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Annual leave request and holiday pay check
Ask for your leave in writing and check your holiday pay before payday
Annual leave request
Request Details
Employee [YOUR NAME]
Position [YOUR POSITION]
Employer [EMPLOYER NAME]
Leave from [FIRST DAY OF LEAVE]
Back at work [FIRST DAY BACK]
Leave requested [WEEKS] weeks = [HOURS] hours
Covered by [AWARD OR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT]
Dear [MANAGER'S NAME],
I would like to take paid annual leave on the dates above. I will hand over my work before I go, and I can be reached for urgent matters only by [PHONE / EMAIL / NOT AT ALL]. Please confirm in writing and let me know if the dates don't suit, so we can agree on others.
Kind regards,
[YOUR NAME]
Employee: ________________________________ Date: ____/____/________
Approved by: ________________________________ Date: ____/____/________
Holiday pay check
Line Amount
Base pay rate, per hour A$ [RATE]
Ordinary hours a week [HOURS]
Weeks of leave [WEEKS]
Leave pay A$ [AMOUNT]
Leave loading ([0 or 17.5]%) A$ [AMOUNT]
Total before tax A$ [AMOUNT]
What the rules say
Full-time and part-time employees get 4 weeks of paid annual leave a year, based on their ordinary hours (National Employment Standards). Casual employees don't.
Leave builds up from the first day, including during probation and paid leave, and unused leave rolls over.
Annual leave is paid at your base pay rate — not overtime, penalty rates, allowances or bonuses.
Leave loading is not in the NES: you get it only if your award or agreement says so. Many awards set 17.5%; shiftworkers may get their shift loading instead if it's higher.
When you leave the job, unused annual leave must be paid out, with any loading you would have got.
Source: Fair Work Ombudsman — «Annual leave» and «Payment for annual leave»; Fair Work Act 2009 ss 16, 86–90. Long service leave is set by state and territory laws and is not counted here. Amounts are before tax; a check, not legal advice.