Under the WA Long Service leave Act, if a new employer buys or takes over a business, and retains the existing employees, the employer will take on all the long service leave obligations for those employees. Watch the video for details.

This video outlines that under the WA Long Service Leave Act, after 7 years of continuous employment an employee may have an entitlement to payment of long service leave when their employment ends due to resignation, dismissal, redundancy or if the employee dies. 

An employee’s entitlement to long service depends on the length of their continuous employment with the same employer. This video discusses continuous employment under the WA Long Service Leave Act and the types of absences that do and do not count towards a period of continuous employment.