Employers will be required from July next year to make super contributions within seven calendar days of paying their workers' wages and salaries, under legislation introduced today by the Albanese Government.
Later-in-life events rather than child-rearing alone contribute to women retiring with lower super balances, and the government needs to take "urgent action" to prevent women from continuing to fall behind, a new report finds.
In its latest clean-up of superannuation in awards, the FWC has observed that after more than a decade it still does not have the required members to constitute an expert panel to keep tabs on default funds terms.
The Albanese Government should pass reforms to make it easier for tens of thousands of Pacific and Timor-Leste workers participating in the PALM scheme to access their superannuation, potentially by having it paid out as wages, according to university researchers.
Wharfies have near-unanimously voted up a "historic" Patrick Stevedores deal that provides pay rises of at least 10% over three years, a $2000 bonus and a super boost, eight months before the nominal expiry of the current agreement, and coinciding with the anniversary of the 1998 waterfront dispute.
A lap dancer who worked in a club in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley cannot proceed with her general protections claim after the FWC found she is an independent contractor.
An employer forced a burlesque performer to resign from her "dream job" as a result of its late payment of wages and the business's "persistent disorganisation", the FWC has found.
DEWR is consulting on potential changes to the Fair Entitlements Guarantee, after finding an increasing number of companies are deliberately using the scheme, designed as a "last resort", to avoid their obligations.
Legislation that sets an objective for superannuation passed Parliament last night, but the Bill to cap concessional tax treatment for earnings from superannuation accounts with balances exceeding $3 million remains stalled.
