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Super insurance maintains active pricing: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... period) for a low-risk white collar worker increased by 7% compared to only a 2% increase for higher-risk blue collar workers. While both death and TPD, and income protection changes saw an average increase in cover value, stand-alone death only cover ...

Super funds support PRI statement on slavery

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... International Labour Organisation estimates about 21 million people globally are victims of modern slavery. In Australia migrant workers are found in forced labour across a number of sectors including agriculture, construction, and hospitality, the PRI ...

Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... labour," Kearney said. "They might be giving us great returns but do we really want to be part of a company who treats their workers so appallingly?'' Kearney singled out Domino's Pizza and Archer Capital-owned Aerocare, two companies that recently made ...

'Retire ready' is more than a large super balance

EMMA RAPAPORT, STEPHEN FAY  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... the University of South Australia, presented her findings of an industry sponsored study which explored how mature aged workers configure their employment and plan for retirement. According to Irving, significant differences in retirement age exist based ...

Workers' retirement angst growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... expenditure such as renovations, holidays and new vehicles than planned retirees. The research also found fewer than one in five workers have thought about aged care needs, and typically don't think or plan for this until retirement, which "may end up ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... The seasonally adjusted numbers showed total employment dropped by 6,400 in February following the addition of 13,500 workers in the previous month as a 33,500 decline in part-time jobs overwhelmed the 27,100 gain in full-time positions. This represented ...

ATO payroll system tracking unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... implement early intervention if super guarantee contributions are not being paid. About 2.4 million or one-third of Australian workers are missing out on some or all of their superannuation entitlements to the tune of $3.6 billion per year, according ...

Wages and super should be aligned: Cbus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Cbus is calling on the Federal Government to align the payment of workers' superannuation with the payment of wages. The industry super fund claims the quarterly payment cycle for the superannuation guarantee creates a significant risk of non-compliance ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... index - to 1.9% in January - to its 2% inflation target, has all but made this a certainty. US businesses added 235,000 workers to their payrolls in February. This is heaps more than market expectations for a 190K addition. What is more, January's payroll ...

Former QBE chief joins NSW insurance fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
The former chief executive of QBE in Australia and New Zealand will take on a senior role at icare, the NSW workers' compensation fund which was rebranded following the merging of its investment functions with TCorp. Tim Plant joins icare as group executive ...