Construction Industry Long Service Leave Board
Building Construction in Burnside

In South Australia, employees performing building, electrical or metal trades labor predominantly on site are entitled to movable lengthy service leave. This means they don't have to labor with the same employer for 10 years to be eligible for long service leave. Employers of eligible workers are required by law to register with Movable Long Service Leave, lodge Employer Returns and pay a levy based on 2.15 of remuneration (excluding apprentices who are levy free). We retain a record of your employee's service and pay them direct when they become entitled to long service exit at no further cost to you.

Whether you’re an apprentice, employee, contractor or working director in the South Australian construction industry find out what your eligible for and how Movable Long Service Depart can earnings you. Whether you've worked for one company, or a few, you're entitled to the identical lengthy service exit benefits as employees in other industries. If you have accrued more than 1,820 service days (equivalent to 7 years fulltime employment) and will not be performing building, electrical or metal work for a minimum period of 12 months (as an employee) you will be eligible to claim a prorate payment. Upon request from your employer, we will reimburse the employer for the weeks of exit accrued with Portable Long Service Leave. Your employer must commence recording service on Employer Returns and advise us in writing of your earlier period of employment with the company. We will pay you for both the weeks of depart accrued with your employer and with Movable Lengthy Service Leave. You can apply to receive long service leave once you have recorded more than 2,600 service days (equivalent to 10 years fulltime employment). An ordinary industry rate (calculated from the usual weekly pay of workers in your classification of work, who took lengthy service exit in the financial year earlier your claim). Payments can take a couple of weeks to process so to make safe you get paid on time, please apply at minimum two weeks earlier starting leave. We will pay you as a long service exit day. This means that while you are on lengthy service exit you are accruing an entitlement towards your following period of leave. If you have accrued more than 1,820 service days (equivalent to 7 years fulltime employment) and will not be performing building, electrical or metal work as an employee for a least period of 12 months you will be eligible to claim a payment. Employer Returns are issued every two months and must be lodged with the pertinent levy payment. Portable Long Service Depart provides benefits to both employers and employees. Employers who are needed to register must entire Employer Returns, pay the relevant levies and retain good records. Employer Returns are issued every two months and must be lodged with the pertinent levy payment within 21 days of the last of each return period. The number of service days each employee recorded during the period. This means during a 4 year apprenticeship, your apprentice will accrue 5.2 weeks of long service leave at no cost to you! We will pay your worker for both the weeks of depart accrued with you and with Portable Lengthy Service Leave. You will be paid for the amount of weeks you have accrued at the time you claim. If you are the Busy Director of a company and perform building, electrical or metal trades work in South Australia, you can remain accruing lengthy service leave by making optional contributions. The maneuver covers labor on new or existing commercial, industrial or domestic buildings or structures. Electrical or metal work associated with the construction or erection of a building or structure that is to be firm to the ground and completely or partially constructed on site. Electrical or metal work associated with the alteration or demolition of a building or structure.