---
title: "New rules about when to pay Super - Sapience Financial"
description: "Starting July 2022, all employees will be eligible for super guarantee contributions to an employee's super fund regardless of how much they are paid. Find out about the implications for employers and special types of employees."
url: "https://finallysorted.com.au/resources/small-business-alerts/new-rules-about-when-to-pay-super"
date: "2026-06-13T23:38:56+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
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#  Small Business Alerts

##  New rules about when to pay Super

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#### Changes to the amount of compulsory super business owners now have to pay

![](https://finallysorted.com.au/images/blog/news/small-business-news-updates-sapience-financial.svg)

From 1 July 2022, the employees who are eligible for super will change.

- From 1 July 2022 you'll need to pay super guarantee contributions to an employee's super fund regardless of how much they are paid.

**Implications for Employers:**

Generally, all employees are eligible for super. It doesn't matter if the employee is:

- full-time, part-time or casual
- receiving a super pension or annuity while working (this includes employees on a transition to retirement (TTR) scheme)
- a temporary resident, such as a backpacker
- a company director
- a family member working in your business.
- and there are additional eligibility rules for some special types of employees.

### Employing young people under 18

From 1 July 2022, you must pay super on payments you make to an employee aged under 18 years if they work for you more than 30 hours in a week, regardless of how much you pay them.

### Domestic or private workers

From 1 July 2022, you must pay super on payments you make to domestic or private workers if they work for you more than 30 hours in a week, regardless of how much you pay them.

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