New Awards explained 

In September 2009, the following Awards were finalised by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC): 

• Medical Practitioners Award 2010
• Health Professional and Support Services Award 2010
• Nurses Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010

The new Awards not only consolidate a myriad of previous Awards, they also update conditions of employment covered by them. The new Awards cover minimum conditions of employment for employees within the health sector, including:

• types of employment
• minimum wages and related matters
• hours of work and related matters
• leave and public holidays
• consultation, dispute resolution and termination.

Health Super is the only default fund within the Medical Practitioners Award. It is also one of the funds named in the other abovementioned Awards. If your employees do not make a choice of fund, Health Super can be used as a default fund. Health Super is an excellent choice for your employees. 

Who is covered under the new Awards?

View the full list of occupations and definitions covered by the: 

• Medical Practitioners Award 2010
• Health Professional and Support Services Award 2010
• Nurses Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010 

Helping you understand the new Awards

To make sure you have all the right information about the new Awards we have prepared the following fact sheets for you to download:

• Medical Practitioners Award 2010 Fact Sheet
• Health Professional and Support Services Award 2010 Fact Sheet

 View the full Awards:

• Medical Practitioners Award 2010
• Health Professional and Support Services Award 2010
• Nurses Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010

Why Health Super? 

Health Super has more than 2,800 registered employers and over 210,000 members throughout Australia, investing over $7.5 billion on those member's behalf.

We are an industry fund which means we work hard to maximise the retirement savings of our members who work within the Health and Community Services sector.  For employers, we understand that super is complex and administering your obligations takes time and energy that could be devoted to running your business. 

As an industry fund dedicated to maximising the retirement savings for members, we offer your employees:

• low fees
• strong long-term investment returns
• insurance options
• products and services designed to grow and protect retirement savings
• a range of investment options, including a Lifecycle investment strategy
• access to financial educational information to help them manage their finances
• access to discounted financial planning.

One-on-one service and support

Registered employers have access to a dedicated account manager who is available to assist with:

• information about eSuper which allows contributions processing through the website. We can provide you with on-site training to make paying contributions simple and more efficient
• payroll and contribution solutions
• super legislative updates - to help keep you informed on the latest changes in super
• regular visits to your workplace to meet with your employees or conduct group presentations/seminars about super.

Keeping you updated

We understand that keeping up to date on all the relevant super news and legislative changes can be difficult and confusing. So we'll make sure that we communicate with you on a regular basis about what's happening.

Our regular newsletter, Super Contact was created for registered employers to keep you up to date. 

Where to from here?

You can contact an account manager and discuss new Awards or set up an appointment or complete the online employer registration form to register as a Health Super employer.

 For more information on new Awards visit the AIRC website