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HESTA asks Retirement Income Review to consider ERS

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... reviewed, superannuation splitting when relationships collapse be improved, superannuation be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave, unpaid caring roles be recognised, superannuation entitlements be provided to workers who are not classified as employees ...

Bad news for BDMs despite industry-wide uptick

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... no real impact on their recruitment. However, 41% were only recruiting for essential reasons such as staff turnover or parental leave. As a result of COVID-19, a new open mindedness to remote working appears to have emerged too with 35% of employers ...

Super advocate takes FSC to task over TPD tests

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... people, changes to TPD definitions happen only after their working arrangements have changed for six or 12 months (to cover parental leave, for example). For others, this change can happen after three months, depending on the particular policy wording." ...

A man is not a plan: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... (WIS) called on the federal government to help bridge the super gender gap, including paying super on Commonwealth paid parental leave, abolishing the $450 threshold and sticking to the legislated super rate increase. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean ...

Helping everyone helps women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... businesses," she says. One example from financial services highlighted in the report was Aviva. Aviva developed an equal parental leave policy offering up to one year of leave in the UK, with 26 weeks at full basic pay for each parent employed by the ...

FICAP 2020 weeks away

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... Support Group in March 1982 with the firm belief in the power of early intervention to reduce the negative effects of parental imprisonment on children and young people. At present, there are about 77,000 children whose parents are incarcerated in Australia. ...

Super fund admits its gender pay gap increased

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... work part-time due to carer responsibilities will be paid super as though they are a full-time worker and those taking parental leave will continue to receive super payments for up to one year. Further, while Future Super members are taking parental ...

Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... proposals, including removing the $450 superannuation guarantee threshold, requiring SG to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave and workers compensation payments, and changing the Commonwealth's contributions to top-up payments instead of co-contributions ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... government for new superannuation policy proposals that will close this gap, including changes to tax concessions and SG on parental leave entitlements. "We completed over 26 policy submissions to government and are in the process of preparing our response ...

Women overlooked by retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... payments. "This needs to be removed and would be an easy win. Similarly, women would benefit if super was applied to parental leave."