Long Service Guide is general information about long service leave laws. It is not legal advice, and it does not decide anything about your own case.
What the site is
The site describes what the Acts of each Australian state and territory provide, and applies those rules to dates you enter. It is written by an editor, not a lawyer, and it is not a legal practice. Using it does not create an adviser-client relationship with anyone.
What your own result depends on
A calculator result is an estimate of what the Act provides on the facts you entered. The real answer can differ because of things the site cannot see.
- Whether your service counts as continuous, and whether a gap, a change of employer or a transfer of business affects it.
- Whether you are covered by the state Act at all. Some employees fall under a federal instrument, an award or an agreement instead.
- Whether your reason for leaving falls within a ground in the Act, which can turn on the facts of how employment ended.
- Whether an award, an enterprise agreement or your contract gives you more than the Act.
- Changes to the law after the date a figure was last checked.
Who decides, and where free help is
Whether leave is payable in a particular case is decided by the regulator, a tribunal or a court, not by this site. Each state and territory page names who to contact first about its Act and links to the official place to ask or complain. The Fair Work Ombudsman, community legal centres and legal aid services give free information or help in many places. For a dispute, a dismissal or a large amount, those services or a lawyer can look at the facts of the case.
What the site will not tell you
It will not tell you that an employer has broken the law, or that you are certain to receive a sum of money. It tells you what the Act provides, what your dates give under it and what that depends on. The dollar figure the calculator gives, if you enter your pay, is an estimate based on the pay you typed in.
External links and official sources
Pages link to official legislation and government sites. The operator does not control them and cannot promise they stay available or unchanged. If the Act and this site differ, the Act is correct, and the editor would like to hear about it at hello@longserviceguide.com.
See also the Terms.