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Employer’s guide to Superannuation Guarantee contributions: Which employees are eligible?

Employer’s guide to Superannuation Guarantee contributions: Which employees are eligible?

As an employer, one of your key responsibilities to your employees is making regular Super Guarantee (SG) contributions into their super accounts to help them save for their retirement. 

But working out how much to pay and who should get regular SG contributions can be confusing.

Superannuation Guarantee: What is it?

As an employer, the most common type of super contribution you will be making is your quarterly SG contribution obligation. This contribution is a legislative requirement payable by all employers.

Learn more about employer contributions in the following guides:
Learn more about the superannuation guarantee (SG) in the following guides:

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