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Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... Australian women made up the majority of those who lost their jobs during this crisis, he said, noting that females and young workers suffered most acutely in the earlier stages of the pandemic. Between May and August around 270,000 females regained ...

Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... eligible employee hired between ages 16 and 29 and $100 a week for every worker between 30 and 35. To be eligible, the workers must have been on JobSeeker, Youth Allowance or the Parenting Payment before being hired. On top of that, Frydenberg committed ...

Government declares record deficit, super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... and returns. "Over the next decade, the reforms announced tonight will reduce waste in the system and save Australian workers $17.9 billion - ensuring your super works better for you," Frydenberg said. All said; the Morrison government is focused on ...

ERS extension flagged, criticised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... a bloated future pension, drag down investment returns and will shove more Australians towards poverty in retirement. "Workers should no longer be asked to sacrifice their future to prop up the economy now, there are other levers the government can pull ...

Fintechs receive JobMaker funding boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... invoicing by 1 July 2022 for all Commonwealth government agencies ($3.6m); and Improvement of digital skills to help connect workers and small and medium-sized businesses ($2.5m). Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the initiatives are in addition to ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... able to find a new role which decreased her anxiety and social isolation. Allianz also recently released a report into workers compensation claims costs relating to mental health, finding these have increased by 80% in the last three years. The research ...

LGS partners with SuperFriend

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... low stress in government occupations - public administration and safety came in as one of the top three industries where workers felt their workplace contributed to deteriorating mental health. "It's really impressive to see LGS committing to improving ...

Media Super names new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... covered printing and visual arts employees, while JUST Super covered journalists, actors, musicians and entertainment workers. "It's been great fun and we've been privileged to play a fiduciary role in one of the great financial experiments in Australia ...

BOQ expects to back pay $11m in SG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
The Bank of Queensland has failed to pay several workers their superannuation benefits, in a failure that could potentially blow out to $11 million in back payments. The bank has already accounted for $2.4 million of superannuation owed to employees ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... successful, Ena's therapy could have significant benefits, especially for those most at risk, such as frontline healthcare workers and the elderly," he said. "We are very excited to invest in medical research that will, hopefully, contribute to providing ...