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Insurers must shape up on mental health: TAL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... depression. Both anxiety and depression are significantly associated with substance abuse disorder. When it comes to insurers, workplace stress is having an impact on mental health claims - with bullying the main cause of making of making a mental health ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... Workers never received a promised wage increase when the super guarantee was last cut, a comprehensive analysis of federal workplace agreements revealed. "When the super rate was last delayed in 2014 there was no wage rise, and millions of workers' pay ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
"This day belongs to every single Victorian, every single Victorian who has followed the rules, stayed the course, worked with me and my team, to bring this second wave to an end." This was what state premier Dan Andrews told all Victorians and the ...

Sexual harassment rife in financial services: O'Neill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... reveal exactly why women who come out of university, identified with higher skills and talents, have entered into a toxic workplace where they were subjected to incredible sexual harassment suffer mental ill-health, live with the challenges of that for ...

Still a way to go on mental health: SuperFriend

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... services industry is one of the most thriving workplaces but there is still work to be done for mental health in the workplace, according to new research. Mental health organisation SuperFriend's research: Indicators of a Thriving Workplace shows the ...

FSC encourages investment team diversity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... called Guidance Note 38 - Diversity focuses on practical measures that workplaces can take to ensure a gender-diverse workplace from the hiring process to exit interviews. The guidance found that a firm's recruitment and talent management systems should ...

Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has put the spotlight on childcare, aged care and social housing when delivering his budget reply speech. Delivering his response, Albanese said Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's budget has left Australians behind. "Our economy ...

Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... particularly in male-dominated industries; Establishing Respect@Work Council to help address sexual harassment in the workplace; Expanding the Boosting Female Founders initiative to support 282 start-ups and 4300 mentoring engagements for female entrepreneurs ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... MetLife said one customer with PTSD who was finding it hard to return to work due to a recurrence of PTSD triggered by her workplace was able to get help through a case manager. "The case manager reviewed the situation and came to understand that her ...

Investors take charge in C-suite equality

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... support of industry partners Chief Executive Women, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, 30% Club and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia also welcomes the campaign and is calling ...