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New law backs choice of fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
A new law is empowering employees to choose their own superannuation fund, lifting restrictions that forced some members into a super fund dictated by their employer. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Superannuation, Your Choice) Bill 2019 passed overnight ...

Pandemic heightened need for SG increase: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... entitlement, just like wages. In the case of insolvencies or bankruptcies the government should step in and make sure that employees receive their due entitlements." ASFA said with nation-wide reductions in employment disproportionately impacting on ...

Sam Henderson pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... financial services for a period of three years. During the Royal Commission, audio was played of one of Henderson's employees impersonating a client to a superannuation fund. The commission found that same client was given a statement of advice by ...

Boe Pahari steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... continue its "transformation" under the leadership of De Ferrari with the confidence of investors, institutional clients, employees, partners and clients. "The board has made it clear that it has always treated the complaint against Pahari seriously. ...

ATO implements JobKeeper changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... changes mean employers already enrolled in JobKeeper may be able to receive the JobKeeper payment for more of their employees. The scheme has also been extended with the key date for assessing which employees are eligible for JobKeeper now 1 July 2020 ...

Alternative assets are the new bonds: JPMAM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... engage the stakeholders, the health and safety of the business and operational efficiency, as well as how companies treat employees. "

Financial services workers content with pandemic changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
New research shows that more than half of financial services employees agree that the industry has reacted positively to shifts in the industry as a result of the pandemic. The latest Work Different study from experience management software provider ...

AMP to release Pahari investigation findings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... confidentiality of the investigation out of respect for all parties involved. Moreover, the board is determined to ensure AMP employees can have the confidence their confidentiality will be protected in making complaints and speaking up," AMP said. The ...

Mayfair 101 in damage control

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... only," Mayfair 101 said in a statement. "The Mayfair 101 Group calls for ASIC to adopt an immediate policy where all ASIC employees, agents and representatives must only speak to the media through official press-releases or in on the record interviews." ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... 1.7%. Public sector wages slowed from 2.4% to 2.1%. Better still, as the ABS notes, "...JobKeeper payments to eligible employees falls out of scope of the Wage Price Index". Our employers have done good by us! Well ok, JobKeeper has also helped. This ...