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Annual Leave and Public Holiday Planner

Plan annual leave using your ordinary work hours and roster. See how leave builds up and how supported public holidays affect the hours needed for a planned break.

Your details

Your scenario

National-system permanent employees, fixed weekly roster, 2026 dates. Four weeks minimum; confirmed shiftworker five-week or higher contractual entitlement supported. Load the 2026 regional dates and verify local substitutions, including part-days. No automatic year-end reset. Paid absence accrues; only expressly entered non-accruing unpaid hours reduce accrual. Leave loading and pay excluded.

State / territory Opening balance date Projection end Employment coverage Verified annual entitlement (weeks) Opening leave hours Monday ordinary hours Tuesday ordinary hours Wednesday ordinary hours Thursday ordinary hours Friday ordinary hours Saturday ordinary hours Sunday ordinary hours Coverage, entitlement and roster confirmed Full regional/local holiday list and roster overlaps entered below

Planned leave dates (one row per date)

Confirmed public holidays / part-days overlapping roster

Non-accruing unpaid absence

Load the state list, then review local substitutions and roster overlaps. Add part-day hours manually: QLD Christmas Eve from 6 pm; SA/NT Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve from 7 pm. Brisbane show day and Tasmanian local holidays are not preselected. VIC Melbourne Cup and WA King’s Birthday dates may differ regionally.

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How to use this tool

Confirm the supported employment system and region.
Enter ordinary hours, balance and planned dates.
Review accrual and the hours deducted for your break.

How the result is calculated

Leave accrual uses ordinary hours and the applicable entitlement. Overtime and different absence types do not all accrue leave in the same way.

Worked example

At a four-week annual entitlement, an employee working 20 ordinary hours per week accrues 80 hours over a full eligible year.

What this result does not cover

This version does not calculate leave pay, loading or every state-system entitlement. Casual and special shiftworker cases need their own supported rules.

Questions people ask

Does overtime increase annual leave automatically?

No. The supported calculation is based on ordinary hours.

Do all states have identical holidays?

No. State, territory and some local dates differ.

Does leave disappear at year end?

Do not assume an automatic reset; apply the relevant entitlement and employer records.

Supported scope and official sources

Source snapshot: 22 October 2026. Independent specialist review is pending. Calculations do not confirm eligibility or replace official decisions.

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