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Guardian Australia understands that shadow assistant treasurer Stephen Jones has made an offer for Labor to support the Coalition’s proposed amnesty for employers who have failed to pay superannuation – if the Coalition agrees to an amendment putting the superannuation guarantee in the national employment standards.

Super in the NES would make it a right enforceable by workers (and their unions, lawyers etc), to sue for unpaid super rather than relying on the Australian Tax Office to follow it up.

Labor points to the fact an amnesty is expected to gain back just $86m of the $5.9bn unpaid superannuation bill, so wants something with more teeth.