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Pension uncertainty for municipal workers in Detroit

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
Municipal workers in Detroit may face losing their pensions as the city copes with its $18 billion debt crisis. According to Bloomberg News a federal judge has ruled that Detroit, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection, may cut police ...

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... "Lifting the retirement age in isolation is a very blunt measure that could unfairly penalise low income earners and manual workers who tend to be more reliant on the age pension," he added. Instead, he asked the Productivity Commission to focus on lifting ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... reported, the latest sign that the US job market is recovering. The number of applications, which is a proxy for how many workers are being laid off, is now near where it was before the Great Recession. General Motors rose after the US government said ...

Industry leaders urge Abbott to keep super rebate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... government recently announced it would scrap the rebate, which is tied up in the same legislation and worth up to $500 to workers earning less than $37,000. If the LISC is withdrawn these workers will receive no tax break on their contributions, paying ...

NAB workers demand profit share after 1172 job cuts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... biggest banks, riding high on a wave of success, came to the bargaining table with one of the meanest pay offers finance workers have ever received. In fact it was the lowest pay offer among the big four banks in recent times," FSU national secretary ...

LUCRF Super joins global calls to improve worker safety

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... the goal of a safe and sustainable garment industry for Bangladesh and agree to institute systematic reforms to protect workers. "We take our responsibility as investors seriously so signing the Investor Statement on Bangladesh was an easy decision to ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... right then. Slow US growth as far as the eyes can see. A smaller labour force reduces long-run growth potential. Fewer workers supporting the economy supporting more workers who are unemployed or discouraged to work or now unemployable because they have ...

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... Thrift'. In simple terms, it means that if people don't spend, companies don't earn. If companies don't earn, they don't hire workers. Unemployed workers cannot spend, cannot save. Unprofitable companies cannot invest, cannot save. Aggregate demand falls ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... goodness the debt ceiling time bomb was set to explode only 17 days after the shutdown - and that furloughed government workers will get back paid - but what if the debt ceiling deadline was longer? Just imagine the opportunity costs of the days the ...

Chifley Super to merge with Sunsuper

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... by Unions NSW under the sponsorship of the national office, greater NSW branch and Victorian branch of the Australian Workers Union and the NSW branch of the Electrical Trades Union. Chifley Super chairman John Byrne told Financial Standard that the ...