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Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... Australians," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. Meanwhile, ASFA analysis found that paying superannuation on paid parental leave combined with the legislated increases in the superannuation guarantee and duration of paid parental leave to 26 ...

Budget 2024: $20k instant asset write-off extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... invested over two years from 2024-25 to provide additional support for small business employers in administering paid parental leave.

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... relationship, including access to $5000 in financial support indexed annually, and paying superannuation on government paid parental leave. He reinforced that, if Labor wins the next election the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include ...

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... gender affirmation leave. It will also offer return-to-work support planning. Meantime, it will also extend its paid parental leave policy to 16 weeks from this year before moving to 18 weeks in 2025. MetLife said about 30% of its employees are women ...

Chalmers expected to deliver Budget surplus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... big Budget announcements have already been made, including the stage three tax cuts and superannuation on paid parental leave. In addition, the government has also planned big spending for aged care, the expansion of the NDIS and university funding. ...

Government dawdling on paid parental leave super: Greens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
The Greens will propose changes to the government's Paid Parental Leave Bill (PPL) to ensure that superannuation is paid on PPL from July 1 this year. Earlier this month, the government announced that the PPL scheme will include superannuation guarantee ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... security in retirement. This comes after the Albanese government announced last week it would pay super on paid parental leave for government workers if it wins the next election in May next year. The initiative will standardise access to superannuation ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... overwhelmingly welcomed the federal government's commitment to pay superannuation on the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme. The Albanese government has said, if it wins the next election, it will add superannuation contributions of 12% to parental ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
If it wins the next election, the Albanese government has announced the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from next year. In a major win for the super industry and Australian women, 12% ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... to staff who return from parental leave on a part-time basis. As it stands, TelstraSuper offers 16 weeks' paid parental leave to all employees, irrespective of gender. Super contributions are paid as well, including on further unpaid leave thereafter. ...
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