That happened at my workplace. The ATO was notified, and after a lengthy investigation each staff member were repaid tens of thousands of dollars, including the extra that would have been generated through super growth.
The ATO does not muck around.
Comment on Australian bosses on notice as 'deliberate' wage theft becomes a crime
Nath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The article doesn’t mention superannuation, I wonder whether that’s also covered?
I’m fairly sure that a former employer underpaid my super to the tune of about $5k, but I was young and lazy and stupidly didn’t follow that up.
It’s a bit hard to go back 15 years later and ask. I don’t really even know what he should have paid vs. what he actually paid. My suspicion comes from other employees complaining that super was not being paid.
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 year ago
dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The ATO would know, and while they are slow, once it is raised with them they get there in the end. About 5 years after I left a job I got a letter out of the blue from the ATO saying that they’d chased down a quarter’s worth of super payments that the business didn’t pay when I left.
Perhaps not 15 years later though, but it’s worth a shot.
MrNobody@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
5th line down.