MERT was established in 1988 to safeguard the redundancy benefits of thousands of mechanical and electrical workers within the building and construction industry across Australia.

If you consider how important your pay is to you today, that's how important your MERT savings will be to you at times of employment transition.

KEY BENEFITS OF MERT ARE:
Protection of redundancy benefit
Direct support of training centres
Employment of apprentices and trainees
Subsidisation of training courses
General training and education initiatives for industry

Who looks after your trust?
MERT is managed by a trustee company, which is called MERT Pty Limited (ABN 98 521 053 102)

At present there are three employee Directors and one employer Director. The AMWU, ETU NSW and AWU have appointed one Director and in some cases an alternate Director each as the employee Directors.

Employee Directors:
Bernie Riordan Director - ETU NSW
Mick Doust Alternate Director - ETU NSW
Tim Ayers Director - AMWU
Paul Bastian Alternate Director - AMWU

Employer Director:
David Madson Director - NECA
Lindsay Le Compte Alternate Director - NECA

Fund Secretary:
James Tinslay

The Administrator
MERT has appointed Australian Administration Services Pty Limited (ABN 62 003 429 114) as the administrator of the Trust. AAS is a professional administration company, which specialises in the administration of Industry Superannuation and Redundancy Trusts. Click here to contact us

Who pays what?
The employer is to pay contributions on members behalf, as per the conditions of the applicable, EBA or other agreement. There are no fees or deductions on member accounts. Funds are accumulated and held on trust for members until such time a claim is submitted by the member.

Hidden cost
There are NO hidden costs involved in MERT. No payments, loans or commissions, etc, are made to any person or organisation other than genuine administration or other costs incurred in running the Trust
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