The WA long service leave calculator can provide an estimate of an employee’s long service leave entitlement when employment ends.
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This calculator can only be used to calculate an entitlement to long service leave when employment is ending as a result of resignation, dismissal, redundancy, or the death of an employee.
Do not use this calculator if an employee is taking long service leave while still employed. For more information, visit taking long service leave
The WA long service leave calculator can be used for employees covered by the Western Australian Long Service Leave Act 1958. The Long Service Leave Act applies to most private sector full time, part time and casual employees in Western Australia, including employees covered by national modern awards. For information on who is covered, visit coverage of the Long Service Leave Act.
Many employees in the construction industry are covered by the construction industry portable paid long service leave scheme - visit www.myleave.wa.gov.au for more information.
Information you need to enter to use the calculator
The employment start date. If business ownership has changed and there has been a transmission or transfer of business, the start date will be the date the employee commenced employment with the previous employer. Visit long service leave when a business changes ownership for more information.
The employment end date [this can be a future date].
The number of weeks of long service leave previously taken by the employee, including any long service leave taken in advance if applicable.
The number of weeks of 'non-counted absences' the employee has had throughout their period of employment. ‘Non-counted absences’ are absences that do not count towards an employee’s period of continuous employment. Visit what is continuous employment for more information.
An employee's long service leave entitlement may be impacted if the employee is terminated for serious misconduct. Find out more on long service leave when employment ends.
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Choose one of the green buttons below to access the correct calculator based on how many years of continuous employment the employee has completed.
Between 7 and 10 years of continuous employment
Use this calculator to work out the pro rata long service entitlement if employment is ending after at least 7 years but before completing 10 years of continuous employment.
10 years or more of continuous employment
Use this calculator if employment is ending after 10 or more years of continuous employment.
Pro rata long service leave between 7 and 10 years
Use this calculator to estimate how many weeks of pro rata long service leave an employee is entitled to if the employee resigns, is dismissed, made redundant or dies after at least 7 years of continuous employment but before completing 10 years of continuous employment.
When employment ends for a full time, part time or casual employee with at least 7 but less than 10 years of continuous employment, they are entitled to pro rata long service leave on the basis of 8.667 weeks for 10 years of continuous employment.
This entitlement:
is calculated on the employee’s entire period of continuous employment; that is, years, months, weeks and days;
applies to employees who resign, are made redundant, die or whose employer has terminated them for any reason other than serious misconduct; and
does not apply to an employee whose employer has terminated them for serious misconduct.
Detailed information on what counts as part of an employee’s period of continuous employment is available on what is continuous employment.
Step 1:
Calculate the period of continuous employment for pro rata long service leave based on employment start and end dates.
What was the employee's start date?
What is the date employment ended / will end?
Step 2:
Subtract any 'non-counted absences' the employee has had during the period of employment.
'Non-counted absences' refers to periods of leave or absences that do not count towards an employee’s period of continuous employment. A list of absences that do not count as part of an employee’s period of employment is available on what is continuous employment.
If the absence included a part week, you can enter a decimal value, for example 4.3 weeks.
An employee can make a request and if the employer agrees, can reach an agreement to take long service leave in advance. More information is available on taking long service leave.
Enter the number of weeks of long service leave taken in advance. If single days have been taken, you can enter a decimal value, for example 1.5 weeks.
Number of weeks of pro rata long service leave entitlement:
Use this calculator to estimate how many weeks of long service leave an employee is entitled to if the employee resigns, is dismissed, made redundant or dies after 10 or more years of continuous employment.
Full entitlement – 10 years or more of continuous employment
An employee whose employment ends for any reason is entitled to:
8.667 weeks of leave if they have completed 10 years of continuous employment
an additional 4.333 weeks of leave for each subsequent 5 years after the initial 10 years of continuous employment
Pro rata entitlement – more than 10 years of continuous employment
When the employment of an employee with more than 10 years but less than 15 years of continuous employment ends, they are entitled to pro rata long service leave. This entitlement:
is calculated on the basis of 0.8666 weeks of long service leave for each completed year of continuous employment since they completed 10 years of continuous employment
is calculated on completed years of employment only; that is, it does not include months, weeks or days
does not apply to an employee whose employer has terminated them for serious misconduct
This pro rata entitlement (0.8666 weeks of long service leave for each competed year of continuous employment) will also apply to each year of employment since an employee completed 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 years etc. of employment.
Detailed information on what counts as part of an employee’s period of continuous employment is available on what is continuous employment.
Step 1:
Calculate the period of continuous employment for long service leave based on employment start and end dates.
What was the employee's start date?
What is the date employment ended / will end?
Step 2:
Subtract any 'non-counted absences' the employee has had during the period of employment.
'Non-counted absences' refers to periods of leave or absences that do not count towards an employee’s period of continuous employment. A list of absences that do not count as part of an employee’s period of employment is available on what is continuous employment.
If the absence included a part week, you can enter a decimal value, for example 4.3 weeks.
Enter the number of weeks of non-counted absences
Step 3:
Subtract any long service leave already taken or long service leave taken in advance.
An employee can make a request and if the employer agrees, can reach an agreement to take long service leave in advance. More information is available on taking long service leave.
Enter the number of weeks of long service leave previously been taken or taken in advance. If single days have been taken, you can enter a decimal value, for example 1.5 weeks.
Number of weeks of long service leave entitlement:
Disclaimer:
The results from this calculator are based on the information you have provided and are estimates only. This leave calculator is provided as a general guide only and is not designed to be comprehensive or to provide legal advice.
The Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety does not accept liability for any claim which may arise from any person acting on, or refraining from acting on, this information.
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