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Female access to ERS to widen gender super gap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
The Early Release of Superannuation (ERS) scheme is expected to impact female workers and widen the gender superannuation gap according to The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Women in Super. New data shown at the annual Women's ...

New law backs choice of fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... to give about 800,000 employees the choice which superannuation fund their retirement savings should be invested. New workers who were previously restricted to a super fund as a result of an enterprise agreement for example, now have the opportunity ...

Financial services workers content with pandemic changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... prioritise personal hygiene followed by office hygiene at 49% and more flexible work schedules at 48%. More than 75% of workers think it's very important their employers listen to their feedback during a crisis but only half of workers in say their employer ...

LNP halts push for SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... we obviously want the income support that we have been providing through companies to be there for the benefit of those workers. It is called JobKeeper for a reason, to keep people in jobs," he said. "That's what its primary purpose was and we believe ...

Law firm slams insurer mental health policies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... their claims accepted. The definitions are tough and the eligibility criteria in many policies already knock out a lot of workers if they are casual or in a hazardous occupation, often paying for a product they were never going to be eligible for," she ...

FSU wants CBA to up pay

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... Angrisano said that CBA should reflect on the efforts of its staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that bank workers, especially those who keep branches running, are considered essential workers. "The community recognises the contribution being ...

Finance employees remain fearful

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... Workforce Confidence Index, the financial services sector ranked second in terms of individual confidence, which encompasses workers' ability to get and keep a job, improve their financial situation and advance in their careers. Yet, finance employees ...

ISA, Grattan find common ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... value of the pension to CPI - vastly inflating its value relative to community living standards," ISA said. "It claims all workers continuously receiving the full super guarantee in every year of their working life, despite research showing almost one ...

ERS doesn't justify higher SG: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... super accounts entirely with Treasury expecting total withdrawals to reach $42 billion. "Retirement incomes will fall for workers who withdraw their super, but not by as much as might be thought," Grattan said. "The pension means test means that the ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... seven-year low reading of 90.9. The bad news: The rate of job creation in July has slowed sharply from the 4.8 million workers added to the economy in the previous month. In addition, while the unemployment rate has sequentially fallen from the 14.7% ...