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#EveryoneNeedsAPlan: Paid Parental Leave to Increase to 26 Weeks by 2026
Posted by G. Dean McKinnon
on 17 November 2023
The federal government is proposing legislation that, if passed, will increase the Paid Parental Leave ('Leave') to 26 weeks by 2026:
The proposal is to increase the current 20 weeks Leave (for children born or adopted after 1 July, 2023) by 2 week increments each Financial Year for the next 3 Years
There is an eligibility criteria to receive the payment, including: Income Test | Work Test | Residency Rules
Incorporating Leave payments into your Financial Plan may be critica...
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#Everyoneneedsaplan for taking leave
Posted by G. Dean McKinnon
on 29 August 2018
Family & Domestic Violence Leave Entitlements
Recently the modern awards were changed to provide employees with access to 5 days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave each year.
The leave can be taken by employees who need to deal with the impact of family and domestic violence, including (but not limited to):
making arrangements for their safety or that of a family member;
attending court hearings;
accessing police services.
The entitlement app...
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#Everyoneneedsaplan for the wage increase
Posted by G. Dean McKinnon
on 13 June 2018
Base rates of pay to increase by 3.5%
The Fair Work Commission has announced an increase to minimum wages after their 2018 Annual Wage Review.
The increase applies to base rates of pay and will start on 1 July 2018.
The new national minimum wage will increase to $719.20 per week (or $18.93 per hour).
What to do next:
Make sure your employee's details are current;
Make sure your employee's are classified in their correct level of exeperience, acco...
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#everyoneneedsaplan for trauma insurance reinstatement benefit
Posted by G. Dean McKinnon
on 21 March 2018
What is a trauma insurance reinstatement benefit?
What happens if you have more than one major medical trauma (unfortunately this happens quite a lot).
Let's say you have $100,000 trauma insurance benefit and you are diagnosed with cancer and your $100,000 trauma insurance claim is paid. What happens next?
you would reinstate your trauma insurance policy after the claim is paid.
your premium remains the same and there are no medical underwriting requirements...
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#everyoneneedsaplan for child trauma insurance
Posted by G. Dean McKinnon
on 21 March 2018
Are you covered if your child suffers a major medical trauma?
What happens if your child is diagnosed with a disease or medical condition? You can't continue to work! How do you pay your bills when you are taking care of your child?
Child trauma insurance can be included as an optional benefit to a life insurance policy (but you cannot purchase child trauma insurance on its own).
The initial maximum insured benefit is $200,000 (and indexed each year ...
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