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Opt in strategy for super
A Key Parliamentary Committee looking into improving the retirement savings of people under 40 has recommended a system under which employers would provide new employees with an opportunity to make voluntary superannuation contributions to top-up the Superannuation Guarantee.
Releasing its report into improving the superannuation savings of people under 40, the emphasised that such “voluntary top-up” contributions should be voluntary, with employees able to opt out at any time.
It suggested that the voluntary scheme be set at an initial level of 3 per cent, meaning that it would effectively lift the contribution made by employees to 9 per cent.
The chairman of the Committee, NSW member of Parliament , said he believed such a voluntary opt out savings scheme would considerably boost retirement savings, bringing people closer to the lifestyle they expect in retirement.
In an interesting turn for the Government, the committee’s report countered the recent recommendations of the and argued that the superannuation guarantee threshold be left at its current rate of $450, or lowered to take account of lower income employees holding multiple jobs.
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Mike Taylor
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