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National gender pay gap stuck at 22.8%: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
Australian women on average earnt almost $26,600 less than men between 2021 and 2022. Data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) titled 2021-22 Employer Census revealed progress to close the gap has stalled and remains at 22.8%. Alarmingly ...

AMP appoints new chief financial officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... statutory and regulatory reporting, performance reporting, tax, investor relations, treasury, M&A, strategic sourcing, and workplace experience. Most recently, Fredricson was acting chief executive and chief financial officer of Oil Search Limited where ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... integrated into investment decisions like asset allocation and proxy voting by so-called ERISA funds, which are private workplace-based pension plans. The new rule change clarifies that a fiduciary's "duty of prudence must be based on factors that the ...

Stapling's consequences must be addressed: Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... fails to deliver an overall better public policy outcome for many members. "It also curtails hard fought for and won workplace rights and conditions without necessarily delivering better long-term outcomes for members," Cbus said. As such, Cbus is advocating ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
Strategy discussions around defined contribution workplace saving tend to focus on plan design and engagement but questions of asset allocation are also critical, according to a discussion summary of the most recent Jasper Forum. The Forum was led by ...

Plans afoot to narrow gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... almost 30%. To combat this, the government has announced the Fair Work Act 2009 will be amended so that the national workplace relations system can better address issues of pay equity, with a statutory equal remuneration principle to make it easier for ...

Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... was considering the application of the stapling process, including specific feedback as to how it's operating at the workplace level and in conjunction with group insurance. "We understood that there were going to be some consequences to the way the ...

KPMG proposes tax offset, reform to boost gender equality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... reform advocated by KPMG is to ensure employers can enact affirmative policies to provide higher super payments and other workplace benefits to female employees. This recommendation would help to address the super and pay gaps and could be achieved by ...

Final Royal Commission reforms to be tabled, YFYS review begins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... application of the stapling process is also being considered, including specific feedback as to how it's operating at the workplace level and in conjunction with group insurance, Jones said. "We are not going to be reopening the stapling issue. For ...

Kate Farrar's top tips when merging

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
Appearing as part of a panel at this year's Conference of Major Super Funds, Brighter Super chief executive Kate Farrar explained the process her team went through in merging with Energy Super, sharing the things she thinks they got right. Brighter ...