Summary |
For simplicity, most of the following scenarios use an employee who accrues 4 weeks of annual leave per year on a quarterly basis and their leave table rolls over annually. Note: Employees can request a payout only after their annual leave table rolls over on or after 01/04/2011. |
Scenario 1 |
Employee cannot request any annual leave payout in their first year of employment, but they can be paid out for 1 week in their second year. |
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Annual Leave |
Year 1 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year 2 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Entitled |
0 |
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4 |
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Payout balance |
0 |
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1 |
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Accrued |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Units available |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
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Taken |
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Payout paid |
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Cannot request any payout |
Can request payout for 1 week |
Scenario 2 |
Employee can be paid out for 1 week in their second year. However, if they do not take any payouts or leave in their second year, they become entitled to 8 weeks' annual leave in their third year, but they can be paid out for only 1 week in their third year. |
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Annual Leave |
Year 2 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year 3 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Entitled |
4 |
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8 |
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Payout balance |
1 |
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1 |
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Accrued |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Units available |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
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Taken |
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Payout paid |
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Can request payout for 1 week |
Can request payout for 1 week |
Scenario 3 |
Employee can take annual leave payouts from entitled annual leave only, even though they may have some accrued annual leave available. |
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Annual Leave |
Year 2 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year 3 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Entitled |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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0 |
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Payout balance |
1 |
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0 |
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0 |
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Accrued |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Units available |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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0 |
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Taken |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
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Payout paid |
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Can request payout for 1 week |
Cannot request any payout |
Scenario 4 |
Employee can take payouts out in parts of week. |
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Annual Leave |
Year 2 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year 3 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Entitled |
4 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
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4 |
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Payout balance |
1 |
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0.5 |
0 |
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1 |
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Accrued |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Units available |
4 |
2 |
2.5 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
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Taken |
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3 |
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Payout paid |
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0.5 |
0.5 |
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Scenario 5 |
Employee took leave almost as fast as they accrued it so they can take a payout of only 0.5 week in their third year. |
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Annual Leave |
Year 2 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year 3 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Entitled |
0 |
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0 |
0.5 |
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Payout balance |
0 |
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0 |
0.5 |
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Accrued |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Units available |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
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Taken |
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3.5 |
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Payout paid |
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Scenario 6 |
Employee has 8 weeks' annual leave: 4 weeks statutory and 4 weeks non-statutory. The employer agrees that the employee can request a payout for the 4 weeks non-statutory leave and their non-statutory leave can accumulate year by year. |
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Annual Leave |
Year 2 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Year 3 |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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Entitled |
8 |
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16 |
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Statutory payout balance |
1 |
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1 |
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Non-statutory payout balance |
4 |
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8 |
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Accrued |
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2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
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Units available |
8 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
16 |
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Taken |
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Payout paid |
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