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The Bureau of Labor Statistics, [3] like the International Accounting Standards Board, [4] defines employee benefits as forms of indirect expenses. Managers tend to view compensation and benefits in terms of their ability to attract and retain employees, as well as in terms of their ability to motivate them.
Superannuation in Australia, or "super", is a savings system for workplace pensions in retirement. It involves money earned by an employee being placed into an investment fund to be made legally available to members upon retirement. Employers make compulsory payments to these funds at a proportion of their employee's wages.
Superannuation funds can claim a capital gains tax discount where the asset has been owned for at least 12 months. The discount applicable to superannuation funds is 33%, reducing the effective tax rate on capital gains from 15% to 10%. [8] No discount or adjustment is available if an asset is sold at a loss.
Fifth, there is a disjointed right to paid parental leave under the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, which entitles both parents to share 20 weeks paid leave (but at least 2 weeks reserved for one). Also under the FWA 2009 section 76 there is a further right to one year, but of unpaid leave, extendable to two years if an employer accepts the request.
An industry superannuation fund (or, simply, 'industry fund') are Australian superannuation funds that historically were established by Australian trade unions to manage retirement savings for workers in their industry. Funds other than industry funds are referred to as 'retail funds'.
MTAA Super (Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund) is an industry superannuation fund established to serve the motor trades and allied industries. Created in 1989, it has become one of Australia's largest super funds.
A pension fund, also known as a superannuation fund in some countries, is any program, fund, or scheme which provides retirement income. The U.S. Government 's Social Security Trust Fund , which oversees $2.57 trillion in assets, is the world's largest public pension fund.
AustralianSuper is an Australian superannuation fund headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria.It is an industry super fund, and so operates through a mutual fund structure.. With over A$ 340 billion of retirement savings under management and more than 3.4 million members, AustralianSuper is the largest superannuation fund in Australia and the sixteenth largest pension fund in the world.