The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has the power to investigate underpayment of super and penalize employers who do not comply.
A person discovered their employer had not paid superannuation for about nine months after leaving the company. Despite being paid an amount after querying this, they calculated they were still owed thousands of dollars and reported the issue to the ATO.
The ATO is investigating the matter, which has been complicated by changes in the company's ownership.
According to Michael Hallinan, a special counsel at SUPERcentral, the person has done the right thing by going to the ATO to pursue the matter of unpaid workplace superannuation.
To recover unpaid super, the ATO will investigate and take necessary actions to retrieve the owed amount.
Author's summary: Recovering unpaid superannuation requires reporting the issue to the ATO.