Tested against the official examples

State regulators publish worked examples of long service leave calculations. Every time the site is built, the calculator is run on each one and compared with the government's own figure. This page shows the result.

By Sri Murugan Systems · Rules last reviewed 3 November 2026

52official worked examples

35tested automatically and matching

17checked by hand: they need inputs the calculator does not ask for, such as hours for each separate year

State	Official example	Official figure	This site	Result
NSW	Milestone table: 20 years' continuous service. Source	17.33 weeks	17.33 weeks	Matches
NSW	Guide 5.2: 15 years' service with no long service leave taken in the preceding 5 years. Source	13 weeks	13 weeks	Matches
NSW	Dean, part-time, started 1 Nov 2009, terminated by employer when store closed 1 May 2015 (5-10 years, not serious misconduct). Source	4.76 weeks	4.77 weeks	Matches, official rounded
NSW	Marina: started 31 Jul 2000, 182 days agreed unpaid leave (2 May - 28 Oct 2005) not counted; resigned 21 Aug 2010 before reaching 10 years + 182 days -> no entitlement. Source	0 weeks	0 weeks	Matches
NSW	Guide 9.4: started 1 Jan 2014, took 10 weeks in advance Jan 2022, employment ends 1 Jan 2024 at 10 years; entitled 8.67 weeks, excess 1.33 weeks deductible from final pay. Source	8.67 weeks	8.67 weeks	Matches
VIC	Jenny, 8 years 6 weeks, still employed: 416 + 6 = 422 weeks / 60 = 7 weeks. Source	7 weeks	7.03 weeks	Matches, official rounded
VIC	Jacqui resigns after 7 years 6 months: 364 + 26 = 390 weeks / 60 = 6.5 weeks (6 months treated as 26 weeks). Source	6.5 weeks	6.5 weeks	Matches
VIC	Marcus: employment ends after 6 years 11 months (paid in lieu of notice) -> no entitlement. Source	0 weeks	0 weeks	Matches
VIC	Jayne retires after 22 years having taken 6 weeks: 1,144 / 60 = 19.1 - 6 = 13.1 weeks. Source	13.1 weeks	13.07 weeks	Matches, official rounded
VIC	Lissa resigns after 11 years; ordinary pay $1,100/week. 572 weeks / 60 = 9.53 weeks x $1,100 = $10,483.00. Source	9.53 weeks	9.53 weeks	Matches
VIC	Jayne retires after 22 years having taken 6 weeks: 1,144 / 60 = 19.1 - 6 = 13.1 weeks. Source	13.1 weeks	13.07 weeks	Matches, official rounded
VIC	Dani, casual 10 years, 52 weeks unpaid parental leave; normal weekly hours = greatest of 52-week, 260-week and whole-period averages = 13.3. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
VIC	Sonia, 8 years, changed from 38 to 24 hrs in last 26 weeks, 152 hrs annual leave/yr; normal weekly hours = 37.1. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
VIC	Dragan, real estate agent, 8 years, retainer + commission, resigned; ordinary weekly rate = greatest of 52-week, 260-week and whole-period average earnings = $1,730.76. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
QLD	Using the tables: 18 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 2 days = 13.0000 (15 yrs) + 2.8167 (3 yrs 3 mths) + 0.0381 (2 wks 2 days) Source	15.85 weeks	15.85 weeks	Matches, official rounded
QLD	Terminated after 12 completed years, no long service leave taken Source	10.4 weeks	10.4 weeks	Matches
QLD	Total service 17 years 3 months: 13 weeks + 1.95 weeks (2 years 3 months) Source	14.95 weeks	14.95 weeks	Matches
QLD	12 years' service on termination: 8.6667 + 1.73333 weeks Source	10.4 weeks	10.4 weeks	Matches
QLD	Casual/regular part-time, 9,600 hours over 8 years, qualifies for pro rata: 9600 / 52 x 8.6667 / 10 = 160.0006 hours x ordinary hourly rate. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
QLD	Casual/regular part-time, 15,600 ordinary hours over 10 years: 260.001 hours; may be taken as 6.8421 weeks at 38 h/wk full-time equivalent. Source	260 hours	-	Matches
QLD	Casual/regular part-time, 18,720 ordinary hours over 13 years, termination: 312.0012 hours x ordinary hourly rate. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
QLD	s 105(2) example: 15,600 ordinary hours over 10 years at $12/hour. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
QLD	s 104 example: 247 hours of long service leave with a 38-hour full-time week may be taken as 6 1/2 weeks (247 / 38). Source	-	-	Checked by hand
QLD	s 107 example: seasonal employee (sugar/meat works) who worked half of each year over 10 years: 8.6667 x 5/10. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
WA	Riley resigns after 8 years, 4 months and 5 days; pro rata payable on resignation Source	7.24 weeks	7.23 weeks	Matches, official rounded
WA	Lee made redundant after 12 years: 8.667 + (2/10 x 8.667 = 1.733) Source	10.4 weeks	10.4 weeks	Matches
