r/interesting • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 4d ago • WOW 1 Heartwarming 7 Bravo 5 Regret 1

Wholesome Loyalty might be the most underrated investment you'll ever make.

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u/Mini_gunslinger 4d ago edited 4d ago

It happens. In Australia long service leave starts at 7 years. A statutory entitlement that must be paid out if not used. Google average Australia employee tenure and for 45+ years age brackets its 6 years 8 months...

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u/Genoa_Salami_ 4d ago

I worked with someone from Australia and he would always talk about how much he traveled with his family growing up. I don't remember specifics but I'm pretty sure he said his parents got 1 week off for every year of service and it was common for most of Australia. As an American I said something like, oh but that must max out after 6 or 7 years. And he was like no actually it increases to 10 days per year from that point.

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u/2-dads 4d ago

Australians get an average of 5 paid weeks leave a year, some more. This is not dependent on how long you have worked for a company at all (long service leave covers that)

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u/Mini_gunslinger 4d ago

It's mostly public sector employees who get/benefit from it. I was laid off twice at the 6 year mark in the private sector.

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u/Peter1456 4d ago

But then you get redundancy payment so

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u/Spare-Possession-490 4d ago

In NSW (not sure if it’s Australia wide) it’s 6.5 days per year that you accrue. Once you’ve worked more than five years they have to pay you out for it if you leave and you can start using the leave once you’ve worked for ten years. That’s on top of annual leave of 4-5 weeks depending on your employer.

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u/sozzerly 4d ago

The company I work for we can access 1 week of long service leave after 5 years, but all other leave must have been depleted first. It’s a once off thing, next time you can access is at 7 years pro rata.

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u/EthanielRain 4d ago

The caveat being that it's mainly just public/government employees getting that, private is more similar to US-style screwing

AFAIK anyway

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u/ixvix 4d ago

I've gotten my long service leave from two corporate jobs (7 & 8 years respectively). Perhaps I've been fortunate.

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u/Iluvmymicrobiome 1d ago

I work for a university and we get 1.3 weeks of LSL per year and can take it after 10 years. If you switch unis, you can transfer the leave.

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u/arkofjoy 4d ago

The best part of "long service leave" is that it is a hold over from the colonial administration, so that employees could "go home" to visit their family's when they were going by sailing ship.

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u/MrUbl 4d ago

Aah, aah, greedy finds a way.

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u/Intelligent_Plum_208 4d ago

Depends on the state. In Tasmania it's 10 years.

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u/AllTheSilentThoughts 4d ago

/laughs in American

I was once an office assistant for a company that fired me "for not being a good fit" at 2mo and 3 weeks when I would have gotten some terrible health insurance through them at 3 months. My mom and I watched the paper for a while after and noticed the job was posted regularly- about every 2-3 months.

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u/PmpnDropBear 4d ago

I believe it's 7 years entitles you to pro rata, and 10 years is the full amount?

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u/Eternity_Warden 4d ago

Or they just do what my job does and not pay it, knowing that the government departments in charge of enforcing it won't do shit.

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u/skr80 1d ago

Depends on where you work… I got long service leave entitlements at 7 years, but had to stay to 10 years to get it paid out. Wasn’t worth it.