The move aims to see the Commonwealth pay superannuation when parents are on paid parental or maternity leave.
Women currently retire with 40 per cent less super than men, amounting to a gap worth more than $100,000.
Labor says the plan will also make it easier for employers to pay more superannuation. It will phase out the $450 a month pay threshold currently required to be eligible for super payments.
“The gender pay gap and taking time out to have kids, means that women will retire with about 40 per cent less super than men,” Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek said in a video announcing the policy. She later added the policy is a “real cracker for women.”
Women in Super has described the move as an important step in bridging the super gender gap at retirement.
