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Long service leave calculator

Long service leave is state law, so the same years of service earn a different answer in every state and territory. Put in where you work and when you started, and this gives you what you’ve accrued, when you can take it, and what you’d be paid if you left.

The state or territory your job is based in.

Your first day with this employer.

Turns weeks into dollars. Your usual week, without overtime.

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Leave without pay, or unpaid parental leave in states that don't count it. Zero if unsure.

Any you've used or been paid for.

Weeks here are weeks of your ordinary pay, so for a part-timer or a casual they’re your usual week, not a full-time one. The figure assumes your service counts as continuous under your state’s act. If you’re choosing a finish date, the last day calculator turns your notice period into the exact date, and long service leave in every state and territory explains the rules behind each result.

What the calculator assumes

  • Your service is continuous. Paid leave and time off sick count everywhere. Unpaid leave usually doesn’t break your service but often doesn’t count towards it, which is what the unpaid leave field is for. Victoria counts up to 52 weeks of unpaid leave, so leave that field at zero there unless you were away longer.
  • You’re covered by your state’s act. An enterprise agreement or an older award with its own long service leave clause can apply instead, and building, cleaning and community services workers are usually in a portable industry scheme with different rates. Your payslip or HR team can tell you which.
  • A week is a week of your ordinary pay. For a casual that’s your average week, worked out over the last year or so depending on the state, at your loaded rate but without overtime or penalties.
  • The exit reasons are the acts’ own categories. Resigning because of illness, incapacity, or a domestic or other pressing necessity is judged case by case, and your employer can ask for evidence. Dismissal for serious misconduct has to be shown by the employer, not just claimed.

Check it against your state’s own figures

Every rule here was read from the state or territory government’s long service leave page on 8 September 2026, and the calculator reproduces the worked examples those pages publish. The acts can change, and your own dates may have a wrinkle a general tool can’t see, so before you act on a number, check it with the authority for your state.

This is general information, not legal advice. If you’re being made redundant, what you’re owed if you’re made redundant covers how this payout sits alongside redundancy pay.