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Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... are forced into retirement due to their own or partner's health. Redundancy and no longer feeling welcome in the workplace are also factors that contribute to unplanned retirement. Fewer than one third of Australians want to stop working completely ...

Commercial real estate optimism ticks up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... survey by Knight Frank. The real estate group asked the leaders to rate several sentiments around growth, portfolio, and workplace. The survey found that the corporate subsector sentiment of commercial real estate is at 34.28%, which is a 2.45% increase ...

Nest appoints interim chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... board of Nest will run an open process to appoint a permanent chief executive during 2024. Nest is the UK government's workplace pension scheme, established in 2008. It currently invests £39 billion ($74.8 billion) on behalf of its 13 million members ...

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... rolling out a revamped benefits program for its staff, saying the new policy is designed to support a more inclusive workplace. Following consultation with its employee-led DEI Committee and reviewing statistics from the Diversity Council Australia and ...

Best super fund products revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... funds last year, a shift Rainmaker attributed to industry consolidation. Of the 164 AAA-rated products, 72 (44%) are workplace products, 50 (30%) are retirement products, and 42 (26%) are personal products. Retail funds accounted for 29% of the AAA products ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... describing the lack of change as "shocking". About 45% of workers in the industry have encountered sexual harassment in the workplace. It also appears to be more prevalent than in other industries, the Committee said, with a Women in Finance Charter ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... not working, that's absolutely something that you should investigate," she said. Megginson pointed to the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) data, which shows that the median total remuneration gender pay gap stands at 19% - or $18,461 ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... amongst employers and workers of the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause, as well as the availability and usage of workplace policies will also be considered. In doing so, it's been directed to consider how other jurisdictions support workers. ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... helps normalise taking time off work for caring responsibilities and reinforces PPL is not a welfare payment - it is a workplace entitlement just like annual and sick leave." Another recommendation the Women's Economic Equality Taskforce suggested ...

Platinum plans turnaround, FUM dwindles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... simplified and aligned "with clients and shareholders and ensure clear accountability." The review comes in the wake of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) reporting Platinum had a median base salary gender pay gap of 41.9% and median total remuneration ...
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