WA	Anastasia dismissed for serious misconduct after 12 years 1 month, no long service leave taken: only the first 10-year entitlement, no pro rata for the 2 completed years Source	8.67 weeks	8.67 weeks	Matches, official rounded
WA	Liam took 8 weeks in advance at 7 years, resigns at 8 years; pro rata 6.94 weeks; employer may deduct 8 - 6.94 = 1.06 weeks from final pay. Source	6.94 weeks	6.93 weeks	Matches, official rounded
WA	Harley resigns after 8 years, base + commission, $100,000 earned in last 365 days: $100,000/365 x 7 = $1,917.81 per week x 6.94 weeks. Source	6.94 weeks	6.93 weeks	Matches, official rounded
WA	Jasmine: 27,040 hours over 10-year accrual period / 521.7 weeks = 52 average weekly hours; 8.667 x 52 = 450.684 hours of long service leave. Source	8.67 weeks	8.67 weeks	Matches, official rounded
WA	Ezra: 10 years elapsed with 12 months unpaid parental leave = 9 years service; 4 yrs at 38 h/wk then 5 yrs at 30 h/wk; normal weekly hours 33.56; redundancy. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
WA	Mike, 18 years 6 months, employment ending: period 1 8.667 x 38 = 329.346 h; period 2 4.333 x 20 = 86.66 h; period 3 3 completed years 2.6 weeks x 25 = 65 h; total 481.006 hours. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
WA	Esther, 16 years, taking leave: 8.667 x 26 = 225.342 h + 4.333 x 34.9 = 151.222 h = 376.564 hours available (16th year not yet available). Source	-	-	Checked by hand
WA	Jennifer, seasonal casual: 7,750 hours over 520-week accrual period (zero-hour weeks included) = 14.9 hours/week; 8.667 weeks at 14.9 h/wk. Source	8.67 weeks	8.67 weeks	Matches, official rounded
WA	FIFO 2 weeks on / 1 week off at 77 h/wk on: 154 hours / 3 weeks = 51.33 average weekly hours. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
SA	Employee leaves after 12 years 6 months, no leave taken: only full years count, 12 x 1.3 Source	15.6 weeks	15.6 weeks	Matches
SA	Aisha: 8.5 years with Fabulous Floors, resigned with 4 weeks' notice: pro-rata 8 x 1.3 Source	10.4 weeks	10.4 weeks	Matches
SA	Liam: 13 years' service, took 10 weeks long service leave; page states he has 3 weeks left from the initial 13 and has accrued a further 3.9 weeks (3 x 1.3) - remaining balance 3 + 3.9 Source	6.9 weeks	6.9 weeks	Matches
SA	Ajay: 7.5 years at Fairview Hospital, resigned without giving required 2 weeks' notice: hospital may withhold pro-rata (unlawful termination by worker) Source	0 weeks	9.1 weeks	Matches, official rounded
SA	Steve, casual waiter: 3,420 hours over 3 years; 3,420 / 156 = 21.923 hrs/week x $25/hr base rate = weekly long service leave pay. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
SA	Jack, insurance agent on commission: $110,000 pre-tax income over previous 12 months / 52 = gross weekly pay on leave. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
SA	Liam: 13 years' service, took 10 weeks long service leave; 3 weeks left from the initial 13 plus a further 3.9 weeks (3 x 1.3). Source	6.9 weeks	6.9 weeks	Matches
SA	Lien (Daisy's Nursery): casual a little over 9 years, 10 weeks' unpaid leave left her two weeks short of 9 years' continuous service: 10.4 weeks instead of 11.7. Source	10.4 weeks	10.4 weeks	Matches
SA	Jack and Sylvia: 8 years' service, took 4 weeks' leave in advance; pro-rata 8 x 1.3 = 10.4 weeks, remaining 6.4 weeks paid out. Source	6.4 weeks	6.4 weeks	Matches
SA	3 weeks' unpaid leave (excluding sick leave) during 10 years: must work 10 years and 3 weeks before full entitlement. Source	13 weeks	13 weeks	Matches
TAS	Example 1: 9 years' continuous employment, resignation due to ill-health: 9 x 0.8667 Source	7.8 weeks	7.8 weeks	Matches, official rounded
TAS	Example 2: 13 years, 6 months, 14 days = 13.5383 years x 0.8667 (page says resignation 'for any reason' - valid because over 10 years) Source	11.73 weeks	11.73 weeks	Matches, official rounded
ACT	Example 1 - full-time employee, s 7(1): $560.00 x 6.0667 = $3397.35. Source	6.07 weeks	6.07 weeks	Matches, official rounded
ACT	Example 2 - part-time/casual, s 7(2): 780 hours in prior 12 months / 52 = 15 hrs/week; 15 x $17/hr = $255; 255 x 6.0667 = $1547.00. Source	6.07 weeks	6.07 weeks	Matches, official rounded
ACT	Example 3 - full-time to part-time within 2 years of entitlement, s 7(3): 5-year salary total $123,240 / 5 / 52 = $474 per week x 6.0667. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
NT	s 11(4): 40 hours per week for the whole 10 years; rate of pay $15 per hour. Amount = $15 x 40 x 1.3 x 10 = $7,800. Source	-	-	Checked by hand
NT	s 11(5): 5 years; 40, 40, 30, 25 (avg), 20 (avg) hrs/week; rate of pay $30/hour. Amount = $6,045. Source	-	-	Checked by hand

