The key shift

The biggest change with Payday Super isn’t the amount of super — it’s the timing.

Instead of batching super quarterly, you’ll need confidence that:

• Every pay run is accurate
  
  
• Super is calculated correctly every time
  
  
• Payments are made without delays

Current payroll vs Payday Super

Today (most farms):

1. Run payroll
   
   
2. Pay employees
   
   
3. Track super liability
   
   
4. Pay super quarterly
   
   

With Payday Super:

1. Run payroll
   
   
2. Super calculated instantly
   
   
3. Super paid with wages (or shortly after)
   
   
4. No quarterly catch-ups
   
   

What this means practically

For farmers, this means:

• Less tolerance for payroll errors
  
  
• Less room for “I’ll fix it next quarter”
  
  
• More reliance on your payroll system doing the heavy lifting
  
  

Manual spreadsheets or generic payroll tools will struggle here.

Common risk points for dairy farms

• Incorrect ordinary time earnings (OTE)
  
  
• Missed allowances or penalties
  
  
• Inconsistent hours across pay runs
  
  
• Super calculated outside the award rules
  
  

These issues become more visible under Payday Super.

How systems help

A payroll system designed for dairy:

• Interprets the Pastoral Award correctly
  
  
• Calculates super per pay run
  
  
• Tracks everything automatically
  
  
• Reduces admin time (especially in peak season)
  
  

PaySauce was built in New Zealand for dairy farming and adapted for Australia’s awards and legislation.

If you want to understand how your payroll would work under Payday Super:

👉 Book a call to talk through your farm setup

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