The unpaid super swindle: Labor’s industrial relations bill leaves biggest loophole open
The unpaid super swindle: Labor’s industrial relations bill leaves biggest loophole open | Paul Karp
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/10/labor-closing-loopholes-bill-wage-theft-superannuation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Labor says non-payment of super should be in the same category as wage theft, but the ATO has never used existing criminal powers
Labor says non-payment of super should be in the same category as wage theft, but [they have not included it as a criminal offence in their industrial relations bill and] the ATO has never used existing criminal powers [as far as I could tell from the article the only powers the ATO has is fines, and fines mean next to nothing when a business has already declared bankruptcy]