Long service leave for part-time employees in Tasmania
In Tasmania, part-time work falls under the Act's general rules rather than rules of its own: employment that is not full-time counts as continuous when the hours test is met, and the Act's definition of an employee reaches anyone employed for hire or reward. Leave pay is based on what the employee would reasonably expect to earn had they kept working through the leave, using normal weekly hours with no overtime.
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- Sources checked 15 Oct 2026
The rules in Tasmania
| What it is | Value | When it applies | Where it is set |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Act covers any person employed to do work for hire or reward | Yes | As published on 10 December 2018 | s 2(1): definition of employee |
| Employment that is not full-time counts as continuous when the hours test is met | Yes | As published on 10 December 2018 | s 5(3)(a): employment that is not full-time |
| Weekly hours used to work out leave pay | The employee's normal weekly hours, with no overtime | As published on 10 December 2018 | s 11(2)(a): normal weekly number of hours |
| How ordinary pay for long service leave is worked out | What the employee would reasonably expect to earn had they kept working through the leave | As published on 10 December 2018 | s 11(1): computation of ordinary pay |
Each rule is read from the source and provision shown; the sources are listed below. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
What it means for your books
- Whether employment that is not full-time counts as continuous turns on the hours test, whose hours and weeks appear on the page on long service leave for casual employees in Tasmania. Dated weekly hours from the start date give the facts the test is checked against.
- Overtime is left out of the normal weekly hours, so recording overtime apart from ordinary hours keeps it out of the hours the leave is based on.
- The expected-earnings measure looks at what the employee would have earned by working on, so current pay rates and normal hours on file, with the dates they last changed, give it a footing. Whether the hours test is met, or what an employee would reasonably expect to earn, is a question for your accountant or WorkSafe Tasmania.
General information
Sources
- Long Service Leave Act 1976 (Tas), authorised version as at 10 December 2018
Office of Parliamentary Counsel Tasmania. Authorised version as at 10 December 2018, released 13 March 2019. Checked 15 October 2026.
Sourced from the Tasmanian Legislation website (www.legislation.tas.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Long service leave
WorkSafe Tasmania. Page last updated 7 November 2024, released 7 November 2024. Checked 15 October 2026.
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