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Your obligations as an employer

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Super made simple

Paying employee super is an essential part of being an employer – but it’s not always easy. To help you meet your compliance obligations with confidence, we’ve broken everything down into three simple stages.

Onboarding new employees

When a new employee joins your workforce, by law there are three steps you need to take before you can make their super payments.

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Choice of fund

Understand Choice of Fund legislation and download Rest’s Choice of Fund form   

Give your employees choice
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Super stapling

Find out how to request a stapled fund search, and what to do if no stapled fund exists. 

Learn more about stapled funds
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Default super fund

Learn what a default super fund is, along with how you can set up your own.

Set up your default fund

Paying super 

One of the most important parts to get right is understanding who's eligible, how much you must pay and the payment deadlines. 

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Super Guarantee rates and calculators

Understand how much super you need to pay and use Rest’s calculators to help get it right.

Calculate contributions
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How to pay super

Learn who you need to pay, how much, how and when to pay it, and what happens if you don’t meet your obligations.

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How to submit payments

Make your super payments quickly and securely through approved channels.

Learn more
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Additional contributions

Learn more about extra contributions, from salary sacrifice, to government top ups and personal contributions.

Learn more
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Need a way to pay super contributions?

Rest Pay^ is a simple way to manage all your super contributions – for any super fund – in one place. It’s Payday Super ready, offers market-leading security and was designed to save you time.

Discover our Clearing House solution

Staying compliant

Super rules change often. By keeping a strong history of accurate records and staying informed of potential changes, you can avoid admin headaches later.

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Payday Super

Learn more about the proposed Payday Super reform and what it means for employers.  

Learn more about Payday Super
Learn more about Qualifying Earnings

Speak to an employer specialist

Rest helps businesses of all sizes and industries to simplify super for their employees.

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^Rest Pay is the brand name for the clearing house solution provided by Wrkr Ltd (ABN 50 611 202 414) and ClickSuper Pty Ltd (ABN 48 122 693 985, AFSL 337805) trading as Wrkr PAY. The clearing house solution includes the Clearing House issued by ClickSuper Pty Ltd and the PDS is available here. You should consider the PDS before deciding whether to use or keep using the Clearing House. Wrkr Ltd and ClickSuper Pty Ltd are solely responsible for the clearing house solution.