A New Super choice rule from 1 November

Stapled Super Funds

Employers have an extra step to take if you have new employees who start from 1 November 2021 and they don't choose a super fund. You may now need to request their 'stapled super fund' details from the ATO.

A stapled super fund is an existing super account of an employee that follows them as they change jobs. This change aims to stop your new employees paying extra account fees for unintended super accounts set up when they start a new job.

What you need to know

You may need to request stapled super fund details when:

your new employee starts on or after 1 November 2021
you need to make super guarantee payments for that employee, and
your employee is eligible to choose a super fund but doesn't.

You may still need to request stapled super fund details for some employees even though you don't need to offer them a choice of super fund. This includes if your employees are temporary residents or they're covered by an Enterprise Agreement or Workplace Determination made before 1 January 2021.

The following steps have been supplied by the ATO:

What you need to do from 1 November 2021

Step 1: Offer your eligible employees a choice of super fund

You need to give your eligible new employees a Super standard choice form and pay their super into the account they tell you on the form. Most employees are eligible to choose what fund their super goes into.

There is no change to this step of your super obligations.

Step 2: Request stapled super fund details

If your employee doesn't choose a super fund, you may need to log into our Online services and go to 'Employee Super Accounts' to request their stapled super fund details. Your agent or other tax professional can do this for you.

We will provide your employee's stapled super fund details after we have confirmed that you are their employer.

If we provide a stapled super fund result for your employee, you must pay your employee's super using the stapled super fund details we provide you.