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Long Service Leave Calculator NSW

Work out long service leave under the Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW): accrual, vesting at 10 years, and what is payable when employment ends.

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Decimals are fine (8 years 6 months = 8.5). Unpaid leave generally doesn't count.
Base pay for ordinary hours. Overtime and most allowances are excluded in every state.
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How much long service leave do you get in New South Wales?

8.6667 weeks of paid leave after 10 years of continuous service under the Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW), accruing at 0.8667 weeks per year. 2 months (8.6667 weeks) after 10 years, then 1 month (4.3333 weeks) for each further 5 years. On termination after 10 years, untaken leave is paid on total service for any reason.

Where Compono fits

Every long service leave milestone is a decision somebody made to stay, roughly 520 times in a row. The people who reach it are usually the ones carrying your culture and your institutional knowledge, and whether the next cohort gets there is set years earlier, in how engaged they are right now. Compono Engage measures engagement and culture as they move, so you can see who is drifting long before the resignation letter, and act while it still changes the outcome. Compono holds 4.8 out of 5 on Capterra and is used by government departments and mid-market employers across Australia and New Zealand.

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How it's calculated

In New South Wales, long service leave runs under the Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW), administered by NSW Industrial Relations. 2 months (8.6667 weeks) after 10 years, then 1 month (4.3333 weeks) for each further 5 years. On termination after 10 years, untaken leave is paid on total service for any reason.

Between 5 and 10 years, pro-rata leave is payable on redundancy, dismissal for performance or capacity, resignation for illness, incapacity or pressing necessity. It is not payable on an ordinary resignation or dismissal for serious misconduct.

Full-time, part-time and casual workers are all covered by the NSW Act. Ordinary gross weekly pay at the day before leave is taken or employment ends. NSW Industrial Relations issued updated guidance from 1 March 2026 on fluctuating hours and bonuses. Portable long service schemes and pre-2010 federal award terms sit outside this calculator. This is general guidance, not legal advice.

New to the term? Read the plain-English definition of long service leave in the HR Glossary.

State detail pages: NSW · VIC · QLD · WA · SA · TAS · NT · ACT

Common questions

Do you get long service leave if you resign in New South Wales?

Not on an ordinary resignation before 10 years. Between 5 and 10 years, pro-rata leave is payable on redundancy, dismissal for performance or capacity, resignation for illness, incapacity or pressing necessity. It is not payable on an ordinary resignation or dismissal for serious misconduct.

Do casual employees get long service leave in New South Wales?

Full-time, part-time and casual workers are all covered by the NSW Act.

What pay rate applies to long service leave in New South Wales?

Ordinary gross weekly pay at the day before leave is taken or employment ends. NSW Industrial Relations issued updated guidance from 1 March 2026 on fluctuating hours and bonuses.

Who administers long service leave in New South Wales?

NSW Industrial Relations. For entitlements in other states and territories, use the national version of this calculator, which covers all eight jurisdictions.

This page is general information, not legal advice. We check figures annually and update them on a best-efforts basis, but employment rules change and we cannot promise everything here is current or complete. Before you act on it, confirm the detail with NSW Industrial Relations or your own adviser. Last reviewed July 2026.