Long service leave calculator QLD: what you've built up under the Industrial Relations Act 2016, and whether you can take it yet
In Queensland long service leave sits in chapter 2, part 3 of the Industrial Relations Act 2016: 8.6667 weeks after 10 years of continuous service, then 4.3333 weeks for every further 5 years, counted down to days. From 7 years a pro rata share is paid out when the job ends, but only for the listed reasons: death, resignation because of illness, incapacity or a domestic or other pressing necessity, dismissal for a reason other than the employee's conduct, capacity or performance (which covers redundancy), or an unfair dismissal. Casuals are covered, with service counted from 30 March 1994, and a break of more than 3 months can end continuity. QLeave runs the portable schemes for building, cleaning and community services.
Your state's rule
New South Wales
Builds up: 2 months (8.6667 weeks) after 10 years, then 1 month (4.3333 weeks) for each further 5 years, counted by the day. While you are still employed, you can take leave in those completed blocks; the rest keeps building or is paid out when you leave. From 5 years, a share is paid on leaving only for the listed reasons; after 10 years it is paid for any reason.
Pay: ordinary pay without overtime, shift or penalty rates (casual loading included). Fixed-rate workers get the higher of the current rate or the 5-year average; variable-rate workers the higher of the 12-month or 5-year average.
Casuals and part-timers: covered, provided service with the one employer is continuous (assessed case by case).
Source: NSW Industrial Relations, guidance updated 1 March 2026; Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW). Checked 8 Nov 2026.
Victoria
Builds up: one week for every 60 weeks of continuous employment (0.8667 weeks a year), with no waiting beyond the 7-year threshold. From 7 years you can take any leave you have built up, and the whole balance is paid out when employment ends for any reason. Nothing is payable before 7 years.
Pay: ordinary pay for normal weekly hours, without most allowances, penalties and overtime; casual loading included. If hours varied, use the greatest of the 52-week, 260-week or whole-of-employment average.
Casuals, seasonal and fixed-term: covered where employment is continuous (gaps of up to 12 weeks, or longer in listed cases, do not break it).
Source: Wage Inspectorate Victoria (vic.gov.au) and the Comprehensive Guide to the Long Service Leave Act 2018. Checked 8 Nov 2026.
Queensland
Builds up: 8.6667 weeks after 10 years, 4.3333 weeks for each further 5 years, counted down to days. While employed you can take leave in those completed blocks. From 7 years a share is paid on leaving only for the listed reasons; dismissal for conduct, capacity or performance does not qualify. After 10 years, any reason.
Pay: ordinary rate without overtime; casuals at their loaded hourly rate. Casual and part-time weeks are worked out from total ordinary hours over the whole period ÷ 52 × 8.6667 ÷ 10.
Casuals and part-timers: covered, same 10-year qualifying period; casual service counts from 30 March 1994; a break of more than 3 months can end continuity.
Source: Business Queensland / Office of Industrial Relations; Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld). Checked 8 Nov 2026.
Western Australia
Builds up: 8.6667 weeks after 10 years, 4.3333 weeks for each further 5 years. Before 10 years the share is worked out on the whole period in years, months, weeks and days; between 10 and 15 years (and in each later block) Wageline counts 0.8667 weeks per completed year beyond the last milestone, which is what this calculator does. From 7 years a share is paid on leaving for any reason other than serious misconduct.
Pay: ordinary pay for normal weekly hours, without overtime, penalties and allowances; casual loading included. Varied hours are averaged over the accrual period (the first 10 years, then each 5-year block). Pay by results is averaged over the previous 365 days.
Casuals and seasonal: covered; the 2022 amendments wrote this into the Act. Many construction workers are in the MyLeave portable scheme instead.
Source: WA Private Sector Labour Relations (Wageline) calculator and payment pages; 2022 amendments fact sheet; Long Service Leave Act 1958 (WA). Checked 8 Nov 2026.
South Australia
Builds up: 1.3 weeks per completed year, so 13 weeks at 10 years. Leave can be taken from 10 years. From 7 years a share of 1.3 weeks per completed year is paid on leaving for any reason, except dismissal for serious and wilful misconduct or where the worker ends the contract unlawfully. Part years are not counted.
Pay: ordinary weekly rate without overtime, shift premiums and penalty rates. Casual and variable-hours workers use an average weekly rate. Averaging period unconfirmed: check SafeWork SA
Casuals and part-timers: covered regardless of employment status, including casuals on a series of contracts.
Source: SafeWork SA, accruing leave and payment pages; Long Service Leave Act 1987 (SA). Checked 8 Nov 2026.
Tasmania
Builds up: 8⅔ (8.6667) weeks after 10 years, 4⅓ weeks for each further 5 years, counted for part years. While employed you can take leave in those completed blocks. From 7 years a share is paid on leaving only if the employer ends the job (other than for serious and wilful misconduct), the employee leaves for illness, incapacity or a domestic or other pressing necessity, or the employee dies. After 10 years, any reason.
Pay: ordinary rate of pay. Averaging rule for variable hours unconfirmed: check WorkSafe Tasmania
Casuals and part-timers: covered; may qualify for a share on leaving after 7 years.
Source: WorkSafe Tasmania long service leave pages; Long Service Leave Act 1976 (Tas), s 8. Checked 8 Nov 2026.
Australian Capital Territory
Builds up: 1/5 of a month's leave for each year of service (0.8667 weeks), credited by completed months in this calculator. Leave can be taken after 7 years (6.0667 weeks), and the credit is paid out when employment ends for any reason after 7 years. Between 5 and 7 years, a share (the same proportion of 2 months as service bears to 10 years) is paid only for the listed reasons.
Pay: ordinary remuneration, including skill and board allowances and regular bonuses, without overtime. Part-time and casual hours are averaged over the previous 12 months; a move from full-time to part-time within the last 2 years uses a 5-year average of wages.
Casuals and part-timers: covered; regular and systematic casuals are employees under the Act.
Source: Long Service Leave Act 1976 (ACT), republication R29 of 19 Nov 2025, s 3, 4, 7, 11A, 11C, 11D. Checked 8 Nov 2026.
Northern Territory
Builds up: 1.3 weeks per completed year of continuous service; 13 weeks at 10 years, with a further 6.5 weeks available on completing each later 5-year block. Part years are not counted. From 7 years a share of 1.3 weeks per completed year is paid on leaving only for the listed reasons. After 10 years the credit is paid for any reason (serious misconduct limits it to completed 10- and 5-year blocks).
Pay: the fixed rate of pay for your hours per week, or where there is no fixed rate the average over a year of service, without overtime, penalty rates and district, site and climatic allowances. Variable hours use the average hours per week over each year of service.
Casuals and part-timers: covered; the Act's definition of employee expressly includes full-time, part-time and casual.
Source: Long Service Leave Act 1981 (NT), reprint REPL021, s 8, 10, 11. Checked 8 Nov 2026.
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