14 July 2010
You may be getting enquiries from your staff as to whether they can access voluntary redundancy. Choosing whether to give up regular income and a career in the public sector must be a daunting prospect for all those concerned.

26 May 2010
The end of the financial year is fast approaching and to help you meet the end of year deadlines you need to be aware of the deadlines.

20 May 2010
The superannuation focus in this year's Federal Budget remained on the four areas of reform announced by the Government in response to the Henry Tax Review earlier this month.

10 May 2010
GESB has welcomed the Government's response to the Henry Tax Review on 2 May 2010 - Stronger, fairer, simpler: A tax plan for our future.

5 May 2010
We have some great news for your employees. During the months of May and June, GESB is communicating with members about boosting their super savings with some free money from the government.

3 May 2010
Currently all West State Super and GESB Super members, regardless of their employment status, may be eligible to receive automatic insurance cover when they commence employment with the Western Australian public sector. As from 1 July 2010, new casual1 employees will have the opportunity to opt in to this automatic insurance cover when they receive their new member kit.

15 April 2010
The Treasurer has today announced a revised policy approach by the Western Australian Government to the reform of public sector superannuation.

15 March 2010
In January the Department of Treasury & Finance informed agencies about the decision to increase the Gold State Super (GSS) employer contribution payments from 1 July 2010 to 15%. We recently wrote to agency heads to clarify the background to the increase, following some queries received from CEOs in the sector.

10 February 2010
From time to time, employers may experience payroll errors or need to pay one or more members differently, because they are leaving the business, taking parental leave or being paid for leave in advance. This may result in superannuation guarantee (SG) payments being suspended for a period of time.

8 February 2010
You may have seen recent media coverage about the mutualisation of GESB. This followed the resignation of independent Directors from the Board of GESB Mutual Ltd (GML), established to become the parent entity of the GESB Mutual Group.

16 December 2009

This Super Sense outlines changes to the following areas, which may impact on you and your employees:

• 'Lost' member reporting
• Salary Continuance Insurance
• Annual leave and Superannuation Guarantee contributions
• Reporting Tax File Numbers

22 October 2009
In the current economic climate, choosing whether to give up a regular income and a career can be a daunting prospect. While some people may see voluntary severance as an opportunity, others are understandably more cautious.

14 September 2009
I'm writing to let you know that superannuation statements, covering the six-month period to 30 June 2009, will soon be mailed to your employees. When they look at their statement they may notice a number of enhancements. The format and length have been changed to make them easier to read and understand, and the overall size has been reduced. These changes also help to keep our production costs down and enable us to maintain competitive fees and provide additional services for members.

11 September 2009
It's important that your employees understand how to make the most of their super - especially in these challenging financial times. At GESB, we understand that it's not always possible for your busy team to attend workplace seminars - so we've developed a series of short online seminars (known as webinars). These webinars are free and have been designed to help your employees realise the value of planning for the future and their options. Your employees simply need to register to participate and then log on to the webinar at the set time. 

29 July 2009
In times like this, the right financial advice is more important than ever for our members. As market volatility can have such a significant impact on members' financial well-being, we've taken the step of trying to inform all of our members about the advice and retirement services that they can access through GESB. For this reason, GESB will be advertising on TV for the first time from the end of July. 

23 June 2009
This Employer Update outlines changes to the following areas, which may impact on you and your employees:

• Ordinary time earnings (OTE) and
• Reportable employer superannuation contribution (RESC)

28 May 2009
The end of the financial year is fast approaching and to help you meet the end of year deadlines you need to be aware of the following ...

22 May 2009
On the 2nd of April 2009, the State Treasurer accepted the recommendation by the GESB Board to gradually increase the employer contribution rate.

14 May 2009
There were no fundamental changes to the superannuation system.  The popular Transition to Retirement strategy has not been abolished as pre-budget speculation suggested. Superannuation remains a vital component in funding your own retirement. The main changes in the budget that impact retirement incomes are age pension; co-contributions; salary sacrifice; income stream draw-down relief.

1 May 2009
GESB is always looking for ways to help members boost their super. From 1 May to 30 June 2009, we will be communicating to eligible members to encourage them to use their $900 stimulus payment to invest in their super and take advantage of the Commonwealth Government's Super Co-contribution initiative.

1 May 2009
GESB Financial Advice, a subsidiary of GESB, understands that voluntary redundancies may be offered to some public sector employees over the next few weeks. In the current economic climate, choosing whether to give up a regular income and a career in the public sector must be a daunting prospect for your employees.

23 April 2009
In February 2009, we advised employers that we had reviewed the occupation categories for members assigned to the (default) Heavy Blue insurance classification. We had anticipated that the adjustment would be completed by the end of March 2009. Unfortunately, there has been a delay in processing these changes for members however we anticipate that this will be completed before the end of the financial year.

4 March 2009
GESB is constantly looking for ways to improve the service and assistance we provide to our users of Employer Online. A dedicated email address has been established for all your queries relating to payroll and data-file submissions. This email box will ensure that your queries are addressed more efficiently and quickly.

17 February 2009
GESB introduced changes to the insurance cover provided to West State Super members in July 2008. The changes were implemented in response to both member and employer demand for higher levels of Death and Total and Permanent Disablement Cover (TPD), more competitive insurance premiums, greater flexibility to tailor insurance cover to suit individual needs; and suitable protection from periods of temporary absence from work. GESB members have always had automatic insurance arrangements. Despite this, the changes to insurance cover, resulted in feedback from members and employers that identified some unintended consequences of implementing the changes. GESB moved quickly to understand the issues and to work on solutions to address concerns raised.

17 February 2009
In response to requests from employers asking that we keep them informed, in advance of communications being sent to their employees, we are taking this opportunity to alert you to our up-coming Member Statement mail-out.

11 December 2008
On 1 July 2008 GESB introduced changes to improve the insurance cover provided to our West State Super members, giving them access to the same features and benefits as GESB Super members.