How many weeks of long service leave you are owed in NSW or Victoria, and the pay
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 18 Oct 2026.Long service leave depends on the state. In NSW you get 8.67 weeks after 10 years with one employer, then 4.33 weeks for every further 5 years, and pro rata from 5 years if your employment ends for a qualifying reason.
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 18 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
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In Victoria you get 1/60th of your whole service once you reach 7 years: about 6.09 weeks at 7 years.
Long service leave is set by each state's act, so this calculator handles one state at a time. It covers New South Wales, from NSW Industrial Relations' guidance on the Long Service Leave Act 1955, and Victoria, from the Long Service Leave Act 2018 itself.
New South Wales. You can take 2 months (8.67 weeks) after 10 years of continuous service and 1 month (4.33 weeks) for each further 5 years. When employment ends, pro rata leave is paid at 2 months for 10 years: under 5 years nothing; from 5 to 10 years only if the employer ends the job (other than for serious and wilful misconduct), you resign for illness, incapacity, domestic or other pressing necessity, or you die; after 10 years for any reason.
| Service | NSW, still employed | NSW, job ended | Victoria |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 years | 0 | 4.33 weeks (qualifying reason) | 0 |
| 7 years | 0 | 6.07 weeks (qualifying reason) | 6.09 weeks |
| 10 years | 8.67 weeks | 8.67 weeks | 8.7 weeks |
| 20 years | 17.33 weeks | 17.33 weeks | 17.4 weeks |
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The Long Service Leave Act 1955 gives 2 months, or 8.67 weeks, of paid leave after 10 years of continuous service with one employer, then 1 month, or 4.33 weeks, for each further 5 years. After 20 years that is 17.33 weeks. Full-time, part-time and casual workers are all covered.
The Long Service Leave Act 2018 gives 1/60th of your total period of continuous employment, less leave already taken, once you have completed 7 years with one employer. That is about 6.09 weeks at 7 years, 8.7 weeks at 10 years and 17.4 weeks at 20 years.
Yes, after 7 years. Section 9 of the Victorian act says that when employment ends before the leave is taken, the employee is treated as starting leave that day and the full entitlement is due and payable. Before 7 years there is no entitlement to pay out.
At ordinary pay. The Victorian act grants the leave "on ordinary pay", and NSW pays a worker's ordinary pay while on leave or for accrued leave when employment ends. Both acts have detailed rules for averaging variable hours, so this calculator multiplies the weeks by the ordinary weekly pay you enter.
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