Employment Point-in-Time Service Updates

The Employment Point-in-Time Service has been updated to include the Fair Work Amendment (Baby Priya’s) Act 2025 (Cth) (Act No 56 of 2025) and the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Act 2025 (Cth) (Act No 57 of 2025).

Act 56 of 2025

This Act amends the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Fair Work Act) to implement the government’s election commitment to stop employers from cancelling employer-funded paid parental leave if an employee’s child is stillborn or dies. The Act:

• makes amendments introducing a new principle that, unless employers and employees have expressly agreed otherwise, employer-funded paid parental leave must not be cancelled because a child is stillborn or dies; and
• gives parents greater certainty around their employer-funded paid parental leave arrangements in the event of a stillbirth or death, including in surrogacy and adoption arrangements.

Act 57 of 2025

This Act implements the Government’s policy commitment for superannuation guarantee (SG) contributions to be paid at the same time as an employee’s salary or wages. The reforms seek to address the issue of unpaid superannuation and secure dignified retirement outcomes for working Australians. The Act includes amendments to various Acts, including the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), to:

• increase the frequency for making SG contributions (compared to the previous quarterly SG model), which will enable unpaid or underpaid SG to be detected and managed at an earlier stage;
• enable employers that make SG contributions so that they are received by the employee’s superannuation fund within a specified period (usually seven business days) after the employer has paid qualifying earnings to be able to reduce their liability to pay the SG charge to nil;
• make employers liable where SG contributions are received after the specified period, or are not made at all; and
• introduce new administrative penalties for employers who do not pay their SG charge.

These amendments have been updated in the Point-in-Time Employment Service current to 20 November 2025. (Note: Subscription required).

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