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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 232

             (1)  For the purposes of this Division, annual leave means leave to which an employee is entitled under this Subdivision.

All employees to whom this Division applies

             (2)  An employee is entitled to accrue an amount of paid annual leave, for each completed 4 week period of continuous service with an employer, of 1 / 13 of the number of nominal hours worked by the employee for the employer during that 4 week period.

Example:    An employee whose nominal hours worked for a 12 month period were 38 hours per week would be entitled under this subsection to 152 hours of annual leave (which would be the equivalent of 4 weeks of annual leave if his or her nominal hours worked remained unchanged).

Additional leave entitlement for shift workers

             (3)  An employee is also entitled to accrue an amount of paid annual leave, for each completed 12 month period of continuous service with an employer, of 1 / 52 of the number of nominal hours worked by the employee, for the employer, as a shift worker during that 12 month period.

Example:    A shift worker whose nominal hours worked for a 12 month period were 38 hours per week, and who worked as a shift worker throughout that period, would be entitled under this subsection to an additional 38 hours of annual leave (which would be the equivalent of one week of annual leave if his or her nominal hours worked remained unchanged).