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Cbus answers CFMEU leak allegations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... does provide for disclosure of some personal information to sponsoring organisations, including employer associations and unions, to assist in the recovery of outstanding superannuation contributions." It went on to quote the relevant section of the ...

PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... politics, before moving on to do a masters at La Trobe. "I focused on the 1950s as a period, and I looked at gender and the way unions used masculinity to organise around." He says the unions used masculinity to create hierarchies - hence the title of ...

Could MySuper free-for-all lead to illegal inducements?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... super industry has criticised the awards system as unfairly favouring the industry funds. But Atkin argued that if the unions are taken out of the decision-making process, the fact is employees will have no representative [i.e. union] input on who will ...

CFS outlines post-awards plans

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... standing" with the Fair Work Commission. "The only ones that do have standing with the FCW are the employer groups and the unions. So we've found it very difficult to actually be part of that process in the past." While many employer groups are involved ...

Greg Sword resigns as CEO of LUCRF Super

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... National Union of Workers (NUW), a position he held for 20 years. During that time, Greg oversaw the amalgamation of seven unions to form the NUW, served as Senior Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and was National President of ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... that, in the second stage of the application process, the Fair Work Commission takes submissions from employer groups and unions regarding the suitability of the funds wishing to be listed. Super funds themselves cannot make submissions at this stage ...

BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... whether employers could be relied upon to act in the best interest of their employees (a role normally associated with unions), she said employers rigorously vet and monitor their chosen fund. "They have policy committees, we have an investment advisor ...

FSC slams 'closed shop' super awards rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... unfairly favours industry funds. "The current default fund selection process explicitly favours superannuation funds owned by unions and employer organisations which are only parties eligible to make submissions to the Commission during the second stage ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... with lower currency values and wages and operating costs to pick from." Blame it on the Prime Minister Abbott, blame it on unions, blame ourselves for not buying our dogs Camry's but look under the hood and you'd see that my thoughts back on the 12th ...

Li likes 7%, maybe 7.2%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014