# How to pay superannuation for someone who is on WorkCover

KB153

### Overview

When an employee is injured and is being paid through WorkCover (workers’ compensation), you still need to pay their superannuation. If you use a special pay item for WorkCover and pay them through regular payroll, then superannuation will be accrued just as normal

However, if you pay them manually and not through payroll, you will still need to accrue and pay their superannuation.

### Process

You can manually process a superannuation amount without paying the employee through payroll as follows:

1. Create a Pay run and date it the date you want to accrue some or all of their owing superannuation
2. Add the employee and make the Pay From and Pay To dates the same as the date range over which the super has been accrued (just so that it makes sense when you look at the payment period)
3. Remove all pay items from their normal pay
4. Go to the bottom right and manually add in any amount of super that you need to
5. Make plenty of notes in the pay advice internal; or external comments that explains how you arrived at the superannuation amount
6. Update and Apply

Super will now be accrued and owing just as if it had been calculated on a normal pay

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Last edit 17/01/20