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Industrial Relations Act 1984
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### 47AE Annual leave
> [*\[Section 47AE of Part III Inserted by No. 74 of 2005, s. 8, Applied:15 Feb 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-02-15/act-2005-074#GS8@EN)
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> > (1) Unless prescribed otherwise in an Act, award or agreement, an employee, other than a casual employee or a part-time employee receiving a loading in lieu of annual leave, is entitled to a minimum of 4 weeks' paid annual leave, excluding statutory holidays within the meaning of the [Statutory Holidays Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-096) , for each completed year of continuous employment.
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> > (2) Where an employee's length of employment is less than one year, the employee is entitled to *pro rata* paid annual leave upon termination of employment, provided that the employee has given the required period of notice.
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> > (3) After each completed year of continuous employment, a part-time employee is entitled to be paid annual leave calculated in the same proportion that his or her part-time hours bears to the ordinary hours of an equivalent full-time employee.
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> > (4) An employer must permit an employee to take annual leave due under [subsection (1)](#GS47AE@Gs1@EN) or [(3)](#GS47AE@Gs3@EN) within 6 months after the leave falls due.
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> > (5) Where an employee applies for leave, the employee must give the employer not less than 4 weeks' notice, or such other period of notice as may be agreed, of the employee's intention to take leave.
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> > (6) An employer must not unreasonably withhold approval of an application to take leave.
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> > (7) Where an employer requires an employee to take leave, the employer must give the employee not less than 4 weeks' notice, or such other period of notice as may be agreed, of the requirement to take leave.
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> > (8) Untaken annual leave accrues without limit.