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Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024

Fair Work Australia's (FWA) recent ruling in favour of a Philippines-based worker to bring an unfair dismissal case against the former employer could serve as a warning for financial services firms who rely on offshoring, as the corporate regulator ...

CSSA calls out default fund selection

BEN COLLINS | WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012

... Panel (DSP) to select which MySuper funds make it through to each Modern Award. Finally, the Bench of Fair Work Australia (FWA) would vet the selections from the DSP. "The amount of time and cost involved in this process is considerable," said Latto. ...

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN | FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012

... expectations only to let everyone, especially Australian workers, down," he added. The PC has recommended that a Fair Work Australia (FWA) panel be put in place to decide the appointment of default funds and it argues that this option would be cheaper ...

PC hands down final default super report

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012

... improvements to the selection process and competition between funds. Its core recommendation is that a Fair Work Australia (FWA) panel be put in place to decide the appointment of default funds, albeit it's a step that could add a layer of bureaucracy. ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL | THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012

... selection of default funds for inclusion in modern awards to be undertaken by the expert panel within Fair Work Australia (FWA) and rejects the right to unilateral employer choice of fund outside an award. The submission affirms this option for employer ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL | WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012

... members may be worse off. "In that case we'd say there may be legal recourse." Even if legislation was passed to protect either FWA or the expert panel and give them immunity from suit, Girgis said a moral hazard for the Government would still exist. ...

No role for FWA in choosing default funds: CSSA

MELANIE TIMBRELL | WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012

... preferred approaches. Of the two options preferred by the Productivity Commission, Option 3 would allow decisions to be made by a FWA panel comprising full-time members and part-time experts. But the CSSA said they had concerns over whether FWA's knowledge ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012

... WorkChoices that was replaced by the Fair Work Act and the new industrial regulatory structure under Fair Work Australia (FWA). Political pressure from opposition spokesperson Senator Mathias Cormann that the review be more wide reaching than initially ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY

Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA

The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA

Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN

Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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