Superannuation
Protecting your future with superannuation
Superannuation is a key part of securing financial stability in retirement, and union members are leading the way in ensuring all workers receive their superannuation entitlements. This section highlights how collective action is protecting workers from unpaid superannuation, pushing for higher employer contributions, and advocating for policies that strengthen retirement savings for all Australians.
Know your superannuation rights
Every worker deserves access to fair superannuation contributions that allow them to retire with dignity. Union members are actively fighting against superannuation theft, ensuring that casual workers, part-time employees, and those in low-income jobs receive their rightful entitlements. Learn how workplace reforms and advocacy efforts are shaping better outcomes for workers and their super.
Secure your retirement with union support
Union membership ensures that workers have a strong voice in shaping policies that protect their superannuation rights. Whether it’s pushing for superannuation on paid parental leave, reducing unfair tax on retirement savings, or ensuring workers are not left behind in the system, collective action is making a difference.
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Union wins coming into effect from 1 July
June 25, 2025
1 July will bring higher wages, better conditions and stronger super! All won by union members of course.
Don’t let your retirement savings become a super-massive black hole
September 18, 2024
How would you feel if your boss opened your wallet, took cash out, and kept it for themselves – and got away with it? That’s exactly what is happening right now in super accounts all across Australia.
Are you losing out on superannuation because of quarterly payments?
April 5, 2023
If superannuation was paid on pay day, it would be a lot easier for you to spot missing super.
Tax on superannuation? Find out what the latest changes mean for you
March 21, 2023
And before you ask – no, we do not know the identity of the one person who has more than $540 million in super.
The march forward to super on paid parental leave
March 7, 2023
In most circumstances, superannuation is paid on your annual leave, sick leave and long service leave. But did you know that when you take paid parental leave, you don’t get any super?
Why 2023 is the year to sort out your superannuation
December 16, 2022
Retirement may seem a long way down the track but the money you need to have for a decent retirement cannot be accumulated overnight. It pays – literally – to get on top of your super sooner rather than later.
Goodbye superannuation threshold, hello stable retirement
June 29, 2022
It’ll soon be time to check those pay slips because you may be one of the workers soon to have a permanent boost to your superannuation.
Billions of superannuation dollars are stolen by dodgy bosses each year – here’s how unions are stepping up
May 10, 2022
The Auditor General recently released a report slamming the Australian Tax Office for only being “partly effective” at recovering stolen super. In Auditor General speak, that is a huge criticism.
Super theft puts your hard earned future at risk – here’s how to prevent it
March 1, 2022
In nearly every case of superannuation and wage theft discovery and recovery, unions are behind it.
Super Win! Working people will retire with more because of this huge change.
November 4, 2021
Earlier this month, workers had a huge win. The $450 income threshold for super guarantee…