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Strong wage growth lags inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and employment minister Tony Burke said they are pleased to see strong wages growth but noted it's still well short of inflation. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows the Wage Price Index rose 2.6% in the year to June ...

ANZ, Suncorp deal cops industry backlash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... corporate marriage made in hell for Suncorp Bank staff. ANZ has not been willing to negotiate a new collective Enterprise Agreement for the past six years and Suncorp's expired Agreement is three years old."

Low wage growth a deliberate design feature: ACTU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... from employers, the ACTU continued. More specifically, the ACTU demanded more stringent legislation to close enterprise agreement loopholes and remove barriers to equal pay, a 5% increase in Award wages, a crackdown on wage theft and public backing of ...

CBA completes review, sued by FWO

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Bank finalised its three-year action plan by implementing recommendations from a prudential inquiry to improve its governance and culture. At the same time, it has been slammed with court proceedings for underpaying staff over $16 million. ...

What will it take to get super on parental leave?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Employers and the government are failing parents, costing mothers $1.6 billion in superannuation, according to new research from Industry Super Australia. Many employers, even large companies, still fail to pay parents parental leave - forcing them ...

Wage growth remains low

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The June quarter saw wages rise a measly 0.4%, lower than the growth of the previous two quarters. "The June quarter saw the rate of growth in hourly earnings ease to 0.4%, following two quarters of 0.6% wage growth. The rate of growth over the quarter ...

Industry fund shifts service functions to Link

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... working from home," Link said in a statement. Additionally, transferred staff will see their existing Hostplus enterprise agreement conditions and entitlements, such as long-service leave entitlements and other conditions of employment transfer across ...

CBA executive pay voted in

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... employees are offered lower wage increases. Livingstone said the bank is still in the process of negotiating the enterprise agreement but there will be an increase for customer facing roles. "We all recognise the incredible contribution our staff have ...

BOQ expects to back pay $11m in SG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... superannuation payment process. It identified other potential issues that affect workers covered under an enterprise agreement. Employees covered under the 2010, 2014 and 2018 enterprise agreements are potentially impacted. BOQ said it will ensure employees ...

SMSF member increase bill reintroduced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... have an SMSF. A typical scenario was for these people, working in part-time jobs under the umbrella of an enterprise agreement, being forced to have their SG paid into a default fund and not their SMSF. This was clearly inequitable," Maroney said.