Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) Subject to sections 72 and 74, the authority must pay to an applicant for payment of a long service leave entitlement under section 71 an amount for long service leave calculated using the formula--
where--
S means the amount calculated by adding together each amount of the registered worker's moderated wages for each return period in which the registered worker was credited with service in the register of workers.
R means the annual rate of pay that is payable for the classification level at the time the application under section 71 is made.
(2) The authority must pay the applicant for a public holiday that happens during the long service leave taken by the applicant.
(3) Unless it is likely to be the last payment for a long service leave entitlement paid to the applicant by the authority, the authority must not pay the applicant for a period of long service leave that is less than 5 days.
(4) In this section--
classification level means a classification level under an award or relevant industrial agreement prescribed under a regulation.
moderated wages, of a registered worker for a return period, means the ordinary wages earned by the registered worker during the return period divided by the annual rate of pay that is payable for the classification level at the end of the return period.