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KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... as women are often using the leave. "While KPMG has recently proposed a major overhaul to the PPL scheme, the Super Guarantee issue still needs to be addressed even if the current system is maintained. There will be a significant cost but this is a major ...

Government retirement modelling leaves women behind: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... Retirement Income Review's findings are being waved around by politicians to claim legislated increases in the Super Guarantee (SG) are unnecessary and should be cut or used for other purposes," ISA said. ISA's research also accounts for those who fall ...

ISA calls SG increase delay a tax grab

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Industry Super Australia says a failure to make the planned increase of the super guarantee to 12% compulsory is a "tax grab" by the government. According to ISA, making the increase to 12% optional will result in the average Australian family paying ...

Super leaves gig economy behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... Institute report, which also found that even when they do make contributions, they are minimal when compared to the super guarantee that minimum wage workers enjoy. The average personal contribution by a gig economy worker was found to be between $500-$900 ...

Retirement income failing Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... suggestions from submissions on solving some of these problems include removing the $450 a week threshold for the super guarantee, lowering the age at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can access their supper, increasing support for ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... opposition party, Industry Super Australia (ISA) and unions have criticised the Retirement Income Review and say the super guarantee (SG) must rise. Labor leader Anthony Albanese said the government is looking for excuses to break its promises. "Can ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Retirement Income Review has warned against increasing inequities already in the system, citing that a rise in the super guarantee would benefit men more than women. The review has stated that consideration should be given to whether the retirement income ...

Club Plus announces insurance changes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... days to 30 days. The lump sum insured amount for short term income protection is reducing from 90% of salary plus super guarantee (SG) to 80% of salary plus SG. The fund said the changes to short term income protection waiting periods and sum insured ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... occurred, saying workers sacrificed their super for nothing. Workers never received a promised wage increase when the super guarantee was last cut, a comprehensive analysis of federal workplace agreements revealed. "When the super rate was last delayed ...

Amnesty unearths $588m unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... is subject to agreed payment plans for businesses facing hardship. "We know that in the past, calculating the super guarantee has been very complicated. The Superannuation Amnesty prompted honest businesses to take a look back through their records and ...