An ex employer owes me super for about 2 years that she didn’t pay. I have contacted the ATO and it has been lodged and she has been paying me over the last year. But the payments are quite random, almost every 6-8 weeks and only smallish amount (some were $90 now they are about about $30) and the last 2 were only 0.01c
she hasn’t even paid half of what she owes me and I’m wondering why the 0.01c?
Hi @Abwacky,
It sounds like the $0.01 payment you’re seeing is small rounding adjustments - this can happen when we calculate and distribute amounts recovered through the Superannuation Guarantee Charge (SGC) process.
When we collect unpaid super from an employer, the total amount paid to your super fund can include:
These calculations can sometimes result in very small amounts, like a cent, being paid separately.
Your employer makes payments to us under the SGC process, and we then distribute the recovered super and interest to you (and all other impacted employees) super account. When payments arrive at irregular times or in varying amounts, this means the employer is probably paying the debt in stages, rather than in one lump sum.
Recovery action continues until the employer either fully pays the debt or other collection action is taken.
To keep track of what’s been paid so far, you can:
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