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No exclusions for frontline workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
Australia's life insurers have committed to ensure frontline healthcare workers will not be prevented from obtaining life insurance cover due to COVID-19. The Financial Services Council said the commitment comes on behalf of participating life insurance ...

Super fund temporarily cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... health workforce being female," Venkatesan pointed out. "They also make up the majority of carers, teachers, and childcare workers - all of whom have had their livelihoods threatened. "Women are also more likely to be casual workers, hence don't ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... social distancing. "Similar to last week's unemployment claims numbers, today's report reflects the sacrifices American workers are making for their families, neighbours, and country in order to 'slow the spread'," he said. "The Administration continues ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... their store footprint and stood down significant staff numbers." Asked if he agreed with the view that some companies and workers - much like those slow adopters Mitchell referred to - would continue to embrace remote working into the future, the Kururangi ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... issue unique to Hostplus, a fact Elia said seems to have eluded some commentators to now. "It's not just hospitality workers that have been stood down - it's every other company that feeds off that. It's manufacturing, it's services companies ...

Super fighting a war on three fronts: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... around disability claims relating to mental health as the new reality of social distancing and self-isolation impacts workers.

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... Council of Trade Unions believes the government's JobKeeper program is still flawed, though is glad the calls of Australian workers have been heard. ACTU secretary Sally McManus has called for the government to revise its $130 billion JobKeeper program ...

Extended lockdown could spur worst recession on record: Grattan

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... direct measures," Coates said. "[But] firms shutting down will have flow on impacts on their suppliers, while laid-off workers will tighten their belts as their incomes fall." Households not initially impacted by public health measures will eventually ...

PMIF sees premiums rise for first time in 12 years

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
The $30 billion industry fund for emergency services workers has had to increase its insurance premiums for the first time in 12 years as a result of the Putting Members Interests First legislation. ESSSuper put insurance premiums on death only and ...

Hume calls for diversity in super fund mergers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... benefit of their members?" The Assistant Minister sees the amalgamation of small industry funds covering a diverse range of workers as the future of the sector, particularly if those funds can achieve the size and scale of the likes of AustralianSuper. ...