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ESSSuper reduces admin fees, renews insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... to death and TPD cover include replacing the two-year pre-existing condition exclusion with 30 consecutive days of employment from start of cover and removing the Activity of Daily Living definition and domestic duties definition from TPD policies and ...

HESTA pushes for gig worker super entitlements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey stressed the importance of legislative reform in a submission to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations 'Employee-like forms of work' consultation. The super system was founded on the vision of ...

MySuper inches to $1tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... flows, APRA said, were in part driven by the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) increase to 10.5% from 1 July 2022 and strong employment. Industry funds ($1.2tn) grew 6% over the period. Retail funds ($680bn) and corporate funds ($56.9bn) on the other hand ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... support the retention of Australian Defence Force members via a bonus for personnel who sign on for another term of employment. Medicine users: In a change which could allow users of hundreds of common medicines to access up to two months of medication ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... including for victim-survivors. Given that single parents can face higher rates of financial hardship and barriers to employment as they navigate the significant costs and responsibilities associated with caring for and raising children, Chalmers assigned ...

Payday super to boost retirement savings for millions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... outdated and not befitting our world-leading retirement savings system," Stewart said. "We simply wouldn't accept an employment system where workers received their take-home pay retrospectively once a quarter. "Australian workers will now be in a ...

Wealth inequality divides Australia: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... drivers of income inequality in Australia are complex, layered by age, gender, disability, location, education and employment. Inequality is evident in where Aussies live as substantial income gaps exist between cities and regional areas. Cities had ...

UK's Nest switches investment chief

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... forward to focusing more of my time on evolving the long-term strategy of Nest Invest." Nest - also known as National Employment Savings Trust - is the pension scheme established by the UK government in 2011.

Employment figures no cause for rate hike: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... the highest levels ever seen at 62.5% - 81,000 more women have found work in the last two months. Overall, full-time employment grew by more than 72,000 jobs, while part-time employment dropped 19,000 jobs. While positive, economists aren't convinced ...

ISA renews calls for gig worker super

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... said. The federal government has alluded to extending the Fair Work Commission powers to establish a minimum set of employment standards for many gig workers, including payment of super. ISA said it supports moves that uphold the flexibility and convenience ...