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MIESF adjusts insurance premiums

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... restricted to half of the cover amounts until one year after MIESF receives an eligible member's first Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contribution; weekly cost remains unchanged. MIESF said it aims to provide eligible members with appropriate and affordable ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... found that paying superannuation on paid parental leave combined with the legislated increases in the superannuation guarantee and duration of paid parental leave to 26 weeks will lead to an increase in superannuation balances at retirement of around ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... that, if Labor wins the next election the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from 1 July 2025. "... we are very proud that this Budget extends superannuation to parents on paid leave. When ...

Rest calls for removal of minimum work hours for super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Rest has urged the Australian government to remove the minimum hours rule for the superannuation guarantee to apply. Research conducted for Rest by CRNRSTONE found 82% of Australians think the law should be changed so that Australian workers - many ...

Mercer rolls out new corporate super plan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... employer-subsidised administration fees and insurance premiums as an employee benefit. Moreover, it can accept Superannuation Guarantee contributions within five to 15 business days of completing an application, depending on the employer's size. However ...

TelstraSuper reduces admin fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... the monthly income benefit would be increasing effective April 4 from 85% to 87%. TelstraSuper said the superannuation guarantee benefit paid to member's accounts changing from 10% to 12% would mean most members with IP cover would pay a higher annual ...

Government dawdling on paid parental leave super: Greens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... from July 1 this year. Earlier this month, the government announced that the PPL scheme will include superannuation guarantee contributions from next year, but only if it wins the next federal election in 2025. According to Larissa Waters, the leader ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... individuals will have only modest superannuation balances when they are in their 80s and 90s," she said. "The Superannuation Guarantee going to 12% and there being no further widespread early release of superannuation, such as for housing deposits, will ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... children." "It's about bloody time. "A new generation of women who receive the full benefit of the Superannuation Guarantee payment on their government paid parental leave stand to add thousands to their retirement balances." Industry fund HESTA ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... the Albanese government has announced the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from next year. In a major win for the super industry and Australian women, 12% superannuation contributions will ...