Bill
Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Fair Super for Young Workers) Bill 2026
before parliament, as at 2026-08-20.
- Sponsor
- Barbara Pocock
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-08-12
- second reading — 2026-08-12
- second reading — 2026-08-20
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2026-08-20.
This bill would remove the age-based exemption that currently keeps many employees under eighteen outside compulsory employer superannuation.
Young employees would no longer have to work more than thirty hours in a week to overcome that exemption.
The changes would commence on the day after Royal Assent.
- Removes the power to exclude under-eighteen employees, their work or their earnings through the relevant regulations.
- Repeals the regulation exempting under-eighteen employees who work thirty hours or less a week.
- Applies the change from the day after assent rather than introducing a staged commencement.
Employees under eighteen and employers responsible for their superannuation contributions are affected.
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