The unpaid super swindle: Labor’s industrial relations bill leaves biggest loophole open

Labor introduced its closing loopholes bill to parliament last week. It targets the deliberate underpayment of workers but is silent on non-payment of superannuation. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Last week Labor introduced its closing loopholes bill, which could see dodgy bosses fined millions of dollars or face prison terms for wage theft.

But while deliberately underpaying workers is set to be a crime, the bill says nothing about the non-payment of superannuation.