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Long service leave calculator

Find the weeks of long service leave an employee has under the general Act in any state or territory, whether they're still employed or leaving.

  • By Book Keeping Pros
  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Work out the long service leave

Choose the state or territory, then enter the dates and what happened.

Choose the closest description

For normal weekly hours, to see what the leave is worth

General information only. It works out the weeks from the dates and pay you enter and doesn't take your circumstances into account.

Long service leave

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States and territories

How it works

Each state and territory has its own long service leave Act. Leave builds up with continuous service with one employer, and becomes available once the employee completes that jurisdiction's full entitlement period.

When employment ends before the full entitlement period, the reason for leaving matters: each Act lists the reasons that pay a proportion of the leave, and other reasons pay nothing. After the full entitlement period, leave is paid on leaving whatever the reason, with some limits after serious misconduct.

Each state and territory's page shows the rules the calculator uses for it.

What the result assumes

  • The employee worked continuously for one employer in one state or territory, and every day in the period counts as service.
  • The employee is covered by the general long service leave Act, not an award, agreement or portable scheme with its own terms.
  • The weeks are before any long service leave already taken.
  • The value uses ordinary weekly pay at the end date for normal hours; varying hours or pay need the Act's averaging, which isn't done here.
  • Whether misconduct meets the relevant Act's test, including wilfulness where required, or a reason was a pressing necessity, is a legal question; the result applies only if the chosen description matches what happened.
  • Not covered: public sector employees, Tasmanian mining employees, Queensland seasonal employees, absences that do not count as service, business transfers or related employers, leave in advance or cashing out, deciding retirement age, or the date leave would end.

Sources

  1. Long Service Leave Guide (NSW), March 2026

    NSW Industrial Relations. First published March 2026, released 2 March 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of New South Wales 2026 Licence: All rights reserved, State of New South Wales.

  2. Long service leave webinar, 4 March 2026: questions and answers

    NSW Industrial Relations. Answers to the 4 March 2026 webinar, released 21 April 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of New South Wales, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic), Authorised Version No. 006

    Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria. Authorised Version No. 006, as at 12 December 2025, released 12 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of Victoria (Government Printer) Licence: Victorian Legislation copyright notice: copyright, State of Victoria.

  4. Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld), reprint current as at 1 January 2026

    Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Reprint current as at 1 January 2026, released 22 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Sourced from the Queensland Legislation website (www.legislation.qld.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  5. Long Service Leave Act 1958 (WA), version 04-m0-00

    Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 04-m0-00, as at 31 January 2025, released 30 January 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Sourced from the Western Australian Legislation website (www.legislation.wa.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  6. Long service leave: pro-rata entitlement

    SafeWork SA (Government of South Australia). Page modified 10 September 2026, released 10 September 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © Government of South Australia, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU Licence: CC BY 3.0 AU.

  7. Long service leave: accruing leave

    SafeWork SA (Government of South Australia). Page modified 20 September 2026, released 20 September 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © Government of South Australia, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU Licence: CC BY 3.0 AU.

  8. 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.

  9. Long Service Leave Act 1976 (ACT), Republication No 29

    ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Republication No 29, effective 19 November 2025, released 19 November 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © ACT Government, ACT Legislation Register Licence: ACT Legislation Register copyright policy: copyright, ACT Government.

  10. Long service leave calculation guidelines

    WorkSafe ACT. Undated guideline, listed on a page last modified 11 December 2020, released 11 December 2020. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © Australian Capital Territory Licence: WorkSafe ACT copyright notice: copyright, Australian Capital Territory (unaltered reproduction for personal, educational or non-commercial use).

  11. Long Service Leave Act 1981 (NT), reprint as in force at 14 October 2015

    Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, Northern Territory. Reprint as in force at 14 October 2015, released 14 October 2015. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © Northern Territory of Australia Licence: NT Legislation terms of use: copyright, Northern Territory of Australia.

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Which states and territories does it cover?
All eight, under each one's general long service leave Act, for the period the rules were checked for.
Why isn't an earlier NSW termination worked out?
NSW Industrial Relations applies its current guidance on part years from the date on the NSW page, and not to earlier cases, so contact NSW Industrial Relations about an earlier termination.
Does it subtract leave already taken?
No. It shows the total before any leave is taken, so subtract any leave already taken.
What if the employee's hours varied?
The calculator uses one ordinary weekly pay figure. Each Act sets its own averaging for varying hours or pay, which the calculator doesn't do.

General information

This calculator applies each state and territory's general long service leave Act to the dates and pay you enter. It's general information, not advice about your circumstances. For questions about an employee's entitlement, contact the state or territory's regulator. Sources checked 15 October 2026.