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Super non-compliance endemic: ATO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Australian employers' not paying compulsory superannuation led to a national debt of more than $1 billion last year and the bill is climbing 12% annually. The figures come from a recent Australian National Audit Office report which reaffirms company ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... that is 'actually paid' into your fund," he said. "Collectively, this difference is estimated at $ 1.3 billion of unpaid super - that's $1.3 billion of workers' super entitlements that may have been reported on payslips but were not actually paid into ...

Australians miss out on billions in unpaid super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
Around 650,000 Australian workers are missing out on almost $2.5 billion annually because their employer does not make mandatory superannuation contribution, according to a new study by Tria Partners. The research, which was commissioned by Cbus, REST ...

CFMEU organiser posed as Cbus employee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
An organiser for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has admitted to ringing up Cbus members posing as an employee of Cbus. Appearing at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption this morning, CFMEU organiser ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... was a key driver for BUSSQ's high ratings, as well as the company's arrears process which helps members claim any unpaid super from employers," he said. Meanwhile, UniSuper has done the best job of keeping members informed, while State Super was rated ...

$1bn unpaid contributions returned

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... fund that collects bad superannuation debts from companies, has just passed the $1 billion threshold for how much unpaid super it has passed back to industry fund members. Unpaid superannuation contributions total an estimated $50 million annually, noted ...

Former Ansett workers get $16m super payback

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
A decade after the collapse of Ansett, Australia's second largest airline at the time, former workers have finally been paid $16 million in super entitlements. Ten years ago the airline's 11,000 workers had their superannuation entitlements frozen after ...

ASFA gets behind phoenix reforms

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has welcomed proposed legislation to hold directors of phoenix companies liable for any unpaid superannuation entitlements. On 13 October 2011, the Government presented a bill aimed at amending the ...

Govt closes in on phoenix super dodgers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... company's failure to pay employees and allow the Australian Taxation Office to chase directors under the regime to claim unpaid super. The draft also proposes that the Commissioner of Taxation could decide if directors and associates can obtain PAYG ...