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Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022

HESTA has joined calls for superannuation to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave entitlements, saying modelling shows it could see a mother of two retire with $14,000 more in her account. The super fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations ...

Treasurer responds to dour inflation, growth

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022

... superannuation guarantee," he said. "At some point, I'd like to find a way to responsibly fund paying it on paid parental leave." Chalmers furthered that there was now an opportunity to do much in super, especially as they were no longer caught up ...

Super fund for women closes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022

... also had a 'Round Up' feature to boost super contributions and froze account fees when members were on parental leave. Three years on, the fund's responsible entity Equity Trustees has terminated the product, citing "commercial and regulatory ...

Women paid less at every age, rank: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI | TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022

... and uptake of - workplace support for women and men throughout their working lives. These include gender-neutral parental leave policies, childcare subsidies and support, and flexible work policies which include targets for male and female uptake. Wooldridge ...

Active Super enhances parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022

Employees of Active Super will now receive superannuation guarantee payments for up to 12 months while on parental leave, with the super fund also extending its paid entitlements. In an effort to help bridge the gender super gap, the industry fund will ...

ISA uncovers disgraceful regional gender super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022

... to raise children. But the super fund took issue with the fact that far too few women aren't being paid super on parental leave. Parental leave is the only type of paid leave that does not attract the super guarantee and the government does not pay super ...

Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022

... executive Deanne Stewart said the Budget short-changed women, saying paying the Super Guarantee on top of paid parental leave and adjusting the Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset (LISTO) to ensure low-income earners don't pay more tax on their super ...

Big spend on cost of living, defence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022

... habitats were devastated by the fires of 2019 and 2020, and their populations have not recovered. Changes to paid parental leave The superannuation lobby did not get its wish for super to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave, but the Treasurer ...

Budget aims to please women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022

... health, safety and economic success. Most notably, the government has committed to modernising the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme - which currently allows a mother and partner to take 10 weeks of paid leave each. Under the updated scheme, single ...

Excise tax, super top budget worries

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022

... that as this is a pre-election budget, while the Morrison government might not have the will to consider super on parental leave, it could become an election issue as groups, such as ISA continue lobbying. Holden adds: "I think it's popular with a certain ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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