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Aged care workers depended on ERS: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Aged care employees relied more on the early release of superannuation (ERS) scheme compared to other workers health and community services sectors, research from HESTA reveals. The proportion of HESTA members who work in aged care and childhood education ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Capacity utilisation also very high, and implies alongside the strength in a tivity, that firms may need to continue to hire workers and undertake investment in new projects to continue to grow". Wait there's more! The fine print in the NAB Business ...

Aussies regret ERS withdrawals: AIST poll

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... future and a stronger, fairer economy. There was no courageous shift in policy to leave no one behind - not the low paid workers who steered us through lockdowns, our vulnerable citizens who deserve our protection and support, or our planet. The strain ...

QSuper makes changes ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... insurance terms and conditions for members too. From 1 July members on an income protection payment who are also on a workers compensation benefit at the same time will have their income protection payment reduced by any workers compensation benefit ...

No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... to work an extra day each week, Frydenberg said. Elsewhere, after many years of lobbying, the threshold that requires workers to earn a minimum of $450 a month to be paid the superannuation guarantee has been axed. It's expected to improve the financial ...

$450 SG threshold axed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The longstanding requirement for workers to earn more than $450 a month to be entitled to the superannuation guarantee has been scrapped. In a move that would benefit more than 200,000 women, the need for Aussies to earn more than $450 a month in order ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... which employees would not receive SG contributions. While getting rid of this threshold may be a small boost to low-income workers, they will blaze a trail for the rest of the workforce because this measure will shine a scorching ultra-bright light on ...

Government launches digital economy strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... investment to enhance the My Health Record as well as a $100 million pilot program for work-based digital cadetships for workers to build digital skills. Further to this, $35.7 million is being deployed to support emerging aviation technologies and a ...

Finance workers to quit over flexibility

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
A significant amount of banking and financial services workers are likely to leave their current job if they are not offered flexibility, new research from EY shows. EY data showed 62% of financial services workers will quit their role if they cannot ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... office-based work to flexible work practices has been embraced significantly by the finance sector. After canvassing 26,600 workers across 25 countries, which included Australia, finance and technology sector workers were deemed to be the most engaged. ...