Community Services Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2020
sec.74Amount of long service leave payment
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sec.74 Amount of long service leave payment
Subject to sections 73 and 75 , the authority must pay an applicant for payment of a long service leave entitlement an amount for long service leave calculated using the formula— where— S means the amount calculated by adding together each amount of the registered worker’s moderated wages for each return period in which the registered worker was credited with service in the register of workers. R means the annual rate of pay that is payable for the classification level of the registered worker at the time the application is made. The authority must pay the applicant for a public holiday that happens during the applicant’s long service leave. Other than the last payment for a long service leave entitlement that may be paid to the applicant by the authority, the authority must not pay the applicant for a period of long service leave that is less than 5 days. If a registered worker stops performing community services work and is entitled to 4 days of long service leave, the authority must pay the applicant the long service leave entitlement. (sec.74-ssec.1) Subject to sections 73 and 75 , the authority must pay an applicant for payment of a long service leave entitlement an amount for long service leave calculated using the formula— where— S means the amount calculated by adding together each amount of the registered worker’s moderated wages for each return period in which the registered worker was credited with service in the register of workers. R means the annual rate of pay that is payable for the classification level of the registered worker at the time the application is made. (sec.74-ssec.2) The authority must pay the applicant for a public holiday that happens during the applicant’s long service leave. (sec.74-ssec.3) Other than the last payment for a long service leave entitlement that may be paid to the applicant by the authority, the authority must not pay the applicant for a period of long service leave that is less than 5 days. If a registered worker stops performing community services work and is entitled to 4 days of long service leave, the authority must pay the applicant the long service leave entitlement.