David Pocock joins Greens in push to criminalise non-payment of super
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6FJR6)
Government's closing loopholes bill yet to include superannuation theft, estimated to cost workers $5bn a year
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The independent senator David Pocock has joined a push by the Greens and unions to criminalise the intentional non-payment of superannuation, after the measure was omitted from Labor's industrial relations bill.
The Albanese government's legislation has proposed to criminalise wage theft but not super theft, which is estimated to cost workers up to $5bn a year, and Pocock said if the government is serious about closing loopholes then the intentional non-payment of super should also be criminalised".
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