In addition, your employer must make at least the minimum contribution to your superannuation fund required by the superannuation guarantee. If you are unsure what wage you are entitled to, review any letter of engagement or letter of offer you received, or your employment contract if you entered one. Otherwise, review the relevant Award or Enterprise Agreement if applicable. The superannuation guarantee is set by the Commonwealth parliament and compliance with it monitored by the Australian Taxation Office.
The minimum income threshold is due to be removed from 1 July If you believe you have not been paid your full entitlement to wages, you should first bring it to the attention of your employer. It is not uncommon for an employer to make a mistake when paying wages. Once notified of such a mistake, most employers will correct the mistake, by paying the shortfall.
However, it may be that your employer does not agree with you and your advisers. It could be, for example, your employer interprets a clause in the Award differently to you.
A discussion about this difference can sometimes result in agreement. If you cannot reach agreement with your employer, you have the option of lodging a complaint with the Fair Work Ombudsman. Usually, the Fair Work Ombudsman will only investigate a complaint that you have not been paid in accordance with the relevant Award or Enterprise Agreement — i.
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Thank you, your feedback has been submitted. In this section. That law helps protect migrant and seasonal farm workers by setting standards for wages. The MSPA requires employers who hire migrant and seasonal farm worker to notify workers of wages before they are hired. If you are a migrant or farm worker and your employer refuses to pay you, then they may be in violation of the MSPA and you may want to file an employment law claim against them.
There are also state laws that protect workers as well if they are not paid by their employer. If your employer refuses to pay you, unfortunately you are not alone. Wage theft is a widespread problem that happens all across the United States and throughout all types of industries.
There is no specific geographical location where wage theft happens more often, wage theft is a national problem. There are also all sorts of industries where wage theft occurs. Wage theft is more common in workplaces where workers are not unionized. If you are in a union and your employer refuses to pay you, then you should speak with a representative from your union and your union will challenge it. While no industry is immune to wage theft, there are industries where wage theft occurs is more widespread than others.
Often times employers refuse to pay immigrant and other low wage workers, as they can be vulnerable. Several other kinds of industries where workers have reported their employers not paying them are in the agriculture, restaurant, garment manufacturing, poultry processing and home healthcare industries.
If your employer refuses to pay you, then they are in violation for both state and federal laws and you may want to file an employment law claim against them.
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