guarantee contributions go and needs to change, he added.

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
A Bill that's aligning super guarantee payments to the wage cycle, abolishing the monthly $450 threshold, and granting the Fair Work Ombudsman greater power to recoup unpaid super has been introduced in Parliament. Rebekha Sharkie, federal member for ...

Intervention from trustees can address unpaid super: IFS

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... legislation to close a legal loophole that currently results in workers who salary sacrifice, missing out on their full super guarantee entitlement. Since IFS operation was established in October 1991, the service provider has recovered $822 million ...

Labor unyielding on banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... regulation more broadly, and won't just be in relation to poor behaviour." He expressed his frustrations over the super guarantee being "stuck at 9.5%" and should Labor be elected, Bowen said "it would be important" for him to lift it to 12%. The Shadow ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... white label of LESF MySuper - meaning it offers group death, TPD and income protection insurance and can accept Super Guarantee contributions. Hannover is their insurance partner. Another point of difference is that rather than utilising an underlying ...