Jobs that pay for military leave (reserve duty) often include government positions (federal, state, local) like Australian Public Service (APS) roles, certain public sector jobs (e.g., education, police), and progressive private companies that offer supportive policies, often highlighted in job descriptions, with entitlements like paid time off, allowing reservists to fulfill service without losing pay, protected by laws like the Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001 (Cth).
As part of the military pay and benefits package, military service members earn 30 days of paid leave per year. You start at zero and for every month of military service, 2.5 days of leave get added to your leave account.
The Long Service Leave Act 1955 (LSL Act) entitles full-time, part-time and casual workers in NSW to 2 months paid long service leave on completion of 10 years continuous service and one month of paid leave for each additional 5 years' service.
Common types of employee leave include Annual/Vacation Leave (paid time off for rest), Sick & Carer's Leave (for personal illness or caring for family), Parental Leave (for new parents), Compassionate/Bereavement Leave (for family illness or death), and Long Service Leave, providing time off for extended service, alongside others like Family & Domestic Violence Leave and Community Service Leave.
Under the new ADF leave framework, members can accrue up to 25 days of basic recreation leave a year. You'll also get more flexibility in how you take your leave.
Employers are not required to pay a reservist's salary while they're rendering defence service. However, employers are encouraged to develop a supportive Reserve Leave policy.
You get paid 7.6 hours in Australia because the standard full-time work week is 38 hours, which divides into 7.6 hours per day (38 hours / 5 days), often incorporating unpaid meal breaks within a longer physical workday (like 9-to-5 with 30 mins off). This is the base "ordinary hours" rate, with anything extra typically paid as overtime or managed through arrangements like RDOs (Rostered Days Off).
For a full-time employee working 38 hours a week and 76 hours a fortnight, they would accrue on the basis of an entitlement to a 7.6-hour 'notional day'. Over the course of a year, an employee would accrue 76 hours of leave, or 10×7.6-hour notional days.
However, attendance at the funeral itself is covered by compassionate leave under the NES, so personal/carer's leave shouldn't be the default for funerals.
About long service leave
The Long Service Leave Act 1955 (the Act) provides full-time, part-time and casual workers (or any combination of these throughout the period of service) in NSW to: 2 months (8.6667 weeks) paid long service leave on completion of 10 years' service.
Yes, an employer can deny a long service leave request, but only on "reasonable business grounds," such as operational difficulties, staff shortages, or undue financial strain, and they must negotiate alternative dates with the employee; they cannot just refuse outright, as it's a legal entitlement, and must ensure they have valid, legally defensible reasons, often requiring negotiation and potentially involving employment bodies for disputes.
The employee is entitled to: one and a half week's pay for each complete year of service after reaching the age of 41. one week's pay for each complete year of service between the ages of 22 and 40 inclusive, and; half a week's pay for each complete year of service below the age of 22.
Long-Term Military Leave
State employees who receive active military duty orders for more than six months are entitled to 30 calendar days of pay. In order to qualify for payment, the employee must have at least one year of state service immediately prior to the effective date of the active military duty orders.
President Donald J. Trump announced last night that nearly 1.5 million service members would receive a $1,776 bonus to both thank them for their military service and to commemorate the 250 years the U.S. military has been defending the nation.
In general, one day of leave is equal to your base pay divided by 30. Only base pay is used, and no other pay is included in the calculation.
Iran has the most statutory annual vacation days in the world (53), with a clear week's worth more than second-placed San Marino (46). As well as a reasonable 26 days of paid leave, Iran has nearly a month of public holidays (27 days), which is more than any other country.
At the end of each annual leave year the inevitable question crops up: “My staff haven't used all of their annual leave, can they carry it over to next year?” The basic principle of annual leave is that if you don't use it, you lose it.
Taking holidays during probation periods: while it is possible to take days off during your probation period, you may wish to keep this to a minimum - unless it was pre-arranged before you accepted the role.
Yes, a 40-hour work week can be legal in Australia, but the standard full-time week is 38 hours under the Fair Work Act. Employers can request or require employees to work up to 40 hours if those extra 2 hours (above 38) are considered "reasonable," considering factors like health, safety, and personal circumstances; however, courts have recently ruled that routinely requiring 40 hours without overtime pay can be unlawful if not reasonable, even if it's industry standard.
Certain rules apply when cashing out annual leave: an employee needs to have at least 4 weeks annual leave left over. a written agreement needs to be made each time annual leave is cashed out. an employer can't force or pressure an employee to cash out annual leave.
Yes, you can be fired for not answering your phone on your day off due to at-will employment laws in most U.S. states. However, exceptions apply if the termination violates anti-discrimination laws, public policy, employment contracts, or protected leave under FMLA or ADA.
Yes, you can work 70 hours a week in Australia if the extra hours are "reasonable" and you're fairly compensated (overtime pay or time off in lieu), as the standard is 38 hours, but the law allows for reasonable additional hours beyond that, though consistently working such long hours raises health/safety and "reasonableness" concerns for employers under the Fair Work Act.
It might not be the healthiest long-term solution to work 80 hours a week. However, it can sometimes be unavoidable. If you are working an 80 hour week, try to do it intermittently or for short periods. The most important thing you need to consider to avoid burnout is to keep a healthy sleep schedule.
Generally if you are employed full time, you will get: Maximum work hours (38 hours plus reasonable additional hours); Various types of leave including annual leave, personal leave, long service leave and domestic & family violence leave.