Portable long service leave in Queensland

How portable long service leave works in Queensland

• QLeave says building and construction employers must register if they employ eligible workers in Queensland. This includes sole traders and partners who employ workers on wages to do building and construction work.
• The building and construction scheme is funded by a levy on the total cost of building and construction work in Queensland above a cost threshold. It is paid together with the Building and Construction Work Health and Safety levy and the Construction Skills Queensland levy, before the development permit is issued or, if there is none, before work starts.
• Building and construction employers lodge a Worker Service Return with details of their workers' service at the end of each financial year.
• Community services and contract cleaning employers lodge a quarterly employer return and pay a levy each quarter based on their workers' ordinary wages.
• For contract cleaning, registration is compulsory and due within a set number of days of becoming an employer in the industry. The return and levy are due within a set number of days after each quarter ends.
• An employer who pays long service leave to a worker under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 may claim reimbursement from QLeave for some or all of the payment.