long service leave
(business, Australia, New Zealand) An additional employee vacation payable after long periods of service with an employer.
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www.9news.com.au/national/mel... Stood down on full pay, annual leave, long service leave and superannuation continues to accrue. Nothing to stop them from taking other work! What a great deal!
It's a complete misrepresentation of the definition of sick leave. By that definition annual leave and long service leave are also "income support" and a burden on the tax payer, and we know that's complete horseshit.
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(business, Australia, New Zealand) An additional employee vacation payable after long periods of service with an employer.
“www.9news.com.au/national/mel... Stood down on full pay, annual leave, long service leave and superannuation continues to accrue. Nothing to stop them from taking other work! What a great deal!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's a complete misrepresentation of the definition of sick leave. By that definition annual leave and long service leave are also "income support" and a burden on the tax payer, and we know that's complete horseshit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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