Employees under 18

From 1 July 2022, you must pay super guarantee on payments you make to employees under 18 years old if they work for you more than 30 hours in a week. This is regardless of how much they get paid.

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Before 1 July 2022, you paid super guarantee for an employee under 18 years old if:

  • they work for you more than 30 hours in a week
  • you paid them $450 or more (before tax) in salary or wages in a calendar month.

 

Super guarantee employer obligations

Steps Progress

Overview of superannuation

6 mins

Working out if you have to pay super

7 mins

Setting up super for your employees

10 mins

Calculating super guarantee

8 mins

Paying super contributions

7 mins

Rectifying late payments

24 mins

Reducing the risk of penalties

9 mins

Assessment instructions

1 mins

Related courses

1 mins

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