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Long service leave is set by each state's own law. Most give 8.667 weeks after 10 years (SA and NT give 13), building up at a flat rate per year. Pick your state and enter your service to see the weeks accrued, the gross payout and what you keep after tax.
With the same employer. Decimals are fine (e.g. 8.5).
Your ordinary weekly pay. LSL is usually paid at your normal rate.
Total weeks accrued
8.67
Gross payout
$13,005
After-tax estimate assumes a post-17 August 1993 lump sum payment from normal termination. Normal termination includes voluntary resignation, employment terminated due to inefficiency or retirement. Genuine redundancy, invalidity or an early retirement scheme, and earlier accruals, have different withholding rates.
You have passed New South Wales's 10-year mark, so long service leave can generally be taken while employed. The total shown is the accrued balance and the amount available to take may differ from this total. If your employment ends, payout eligibility can depend on state rules and the reason for leaving.
Long service leave is proportional: weeks accrued = years of service × the state's accrual rate. In most states that rate is about 0.867 weeks a year, so 10 years earns 8.667 weeks (two months). On $1,500 a week that is a gross payout of about $13,005. South Australia and the Northern Territory accrue faster, at 1.3 weeks a year, so the same 10 years earns 13 weeks. The payout is taxed at your marginal rate when it is paid on termination.
Each state and territory has its own long service leave law, so the qualifying period and pro-rata rules differ. Select a state to run the numbers for it.
8.667 weeks after 10 years, plus 4.333 weeks for each further 5 years. Between 5 and 10 years, pro-rata is payable if your employer ends your employment for any reason other than serious and wilful misconduct, or if you resign because of illness, incapacity, domestic or other pressing necessity. From 10 years it's payable however you leave.
Accrues at one week for every 60 weeks of service. After 7 years the full accrued balance is payable on termination, whatever the reason.
8.667 weeks after 10 years. Pro-rata is payable after 7 years for termination, redundancy, illness or domestic necessity.
8.667 weeks after 10 years, then 4.333 weeks for each further 5 years. Pro-rata is generally payable after 7 years.
13 weeks after 10 years — a higher accrual than most states — then 1.3 weeks per year after. Pro-rata is payable after 7 years.
8.667 weeks after 10 years. Pro-rata is generally payable after 7 years.
Entitlement builds from 7 years of continuous service, accruing at the standard rate of about 0.867 weeks per year.
13 weeks after 10 years — a higher accrual — then 1.3 weeks per year after. Pro-rata is payable after 7 years.
Long service leave entitlements are set by each state and territory's own Act. Accrual rates and thresholds are from the relevant government authority; pro-rata eligibility can depend on the reason your employment ends, so confirm your circumstances with your state authority.
Annual leave is a separate entitlement. Use the Annual Leave Calculator to estimate accrual from ordinary hours and qualifying service.
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Long service leave (LSL) is paid leave you earn for staying with the same employer for a long time. It is set by each state and territory's own legislation (or, for some workers, a pre-modern award or agreement), so the rules are not uniform across Australia.
The common design is proportional accrual: you build up a set number of weeks for each year of service, most often 8.667 weeks (two months) over 10 years. South Australia and the Northern Territory are more generous at 13 weeks.
You can usually take the leave once you reach the qualifying period, and unused leave is paid out when you leave: in full after the qualifying period, or pro-rata once you pass an earlier threshold.
In most states you get 8.667 weeks (about two months) after 10 years of continuous service, accruing at roughly 0.867 weeks per year. South Australia and the Northern Territory are more generous at 13 weeks after 10 years. Victoria and the ACT let you take leave from 7 years.
Often yes, on a pro-rata basis, once you pass a threshold, but resigning and being let go are treated differently. In NSW, between 5 and 10 years, resigning only qualifies if you leave because of illness, incapacity, domestic or other pressing necessity. If your employer ends the job, it qualifies for any reason other than serious and wilful misconduct. Elsewhere the threshold is generally 7 years, and in some states an early payout only applies for specific reasons such as illness, redundancy or domestic necessity. After the full qualifying period (10 years in NSW) the balance is paid out however you leave.
It is proportional: weeks accrued = your years of continuous service × your state's accrual rate (about 0.867 weeks a year, or 1.3 in SA and NT). Multiply the weeks by your ordinary weekly pay for the gross payout.
Yes. If you take it as leave it is taxed like normal pay. If it is paid out on termination, leave accrued after 17 August 1993 is taxed at your marginal rate; some older entitlements and genuine redundancies get concessional treatment.
Yes, it's state-based. The accrual rate, the qualifying period and the pro-rata rules all vary between NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT and NT, which is why this calculator asks for your state first.
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