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Long Service Leave Calculator VIC

Work out long service leave under the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic): accrual, vesting at 7 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 Victoria?

6.0667 weeks of paid leave after 7 years of continuous service under the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic), accruing at 0.8667 weeks per year. 1 week for every 60 weeks of continuous service (0.8667 weeks a year), and the leave can be taken from 7 years. On termination after 7 years, unused leave is paid out whatever the reason, with no misconduct exclusion.

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 Victoria, long service leave runs under the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic), administered by Workforce Inspectorate Victoria. 1 week for every 60 weeks of continuous service (0.8667 weeks a year), and the leave can be taken from 7 years. On termination after 7 years, unused leave is paid out whatever the reason, with no misconduct exclusion.

There is no pro-rata band in Victoria: nothing is payable below 7 years, and from 7 years the accrued leave is paid out on termination for any reason.

Casual and seasonal employees accrue long service leave while employment is continuous; a gap of up to 12 weeks between engagements (or longer in some cases) keeps it continuous. Ordinary weekly rate for normal weekly hours when the leave is taken or employment ends. If hours changed in the last 2 years, Victoria averages hours over the last 52 weeks, 260 weeks or the whole employment, whichever is greatest. A casual's ordinary rate includes the casual loading. 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 Victoria?

After 7 years, yes: unused leave is paid out on termination for any reason. There is no pro-rata band in Victoria: nothing is payable below 7 years, and from 7 years the accrued leave is paid out on termination for any reason.

Do casual employees get long service leave in Victoria?

Casual and seasonal employees accrue long service leave while employment is continuous; a gap of up to 12 weeks between engagements (or longer in some cases) keeps it continuous.

What pay rate applies to long service leave in Victoria?

Ordinary weekly rate for normal weekly hours when the leave is taken or employment ends. If hours changed in the last 2 years, Victoria averages hours over the last 52 weeks, 260 weeks or the whole employment, whichever is greatest. A casual's ordinary rate includes the casual loading.

Who administers long service leave in Victoria?

Workforce Inspectorate Victoria. 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 Workforce Inspectorate Victoria or your own adviser. Last reviewed July 2026.