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KPMG proposes tax offset, reform to boost gender equality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... previous recommendations. These were the payment of Superannuation Guarantee contributions in the Commonwealth paid parental leave scheme and increasing the paid parental leave scheme to 26 weeks, with a more equitable sharing of leave between partne ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
HESTA has joined calls for superannuation to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave entitlements, saying modelling shows it could see a mother of two retire with $14,000 more in her account. The super fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations ...

Treasurer responds to dour inflation, growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... superannuation guarantee," he said. "At some point, I'd like to find a way to responsibly fund paying it on paid parental leave." Chalmers furthered that there was now an opportunity to do much in super, especially as they were no longer caught up ...

Active Super enhances parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... from one week. "Paying employees super while on parental leave, whether paid or unpaid, along with extending paid parental leave to 18 weeks, are important initiatives to help reduce the gender gap in superannuation and enable women to have a comfortable ...

ISA uncovers disgraceful regional gender super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... decades to come." Likewise, a 2020 retirement income review found that paying the super guarantee on employer paid parental leave and the government's Parental Leave Pay could improve the fairness of the retirement income system. The review said such ...

Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... executive Deanne Stewart said the Budget short-changed women, saying paying the Super Guarantee on top of paid parental leave and adjusting the Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset (LISTO) to ensure low-income earners don't pay more tax on their super ...

Big spend on cost of living, defence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... habitats were devastated by the fires of 2019 and 2020, and their populations have not recovered. Changes to paid parental leave The superannuation lobby did not get its wish for super to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave, but the Treasurer ...

Budget aims to please women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... health, safety and economic success. Most notably, the government has committed to modernising the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme - which currently allows a mother and partner to take 10 weeks of paid leave each. Under the updated scheme, single ...

Childcare key to super gap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
Ahead of the Federal Budget next week, new research shows making childcare more affordable could close the gender gap in superannuation savings. Currently, women retire with almost a third less super than men on average, but a new report from Industry ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... leave. ISA calculates that in total women lost $1.86 billion in super contributions since the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme began in June 2011. This is because it is overwhelmingly women taking Commonwealth Parental Leave Pay - 99.5% compared ...