Portable Long Service Leave: How it Works

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For most employees, the moment you resign from your job and start a new position with a new employer - your continuous service and subsequent long-service entitlements restart. HOWEVER... this isn't the case for all industries... Let's discuss.

Let's recap: What is long service leave (LSL)?

LSL is an Australian entitlement that allows employees, who have been employed with the same employer for an extended period of service to a period of additional paid leave.

This entitlement varies per State in terms of the length of leave and when access to accrued entitlements is granted to the employee. Click here for a breakdown...

With that being said, portable LSL allows employees to work for different employers within the same industry without breaking their continuous service. This means that their long service leave entitlements will continue to accrue.

Portable LSL takes into account the transient nature of the selected industries, which means that workers will typically work for more than 1 employer.

The industries this applies to per State and Territory:

Victoria	o Community Services o Contract Cleaning o Security o Construction
South Australia	o Construction
New South Wales	o Building & Construction o Contract Cleaning
Queensland	o Building & Construction o Contract Cleaning o Community Services
Western Australia	o Construction
Northern Territory	o Construction
Tasmania	o Construction
Australian Capital Territory	o Building & Construction o Contract Cleaning o Community Sector o Security

For more information

For portable long service in the:

Security and community services industries in Victoria go to Portable long service
Building and construction industry go to AusLeave
Coal mining industry go to Coal Mining Industry LSL Funding Corporation
Contract cleaning industry go to:
- ACT – ACT Leave
- NSW – New South Wales Long Service
- Queensland – QLeave
- Victoria –Portable long service

To find out if you or your employees are entitled to portable LSL, reach out to the Employii team at [email protected]

Author: Chelsea Finlay (HR Officer).

Portable Long Service Leave: How it Works

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