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LONG SERVICE LEAVE (CLEANING, BUILDING AND PROPERTY SERVICES) ACT 1999 (NO. 85 OF 1999) - SECT 57

Amount of payment

(1)     The amount payable by the board to an employee under section 55 or 56 is to be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

(2)     In this section—

A     means the amount payable by the board to the applicant.
"assessment period" means a period for which a notice, stating the applicant is an employee, has been given to the registrar in accordance with section 39.
DA     means the number of days in the relevant period—

        (a)     when the applicant was absent from employment in the cleaning industry; and

        (b)     when the applicant was paid (or was entitled to be paid) ordinary pay, or compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act 1951 , by an employer in that industry; and

        (c)     that are not credited to the applicant as service in the employees register.

DS     means the number of days' service during the relevant period credited to the applicant in the employees register.
PH     means the number of public holidays and award holidays during the relevant period.
"relevant period" means whichever of the following that results in the greater amount payable by the board to the applicant:

        (a)     the 2 assessment periods most recently completed before the date on which the application is received by the board (whether or not those periods are consecutive);

        (b)     the 12 month period ending at the end of the last assessment period before the date on which the application is received by the board.

TP     means the total ordinary pay recorded in the employees register as received by the applicant during the relevant period.
W     means the number of weeks long service leave for which the applicant has applied for payment (not greater than the number to which the applicant is entitled).


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