Interstate Leave Schemes

Interstate Schemes

As part of the Interstate Reciprocal Agreement, long service leave is portable between all states and territories in Australia. This means that all interstate work covered under each state’s Scheme can be counted towards eligibility for a long service leave benefit in another state.

The Service must be recorded with the relevant long service leave Scheme for the jurisdiction in which the work was carried out in order to be recognised under the reciprocal agreement. Records of Service are kept by the state or territory in which the Service was carried out and cannot be transferred to another state Scheme, but can be taken account of at the time that a Worker applies for a Long Service Leave Benefit. Details of how to contact each state Scheme are listed below.