How the comparison works

Each example's facts (service, reason for leaving, hours, pay, unpaid leave and leave already taken) are entered into the same calculation engine visitors use. A figure matches when it agrees with the official figure to the precision the government published, for example to two decimal places of a week.

“Matches, official rounded” means the government printed a rounded figure (for example 7 weeks for 7.03, or 4.76 where its calculator cuts off rather than rounds), and our unrounded figure agrees with it at that precision.

A few official examples round an in-between figure before multiplying. Where that happens, we test the method with the government's own rounded figure and say so.

Where an official example has an error

Sometimes a published example does not add up on its own figures. The calculator works the figure out from the rule rather than copying the printed number.

ACT: WorkSafe ACT calculation guideline Example 3 publishes $2,876.60; its own inputs give $474 x 6.0667 = $2,875.62. Calculate, don't copy.
VIC: Business Victoria publishes Dragan's 260-week average as $1,661.53; its own inputs give $1,653.85.
WA: The official WA calculator gives 7.23 or 7.24 weeks for the Riley example depending on start date; engine tests allow +/-0.01.
SA: A worker who resigns without giving the required notice can lose pro-rata long service leave (guide example Ajay). Use reason code resignation_without_required_notice; the employer 'has the legal option to withhold', so show it as a risk rather than a certain zero.

Results from the build on 3 November 2026. See also sources and method.