A new field labelled Regular Pay Day has been added to the Add/Edit the Pay Group screen to capture the day of the week on which the main pay run of a pay group occurs.

This allows accrued superannuation contributions to be filtered by the corresponding regular pay day when a SuperStream batch is created to report superannuation contributions under the payday superannuation model, which takes effect from 1 July 2026.

To access the Add or Edit Pay Group screen:

Consider the following scenario:

Without a Regular Pay Day configured, Pay Group A's Wednesday adjustment payments would be grouped with Pay Group B's Wednesday main pay run in SuperStream reporting, even though they relate to different pay groups.

By setting the Regular Pay Day to Tuesday for Pay Group A and Wednesday for Pay Group B, the system knows that Pay Group A's Wednesday payments are supplementary to its Tuesday main run.

This ensures that superannuation accruals from Pay Group A's late timesheets and adjustments are reported together with Pay Group A's main run accruals, and separately from Pay Group B's contributions.

For more information about how the regular pay day is used for superannuation reporting, see SuperStream Batch — Reporting Model Selection (AU Only).

This enhancement supports the requirements of the Australian payday superannuation legislation, effective 1 July 2026. Recording the regular pay day for each Australian pay group enables the system to accurately track and reference the standard payment day for each pay group, which is required to support payday-based superannuation contribution processing and reporting under the new legislative framework.

The Regular Pay Day field is mandatory. On upgrade, the field defaults to blank, and you must select an option for each active pay group before you process any pay runs after upgrading. You can change the selected option at any time if necessary.

If you prefer not to split SuperStream reporting by pay group, assign the same Regular Pay Day to every pay group, regardless of when each group's main pay run is actually paid.

For example, setting all pay groups to Wednesday means superannuation accruals will not be separated by pay group, allowing you to process a single SuperStream batch instead of one per pay group.