{"id":64768,"date":"2025-03-31T11:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T00:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?p=64768"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:00:16","slug":"corporate-misuse-fair-entitlements-guarantee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/submission\/corporate-misuse-fair-entitlements-guarantee\/","title":{"rendered":"ADDRESSING CORPORATE MISUSE OF THE FAIR ENTITLEMENTS GUARANTEE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"64768\" class=\"elementor elementor-64768\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad0a35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fad0a35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca37c7 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ca37c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/subs-corp-misus-FEG-336x224px.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-64770\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/subs-corp-misus-FEG-336x224px.jpg 336w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/subs-corp-misus-FEG-336x224px-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3567f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a3567f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c75786 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c75786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Many UWU members have lived experience of having to rely on the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) when companies transfer their assets, phoenix their business, or otherwise avoid paying employee entitlements during liquidation.<\/strong><\/p><p>UWU is broadly supportive of the reforms put forward in DEWR\u2019s discussion paper, as UWU members may find over the course of their working lives that they require the assistance of the FEG scheme.<\/p><p>Members of our union work in hospitality, contract cleaning, early childhood education and care (ECEC), and across other industries where corporate misuse of FEG occurs.<\/p><p>The FEG is an important safety net for Australian workers, but the corporate misuse of the scheme means some workers may never see the full payment of their employee entitlements (e.g. superannuation), nor receive any compensation.<\/p><p>UWU advocated for reform including: reducing the ability of Directors and those involved to hide behind complex corporate structures, changes to the civil penalty provisions and the inclusion of superannuation in FEG.<\/p><p>Download the full document for more detail.<\/p><p><strong>UWU Submission to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations consultation on the Corporate Misuse of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee<\/strong> [PDF]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380601e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"380601e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a275fff elementor-align-center sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a275fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/UWU-Submission-DEWR-Corporate-Misuse-of-FEG-31-March-2025-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DOWNLOAD PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many UWU members miss out on entitlements when companies liquidate. 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