Note that in 1 normal working week = 5 days = 38 hours
and a normal hours in a 1 day's work = 7.6 hours
Annual, sick/person, and long service leave can be carried forward.
For Annual Leave
Worked | Entitlement |
1 full year of work = 260 weekdays (mon - fri) of work in a year =1976 hours in a full year of work (where there is 7.6 hours in a day) (assuming you didn't take any leave) | 20 days leave = 152 hours leave a year |
- To determine the leave you accrue per day, use 1/13.035714 rule -
- 1 hour entitlement every 13.035714 hours worked
- 1 day entitlement every 13.035714 days worked
- 1 week entitlement every 13.035714 weeks worked
- To determine the leave you accrue per hour, consider the following (both methods produce the same results):
- 1 hour of work, you're entitled to 0.076923 hrs leave
- 7.6 hours of work (or 1 full day of work), you're entitled to 0.5846 hrs leave
- 38 hours of work (a full five day work week), you're entitled to 2.9231 hrs leave
For Sick Leave\Personal Leave
Worked | Entitlement |
1 full year of work = 260 weekdays (mon - fri) of work = 1976 hours in a full year of work(where there is 7.6 hours in a day) (assuming you didn't take any leave) | 10 days leave = 76 hours leave a year |
- To determine the leave you accrue per day, use 1/26.071428 rule:
- 1 hour entitlement every 26.071428 hours work
- 1 day entitlement every 26.071428 days work
- 1 week entitlement every 26.071428 weeks work
- To determine the leave you accrue per hour, consider the following (both methods produce the same results):
- 1 hour of work, you're entitled to 0.0385 hrs leave
- 7.6 hours of work (or 1 full day of work), you're entitled to 0.2923 hrs leave
- 38 hours of work (a full five day work week), you're entitled to 1.4615 hrs leave
For Long service leave (NSW)
Worked | Entitlement | |
15 full year of work (assuming you didn't take any leave) | 13 weeks leave = 3 mths leave | |
Or | 10 full year of work =19760 hours in a full year of work (where there is 7.6 hours in a day) (assuming you didn't take any leave) | 8.67 weeks = 2mths leave |
Or | 5 full year of work (assuming you didn't take any leave) | 4.33 weeks = 1 month leave |
Or | 1 full year = 1976 hours in a full year of work (where there is 7.6 hours in a day) | 0.8667 weeks leave a year =32.93346 hrs leave a year (cannot be used until 5 years work has been completed) |
- To determine the leave you accrue per day, use 1/60 rule:
- 1 hour entitlement every 60 hours work
- 1 day entitlement every 60 days work
- 1 week entitlement every 60 weeks work
- To determine the leave you accrue per hour, consider the following (both methods produce the same results):
- 1 hour of work, you're entitled to 0.016667 hrs leave
- 7.6 hours of work (or 1 full day of work), you're entitled to 0.08333 hrs leave
- 38 hours of work (a full five day work week), you're entitled to 0.6333 hrs leave
For Long service leave (ACT)
Worked | Entitlement | |
7 full year of work (assuming you didn't take any leave) | 6.06 weeks leave | |
Or | 1 full year = 1976 hours in a full year of work (where there is 7.6 hours in a day) | 0.8657.. weeks leave a year =32.8971... hrs leave a year (cannot be used until 5 years work has been completed) |
- To determine the leave you accrue per day, use 1/60 rule FOR AN APPROXIMATION:
- 1 hour entitlement every 60.0660066 hours work
- 1 day entitlement every 60.0660066 days work
- 1 week entitlement every 60.0660066 weeks work
- To determine the leave you accrue per hour, consider the following (both methods produce the same results):
- 1 hour of work, you're entitled to 0.016648 hrs leave
- 7.6 hours of work (or 1 full day of work), you're entitled to 0.1265 hrs leave
- 38 hours of work (a full five day work week), you're entitled to 0.6326 hrs leave
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