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Josh and Happy
Same thing happened to me.
I worked in Sydney for 6 months on a contract and they said they paid my Super into a certain fund. It was about $3.5k. When I rang the fund they said that I didnt have any account or funds with them.
Back in Adelaide and emailing the employer (this was in 2001-2002) the emails stopped being answered.
Logged it with the ATO and yes they did take care of it, got the money just a couple of months ago! It took 5 years of chasing and investigations!! My god how can they be so slow to investigate and get the money. So much for the Government stressing how important Super is. 5 Years it took.
As a plus though, Happy is right, the employer is flagged and they will go through and make sure that they paid Super for all staff, not just you.
I say lodge a complaint with the ATO no matter how much money it is (its anonymous by the way, they wont know its you whom dobbed them in, the ATO will just do a 'random' check on their staff super payments). Its the principle and its your money and retirement savings.
Some of these buggers will rip workers off if they can. And please, dont vote for John Howard or the Liberal party. AWAs are very dangerous as is not having unfair dismissal laws, and while we have low unemployment (not as a result of the Givt though, as a result of the macro economic environment) AWAs will not burn too many, but when unemployment is higher and the labor supply and demand shifts in their favour - look out. People like Josh will be dismissed just for something like standing up for his rights as he can easily be replaced. This society should look after its own, not just the elite. I dont know what work you do Josh but all workers keep society provided.
Same thing happened to me.
I worked in Sydney for 6 months on a contract and they said they paid my Super into a certain fund. It was about $3.5k. When I rang the fund they said that I didnt have any account or funds with them.
Back in Adelaide and emailing the employer (this was in 2001-2002) the emails stopped being answered.
Logged it with the ATO and yes they did take care of it, got the money just a couple of months ago! It took 5 years of chasing and investigations!! My god how can they be so slow to investigate and get the money. So much for the Government stressing how important Super is. 5 Years it took.
As a plus though, Happy is right, the employer is flagged and they will go through and make sure that they paid Super for all staff, not just you.
I say lodge a complaint with the ATO no matter how much money it is (its anonymous by the way, they wont know its you whom dobbed them in, the ATO will just do a 'random' check on their staff super payments). Its the principle and its your money and retirement savings.
Some of these buggers will rip workers off if they can. And please, dont vote for John Howard or the Liberal party. AWAs are very dangerous as is not having unfair dismissal laws, and while we have low unemployment (not as a result of the Givt though, as a result of the macro economic environment) AWAs will not burn too many, but when unemployment is higher and the labor supply and demand shifts in their favour - look out. People like Josh will be dismissed just for something like standing up for his rights as he can easily be replaced. This society should look after its own, not just the elite. I dont know what work you do Josh but all workers keep society provided.
