My partner worked for his Dad for a few years. A small business that only had 3 - 4 employees. My partner was paid a set hourly figure, payslips received etc, these showed the super payments that his Dads business should have been paying.
It wasn't until we started getting letters from the super account saying that his insurance would lapse due to no payments in the past 12 months, that we realised his Dad had not been paying his super.
I raised this with his Dad via text and emails, he always had excuses and then made one payment of $6000 to super.
Acted like he was all up to date.
I went through payslips, payments summaries etc and saw that his Dad had traded under 2 company names at different points of partners employment. Worked out that his Dad still owes him 20K in super.
I did do an anonymous unpaid super claim with the ATO about 2 years, unsure if anything came of it.
I emailed all the years and what should have been paid. The Dad said he was going to accountant, told partner that accountant believed the amount I had worked out to be correct.
That was probably 2-3 years ago now. (Note partner does not work for him anymore)
Since then no further payments have been made and my partner doesn't discuss it. I bring it up occasionally and he acts like oh yeah I've got to chat to him about it.
Bur never does. He doesn't think of it as much of a big deal, but I do. That 20K should have been so much more now with lost interest etc.
I see that as our future, our retirement, ir what would help me raise our children if my partner died.

I've let it slide for awhile, because I know his Dad went through a big battle with some builders who owed him lots of money, had to take some of his own super out to take them to court etc, court ruled in his favour but I believe the builders still haven't paid.
I get that that is a shitty situation. However, his Dad should have been paying his employees their super on time regardless and not letting it get that way.
Wwyd?