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JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... the scheme are set to come into effect in October this year and will provide a two-tier payment of $1200 for full-time workers and $750 for those working less than 20 hours per week. After December the full-time JobKeeper payment will fall below $1000 ...

Chief economist update: Haste makes Budget waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... that have suffered a sharp drop in turnover, and it will include a steeper reduction in payments for part-time and casual workers who received more from JobKeeper than their previous wage. The government will also extend its JobSeeker unemployment benefit ...

Optimism, resilience high on the recruitment checklist

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Workers looking for new employment in the superannuation and investment industries need to display qualities of optimism, self-motivation, resilience and mental agility to nab a role during the COVID-19 crisis. That's according to specialist recruiter ...

Morrison's legacy will be retirement poverty: ACTU

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... reason 2.5 million Australians have accessed their super to pay bills was because government had not done enough to support workers through the COVID-19 crisis. "A 25-30 year old who withdraws $20,000 over these two years will be $79,000- $95,000 worse ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... 17.7% in the month of May, more than reversing the record 14.7% slump in the previous month as businesses reopened and workers went back to work. Consumer confidence has also improved. The Conference Board and the University of Michigan's consumer ...

Research slams ADL definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... less than two years. Super Consumers Australia also found two policies from IOOF and Asgard that excluded all unskilled workers from claiming under the standard TPD definitions. In October 2019, ASIC put out research estimating that three people a day ...

FSU secures super pay increases

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... reached decisions with a number of super funds including AustralianSuper, HESTA, Hostplus and Media Super. AustralianSuper workers will receive a 14% rise and HESTA will see a 12% rise over the next four years, Hostplus employees will get a 10.5% and ...

Insurance premiums soar at Qantas Super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... said. "The COVID-19 pandemic, the slowdown in the Australian economy, and the temporary stand down of many Australian workers, for example, mean more members are likely to make an insurance claim. "Insurers around the world have increased insurance premiums ...

Super funds merge, board revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... changes. The merged fund now manages over $120 billion on behalf of 1.1 million members, including healthcare and aged care workers, teachers, police and emergency service workers, government and community workers. In announcing the completion of the ...

Chief economist update: Extraordinarily uncertain outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... jobs, and that the pain has not been evenly spread. The rise in joblessness has been especially severe for lower-wage workers, for women, and for African Americans and Hispanics. This reversal of economic fortune has caused a level of pain that is hard ...