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Long Service Leave

26 The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (3 December 2014). (First Session) For each department or agency then reporting to the Minister for Investment and Trade—

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. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation): The Minister for Investment and Trade has received this advice:

DMITRE

1. The estimated long service leave liability for the former Department of Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy (DMITRE) as at 30 June 2014 was 40,088 days and $11,933,000.

2. The highest long service leave entitlement that has not been taken for any employee, as at 30 June 2014, is 435 days equating to $201,931.

3. (a) As at 30 June 2014, DMITRE held a total $12.3 million in cash or cash equivalents.

(b) As reported in the Auditor-General's Annual Report for 2013-2014, DMITRE held $18.2 million in a special deposit account with the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) as at 30 June 2014. This amount was held in the special deposit account named 'DMITRE Operating Account'. Deposits with the Treasurer may only be used in accordance with the Treasurer's approval. The special deposit account is for general operating expenses, including the payment of long service leave and annual leave expenses. This amount also includes cash securities held for mining remediation.

4. (a) The former DMITRE did not have any policies in place to manage the accrual of long service leave.

(b) There is no requirement for employees to take leave after a certain level of long service leave has been accrued.

DEFENCE SA

1. Estimated liability of $620,000 plus oncosts of $37,000 for 3,472 days accrued long service leave.

2. Highest individual long service leave entitlements, in days and dollars:

(a) 146 days ($86,786 (excluding oncosts)

(b) $127,476 (excluding oncosts) (78 days)

3. (a) Funding for leave liabilities is available in Defence SA operating account.

(b) Funding held in Defence SA operating bank account, with balance of $4.275 million at 30 June 2014.

4. (a) Defence SA does not have a policy for the management / reduction of long service leave entitlements.

(b) No.

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