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Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... June 2008 and the third straight month of wages growth acceleration. Shouldn't Brexit encourage UK companies to shed workers, least of all give pay hikes? Shouldn't UK workers be discouraged from asking for pay increases faced with the uncertainty ...

Peak bodies respond to government roadmap

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... the government not to lose sight of the other challenges such as chronic underperformance and the fact that one in three workers are not even getting paid super," he said. The Australian Banking Association, meanwhile, highlighted the action they had ...

Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... addressing the major causes of unpaid super. ISA analysis of 2016-17 ATO data showed the loophole has led to more than 370,000 workers missing out on their super entitlements, totalling $1.5 billion. The problem of unpaid super, however, has increased ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... consumption would remain the primary risk for the domestic economy. But hey, I would take 94.8% (100-5.2% unemployment rate) of workers getting minute pay rises (none for some) than 90% (10% unemployment rate) getting hefty pay increases. Not to mention ...

Survey backs SG increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... increasing the SG to 12% would not ease the burden on the Age Pension. Now, Grattan is claiming that an increase will leave workers poorer because it will reduce the amount they are entitled to through the pension, ISA said. Mercer commented that Grattan's ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... Australians retire a few years before the pension age," Mercer pointed out. The firm noted Grattan's assumption that workers are single when they retire ensures a skew in the age pension projection in its research. With 70% of workers retiring with ...

Super fund commits $20m for housing affordability

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... that works with partners to alleviate disadvantage. Twenty per cent of the apartments were allocated to "key contribution workers" such as nurses, aged care professionals, firefighters, ambulance officers, and those working in the not-for-profit sector. ...

SuperFriend boosts leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... "The new executive team will help us further support Australian employers to improve mental health and wellbeing of their workers through more evidence-informed solutions, delivered in innovative ways, to suit changing work patterns and emerging needs," ...

All options open for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee or Senator Andrew Bragg's idea to make superannuation voluntary for workers earning less than $50,000 a year would be explored by the review, Morrison said the government wouldn't get in the way. "That ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
New legislation will enforce stronger protections against dodgy employers who short change workers' superannuation savings via salary sacrifice contributions. Assistant Treasurer and Housing Minister Michael Sukkar introduced a raft of tax measures ...