South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Long service leave
should be granted by an employer to a worker as soon as practicable (taking
into consideration the needs of the employer's business or undertaking) after
the worker becomes entitled to the leave.
(2) Long service leave
should be taken in one continuous period.
(3) The employer
should give a worker at least 60 days notice of the date from which leave is
to be taken.
(4) Despite the
preceding provisions of this section, an employer and a worker may agree
on—
(a) the
deferral of long service leave;
(b) the
taking of long service leave in separate periods;
(c) the
granting and taking of long service leave on less than 60 days notice;
(d) the
taking of long service leave in anticipation of the entitlement to the leave
accruing to the worker.
(6) If—
(a) a
worker takes long service leave in anticipation of the entitlement to that
leave accruing to the worker; and
(b)
before the entitlement to that leave accrues, the service of the worker is
terminated (for any reason),
the employer may deduct from any remuneration payable to the worker on the
termination of service the difference between the amount paid to the worker in
respect of the long service leave taken and the amount of payment in lieu of
long service leave (if any) to which the worker would have been entitled on
the termination of service if the worker had not taken leave in anticipation
of the entitlement accruing.
(7) Every day
occurring after the commencement of a period of long service leave (including
public holidays and days on which the worker would not normally have been
required to work) will be counted as a day of that leave.