Long Service Leave

19 The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (3 December 2014). (First Session)

For each department or agency then reporting to the Treasurer—

1. What is the estimated long service leave liability as at 30 June 2014 in days and dollars?

2. What is the highest long service leave entitlement that has not been taken for any employee, as at 30 June 2014, in days and dollars?

3. (a) What funding, as at 30 June 2014, was held in accounts controlled or administered by the department or agency to fund long service leave; and

(b) What were the names of the accounts and total funds held in these accounts as at 30 June 2014?

4. (a) What policies, and monitoring of these policies, are in place to ensure that there is not a build-up of long service leave liability within the department or agency; and

(b) Are employees required to take long service leave after a certain level of entitlement has accrued?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers): The Treasurer has been advised that—

1. The estimated long service leave liability for the Department of Treasury and Finance as at 30 June 2014 is 43,891 calendar days and $12,801,000.

2. The highest long service leave entitlement that has not been taken for any employee within the Department of Treasury and Finance as at 30 June 2014 is 540.72 calendar days and $253,898.

3. (a) Funds are held in the Accrual Appropriation Excess Funds Account.

(b) The funds are held in the Accrual Appropriation Excess Funds Account and the total funds held for the Department of Treasury and Finance as at 30 June 2014 was $2,584,000.

4. (a) The Department of Treasury and Finance does not have any policies regarding the build-up of long service leave. Long service leave is managed in accordance with the Public Sector Regulations 2010.

(b) Consistent with the Public Sector Regulations 2010 long service leave does not have to be taken after a certain level of entitlement has accrued.