- Date
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11 Sep 2017
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP
- Summary
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Amends the:
Fair Work Act 2009
to: allow for minimum standards under the National Employment Standards to relate to superannuation contributions; and require employers to provide information to employees in relation to employer superannuation contributions for each pay period; Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
to: clarify that amounts contributed to a superannuation fund by an employee or Retirement Savings Account under a salary sacrifice arrangement are not employer contributions; remove the current exemption for employers not to make superannuation contributions to employees who are paid less than $450 in a calendar month; remove certain restrictions on choice of superannuation fund; and provide for a review of employers’ compliance with superannuation payment obligations by the Commissioner of Taxation; Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
to create a duty for trustees of superannuation entities to take reasonable steps to notify their members when it could reasonably have expected them to have received a contribution from an employer, but did not; and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to require additional information to be provided to the commissioner in annual member information statements.