Pay Day Super

Please be aware that if you pay superannuation for employees and/or contractors, there is a big change on 01 July 2026.

Commencing 01 July 2026 payments must be received by the employee’s/contractor’s superannuation fund with in 7 days, after paying what is now defined as qualifying earnings (QE). There are exceptions to the 7 day rule, namely for new employees.

Qualifying earnings mainly includes payments for ordinary hours of work, certain leave and allowances, salary sacrifice amounts that qualify as QE and payments to contractors who you paying mainly for their labour.

Further information on qualifying earnings can be found here.

For contactors who qualify to be paid super, their QE or super pay day is the day you pay their invoice, Again the 7 day rule applies.

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Please reach out to us so that we can assist you to transition to the new pay day super system.