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Annual leave loading calculator — your holiday pay with or without the 17.5% loading, and the leave you earn each year
Short answer. Enter your base hourly rate, ordinary hours and the weeks you're taking. How much leave: 4 weeks a year of ordinary hours for full-time and part-time employees (not casuals) (Fair Work Ombudsman — Annual leave; FW Act ss 86–87).
- Ask for the leave in writing — about 4 weeks beforetype the date
- Check your last payslip shows the leave balance — a week beforetype the date
Check your own case.
Reminders, not legal notice periods: your award or agreement may set its own rules for requesting leave.
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Holiday pay
Your holiday pay — base rate, leave loading and the leave you earn each year
Your base hourly rate, ordinary hours and the weeks you're taking. You see your leave pay, the loading if your award or agreement gives one, and an Excel file with your leave balance pay by pay.
- Check your award or agreement for a leave loading clause — the Fair Work Ombudsman's pages let you filter by industry.
- Send the leave request in writing and keep the approval.
- Compare the holiday pay on your payslip with the calculation; if it's short, ask your employer, then the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Arithmetic: leave pay = base hourly rate × ordinary hours × weeks; loading = leave pay × the loading %; leave earned = 4 weeks of ordinary hours a year (National Employment Standards). Loading is paid only if your award or agreement says so (Fair Work Ombudsman). Long service leave is state law and not counted. Before tax; not legal advice.
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Tell me your rate, hours and how many weeks you're taking, and I'll work out your holiday pay.
The leave request below is ready to send to your manager.
Deadlines
The rules, with the source
| What | Deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|
| How much leave | 4 weeks a year of ordinary hours for full-time and part-time employees (not casuals) | Fair Work Ombudsman — Annual leave; FW Act ss 86–87 |
| How it's paid | Base pay rate for the hours of leave — no overtime, penalties, allowances or bonuses | Fair Work Ombudsman — Payment for annual leave; FW Act s 90 |
| Leave loading | Only if your award or agreement says so; many set 17.5%, some shiftworkers get their shift loading instead | Fair Work Ombudsman — Payment for annual leave |
| Leaving the job | Unused annual leave is paid out, with any loading you'd have received | Fair Work Ombudsman — Payment for annual leave |
National Employment Standards apply across Australia. Long service leave is set by state and territory laws and isn't counted here.
Step by step
What to do, in order
1
Check your award or agreement
Does it give leave loading? If yes, usually 17.5%.
2
Enter rate, hours and weeks
Base hourly rate, ordinary hours a week and the weeks you're taking.
3
Send the request
The Word file has the leave request and the pay check for your payslip.
Questions
Do I get 17.5% leave loading?
Only if your award or enterprise agreement says so — it's not part of the National Employment Standards. Many awards give 17.5%, and some shiftworkers get their shift loading instead if it's higher.
How much annual leave do I get?
Full-time and part-time employees get 4 weeks a year based on their ordinary hours: 38 hours a week means 152 hours; 20 hours a week means 80 hours. Casual employees don't get paid annual leave.
Is overtime included in holiday pay?
No. Annual leave is paid at your base pay rate, without overtime, penalty rates, allowances or bonuses, unless your award or agreement says otherwise.
What happens to unused leave when I leave?
Your employer must pay it out, at the amount you would have got if you'd taken it — including any loading.
Is it free? Do I need to sign up?
It's free and you don't need an account: fill it in and download. With a free account you can save a copy to your Layers and come back to it next year.
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Keep the papers in one place
Letters, receipts and notices in one folder you can share with family or a lawyer. The templates and the editor are free; Layers is free for up to 20 people.
A calculation and a template, not legal advice. Your award or agreement decides the loading.