About long service leave
The Long Service Leave Act 1955 (the Act) provides full-time, part-time and casual workers (or any combination of these throughout the period of service) in NSW to:
- 2 months (8.6667 weeks) paid long service leave on completion of 10 years' service.
The Act also provides for a pro rata entitlement after 5 years, if the worker:
- resigns as a result of illness, incapacity, domestic or other pressing necessity
- is terminated for any reason other than serious and wilful misconduct
- or dies.
See long service leave FAQs for more about long service leave.
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