When you join Verve we’ll send you an email that you can forward to your employer. It will have all the details your employer needs to pay your super into your Verve Super account.

If you’re already a member of Verve and you have recently changed jobs, simply download this prefilled standard choice form and Verve’s General Compliance Certificate.

Give these forms to your new employer and direct them to Employer Information if they require further information.

Generally, your employer must make regular compulsory contributions to your superannuation fund, known as Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions. Most people can choose the super fund for these contributions; it’s called having a “Choice of Fund”.

If you haven’t exercised choice in the past, it’s possible that you might have had a new super account created for you each time you’ve joined a new employer, even if you already had an existing super account.

To stop the creation of multiple super accounts, the Government has introduced a system whereby your existing super fund (usually the fund with your most recent active super account) is ‘stapled’ to you when you change jobs. This means that when you start a new job, your employer will pay SG contributions to the same fund you had at your last job, unless you take action to make a change. Your employer will obtain information about your existing super fund from the ATO.

If you have never had a super account before you can choose one and provide your employer with the fund’s details in writing, this is called “exercising choice”. Otherwise, your employer will create an account for you with their default fund.

To request your employer to start paying SG contributions into your Verve Super account, you can simply provide the Choice of Super Fund form to your employer. We will give you this form when you set up your account. If you later change employers, your account with Verve Super should be your stapled account, however if you want to ensure your new employer contributes to your Verve Super account, you can simply email the form to your employer, reprint the form available online, or call us and we will send you a copy.

It’s important you take an interest in your super and help it grow into a healthy retirement nest egg. Further information on choice and stapling is available on the ATO’s website.

A small number of Australians who are under Enterprise Agreements are not eligible to choose their super fund. To find out if this is your situation, speak to your employer. Employers may agree to pay superannuation into your Verve Super account even if they don’t generally allow choice.

Most Australian employers are required by Government legislation to make superannuation contributions for their employees – called Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions. From 1 July 2025, SG contributions are 12% of an eligible employee’s Ordinary Time Earnings (subject to a maximum dollar limit).

If your employer is having any difficulties contributing to Verve Super, they can get in touch with us directly.

Please pass on our contact details: 1300 799 482 or hello@vervesuper.com.au or cc’ hello@vervesuper.com.au in email correspondence with your employer related to your superannuation.

To contribute to your super as a self-employed person, simply complete the Personal Contributions form available in your online account and make the payment via direct transfer.

To claim these contributions for tax purposes, you need to download and complete the ATO’s Notice of Intent to Claim or Vary a Deduction for Personal Super Contributions form and return the completed form to us via email to hello@vervesuper.com.au.

You’ll need to do this at least once per financial year for all the contributions during that financial year. You have one year from the end of the relevant financial year within which to submit your Notice of Intent to Claim. This form must be returned to Verve Super in either the financial year in which the contributions were received into your Verve Super account, or the following financial year, and prior to the date you lodge your tax return for the financial year in which the contributions you wish to claim were received into your Verve Super account. Please refer to the declarations on the Notice of Intent to Claim form and ensure you leave plenty of time for us to process the form before lodging your tax return. Claiming a tax deduction for your contribution makes this contribution ineligible to be counted towards the Government Co-contribution.

If you are unable to exercise choice of super fund with your employer, we run an Annual Rollover Program. Our team will help you to transfer the portion of your super that isn’t required to be with your employer’s choice of fund. This ensures that as much as possible of your retirement savings are invested in line with your values.

To find out if you’re eligible for this program, call 1300 799 482 or email hello@vervesuper.com.au. This program is not available for people in defined benefit schemes and may affect insurance policies held with mandatory funds.

We love to support Verve Super members of any gender or expression who have recently become new parents, whether by birth or adoption. Eligible new parents can apply for a refund of the dollar-based administration fee, for up to 12 months, through Verve’s Baby Bump Program. Contact us for information and to let us know you’ve recently welcomed a new child into your family. If you would like, Verve can also support you to make a request to your employer to ask them to keep paying your super during your parental leave.