Overview of Superannuation Settings in the People Feature

Payroll Administrator Guide

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R2026.1.1
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2026-05-28
Overview of Superannuation Settings in the People Feature

You can add superannuations to employees in the Payroll > Superannuation screen of People:

Payroll Superannuation screen showing voluntary super contribution funds.

Depending on the selections made in the Payroll > Superannuation screen, Dayforce updates the HR record of the employee in the Payroll > Payroll Elections screen.

Settings in the Superannuation screen
Setting Description
Superannuation rules section
Effective From Start date of the superannuation rule.
Effective To End date of the superannuation rule.
Apply max base cap for ER superannuation

Controls whether superannuation contributions continue once an employee exceeds the maximum contribution base. Select this checkbox to stop any additional amounts from being deducted and prorate the amount in the current period.

Superannuation contribution funds section
Superannuation Contribution Type

The available contribution types:

  • E: Employer
  • V: Voluntary
  • P: Post tax voluntary super contribution

Note: Although employees can contribute to two funds at once, a warning message shows if you save more than one active record with the same contribution type. You can still save the records; the purpose of the message is to inform you that an active record already exists.

Choice Fund

The available choice fund types:

  • Employee Nominated APRA Fund
  • Self-Managed Super Fund
  • Employer Nominated Default Fund
Effective From Start date of the superannuation election.
Effective To End date of the superannuation election.
Fund Name

The existing superannuation funds that are configured in Payroll Setup > Third Party Payees.

Contribution Calculation Type

The two calculation value options that affect the Contribution Value field:

  • P - Percentage
  • A - Amount
Contribution Value The superannuation contribution amount, which is affected by the option you select in the Contribution Calculation Type (percentage or amount) field.
Australian Business Number (ABN) The ABN referenced from the third party payee.
Unique Superannuation Identifier (USI) The USI referenced from the third party payee.
Membership Number The membership number of the RSA fund.
Electronic Service Address (ESA) The ESA of the employee's bank so the fund can receive electronic messages and payments using SuperStream.