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Unemployment rate rises as gender wage gap narrows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... that significantly outpaces their male counterparts. The trend was particularly evident in sectors dominated by female workers, such as teaching and nursing. The gender wage gap reduced to a record low of 13%, a notable decrease from the 13.9% observed ...

Super funds lobby for super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... super funds have called on the federal government to urgently reform a superannuation tax offset to prevent low-income workers from being penalised. The group of funds, which include Aware Super, Cbus, HESTA, and AustralianSuper, together with Women ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... turn up to work without sufficient resourcing whilst experiencing the threat of future branch closures whilst back-office workers continue to lose colleagues to offshoring," she said.

BTR may create generation of tenants: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... does." The primary purpose behind the establishment of HOPE was to address the affordable housing crisis faced by essential workers. It aims to provide a co-investment solution that facilitates homeownership for middle income earners. Buskens believes ...

NGS Super expands leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... predicting a 20%-plus jump in membership within four years - no easy task for the $13 billion industry super fund that covers workers in the independent education and community sectors. According to Alex Dunnin, executive director of research and compliance ...

Lendlease, Daiwa House strike BTR deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... Melbourne Quarter development and will retain a 25% interest in the development. The building is expected to home 14,000 workers and more than 3800 residents on completion in early 2026. Lendlease Australia chief executive Dale Connor said the announcement ...

KPMG recommends gender-focused super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... care work, predominantly performed by women. "KPMG continues to believe that since the Commonwealth pays PPL to eligible workers - and compulsory super contributions rightly form part of remuneration - then it follows logically that the Commonwealth ...

Office sector down 8%: MSCI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... alone came in at -5.2%, which drove the worst 12-month total return since early 2010." A new report by McKinsey finds that workers in nine major global capital cities go to the office an average of 3.5 days per week, some 30% below pre-pandemic norms. ...

CBA staff head to Fair Work over WFH policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... required to work from the office at least 50% of the time, effective July 17. The edict was handed down without consulting workers, the FSU said, which goes against the Enterprise Agreement in place. Clause 37 of CBA's Enterprise Agreement requires the ...

Equipsuper adds board director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
The $30 billion superannuation fund which covers workers from engineering, manufacturing, healthcare and teaching, has appointed Julian Widdup to the board as a new member director. Widdup replaces Jan Dekker, who joined the board in 2016. For over ...