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Organisations, employees disagree on work arrangements

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... more likely to be very satisfied with their organisation's employee experience. On the other hand, 38% thought their employer fully values their health and wellbeing and only 23% said they are very happy working for their employer. When offered a choice ...

'Great resignation' a real risk: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... their current company in two years. Probably contributing to the unrest, 64% of workers did not feel supported by their employer during the pandemic and only 36% agreed that their company was a good place to work, even in tough times. Workers are burnt ...

Australia Post Super Scheme cuts premiums by 10%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... asset allocation have been made across the fund's high growth, balanced and conservative options. It will also impact the employer-sponsored defined benefit portfolio. Strategic asset allocation to private equity went from 12% to 9% in the high growth ...

Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
The majority of Australians are unaware of the effects of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) reforms and could potentially be stapled to an underperforming fund for good. The YFYS stapling requirement comes into effect today and will see around one ...

APRA to weed out underperforming choice products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... improving outcomes for superannuation members. Unlike MySuper products in which members defaulted into the product through employer arrangements, choice members typically either select other investment options available, join a new fund on their own ...

Financial services feels talent crunch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
According to SEEK data, the number of unemployed people to each job vacancy is at an all-time low and financial services specialist recruiter Kaizen has confirmed the industry is also suffering a dearth of talent. In its most recent quarterly update ...

$450 super threshold to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... removes the $450 per month income threshold under which employees do not have to be paid the super guarantee by their employer. "This will remove a structural discrimination that has been part of the superannuation system since 1992, improve equity in ...

Unpaid super tops $5bn per year: ISA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Latest analysis by Industry Super Australia shows about $5 billion in super went unpaid in the 2018-19 financial year, owed to about three million workers. On average, Australian workers lose about $1700 in superannuation each year, ISA said, amounting ...

No proof of member benefit: APRA on super fund spends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
APRA has found instances of expenditure by superannuation funds that does not meet the best financial interests of members, including sponsorship deals and advertising spends with no evidence of member benefit. Releasing its review of RSE licensee marketing ...

Former Spectrum chief cops additional bans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... business and performing any function involved in carrying on such a business, which includes working as an officer, manager, employer, contractor or in any other capacity, for a period of six years. The AAT found that Schroeder was not a fit and proper ...