TasBuild long service leave calculator
TasBuild pays 13 weeks of ordinary pay once you reach 2,600 days (10 years) of Tasmanian construction work, across any number of employers. That is 1.3 weeks per 260 days, against 8.67 weeks under the statutory Act.
Your TasBuild days and pay
Here's your entitlement
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| Component | Formula | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Service from 1 Jan 2006 | 2,600 / 260 x 1.3 | 13.00 wks |
| Weekly rate used | Current weekly ordinary pay (no 36-month average entered) | $1,500.00 |
| Claim gate | 10 years of continuous service, Rule 23.1(b) | 2,600 days |
| TasBuild payment | 13.0000 weeks x $1,500.00 | $19,500.00 |
| Statutory comparison | 8 2/3 weeks for 10 years with one employer, 1976 Act | $13,000.00 |
Disclaimer: An estimate, not a TasBuild assessment. TasBuild confirms your current wage with your employer, and its chief executive can adjust the weekly pay after reviewing your whole history (Rule 19.6). Self-employed contributions are not converted to weeks here. Questions go to TasBuild.
How TasBuild counts your days
Your TasBuild record is a count of days of relevant employment, capped at 260 a year: 5 days a week for 52 weeks (Rule 12.1). A leap year, or a year where pay period timing adds an extra pay, can go slightly over.
- Counted: annual and long service leave, paid personal leave, public holidays, RDOs, workers compensation days, jury and witness duty, and certified illness or injury.
- Not counted: any calendar month in which you work 5 days or less for an employer (Rule 22.7(f)), engagements of less than one full day, and plant maintenance for an employer outside the construction industry.
Covered workers are employees, permanent or casual, of an employer doing construction work in Tasmania, whether on site or making, preparing, storing or transporting materials for that work. Labour hire and group training workers are included. The Act defines the construction industry by the industrial classification for construction plus listed manufacturing classes, such as prefabricated buildings and concrete products (Act s 3, Fund Rules Rule 1).
Missing days have a hard limit. TasBuild reviews unrecorded service only for the 10 calendar years before it receives your Unrecorded Service form (Rule 12.3), so a gap from 12 years ago cannot be fixed even with payslips.
How much TasBuild pays
Rule 19.2 sets the accrual: 1.3 weeks for every 260 days worked from 1 January 2006, and 0.8667 weeks for every 260 days before that date. Rule 23.7 says the same in fractions, 1/40th of service after 2005 and 1/60th of earlier service. Ten years after 2005 comes to 13 weeks.
Older workers with days from before 2006 get a blend. 520 days before 2006 and 2,080 after give 1.7334 + 10.4 = 12.1334 weeks. The Rules give a 10-year threshold for service wholly after 2005 and a 15-year one for service wholly before it, but say nothing about a mix, so confirm a mixed claim with TasBuild before counting on it.
Worked examples at an illustrative $1,500 a week
| Case | Days | Weeks | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|
10 years, all from 2006 | 2,600 | 13.00 | $19,500.00 |
Statutory TAS leave, 10 years with one employer | n/a | 8.67 | $13,000.00 |
Resigned at 7 years | 1,820 | 9.10 | $13,650.00 |
Further 5 years after a first claim | 1,300 | 6.50 | $9,750.00 |
Pay rise: $1,800 now, $1,500 average | 2,600 | 13.00 | $21,450.00 (rate capped at $1,650) |
Mixed: 520 days before 2006 plus 2,080 after | 2,600 | 12.13 | $18,200.10 (confirm eligibility) |
Weeks = days before 2006 / 260 x 0.8667 + days from 2006 / 260 x 1.3. $1,500 is a sample wage chosen to show the arithmetic.
What weekly rate is used
TasBuild pays on your ordinary weekly pay as if you were employed full-time, which the Rules put at 38 to 40 hours (Rule 18.1). It is the pay you would reasonably expect to keep receiving in the job.
| Included | Left out |
|---|---|
Your ordinary weekly rate on a full-time basis | Overtime |
Applicable allowances | Travel and fares allowances |
| Casual loading and annual leave loading | |
| Bonuses |
Then comes the wage test in Rule 19.5. TasBuild works out your weighted average weekly ordinary pay over the last 36 months of reported wages. More than 10% above that average, the payment uses the average x 1.1. More than 10% below, the average x 0.9. Within the band, your current pay is used.
Pay rise just before claiming. A worker on $1,800 a week whose 36-month average is $1,500 is paid on $1,650, the 110% cap. Thirteen weeks comes to $21,450 rather than $23,400. The chief executive can also adjust the weekly pay after reviewing the whole employment history (Rule 19.6), and TasBuild checks your current wage with your employer.
When you can claim
| Situation | Service needed | Rule |
|---|---|---|
Service wholly from 1 January 2006 | 10 years (2,600 days) | 23.1(b) |
Service wholly up to 31 December 2005 | 15 years | 23.1(a) |
Employment ended by the employer (not for serious and wilful misconduct) or by you | 7 years (1,820 days) | 23.1(c) |
Each further claim after a paid entitlement | 5 more years (1,300 days) | 23.2 |
Permanently unable to work in construction through illness or incapacity | 55 days | 23.3 |
Death of the worker | 55 days (service from 2006) | 23.4 |
Retirement at the award or contract age, otherwise 55 or over | Ask TasBuild | 23.5 |
Three questions the Rules leave open. Whether the 7-year payment needs you to leave the industry or applies whenever a job ends; the threshold for service that straddles 1 January 2006; and how the retirement test in Rule 23.5 reads for service wholly after 2005. Ask TasBuild on (03) 6294 0807 before you plan around any of them, and do not assume that changing builders at 7 years releases a payment.
TasBuild vs Tasmanian long service leave under the 1976 Act
| TasBuild | Long Service Leave Act 1976 (TAS) | |
|---|---|---|
Full entitlement | 13 weeks at 10 years | 8.67 weeks at 10 years |
Service counted | Days with every Tasmanian construction employer | Continuous employment with one employer |
Earlier payment | From 7 years when employment ends | Pro-rata from 7 years, on the Act's conditions |
Who pays you | TasBuild, from the fund | Your employer |
On the same weekly rate, 10 years in TasBuild pays half as much again as 10 years with one employer under the 1976 Act: 13 weeks against 8 2/3. The two do not stack. Any period you are registered with TasBuild does not count toward long service under any other Act, award or agreement (Act s 10), and s 20 voids any agreement that tries to limit the Act. The statutory rules are on the TAS long service leave calculator page.
Breaks, interstate work and losing your days
Four years out of Tasmanian construction ends your registration unless TasBuild decides otherwise (Act s 22), and TasBuild says that if you have not reached 2,600 days by then, every reported day is removed. Rule 22.2 separately treats an interruption of more than 4 years as a break in continuous service. If you are heading off for a long stint, tell TasBuild what you are doing before the clock runs down.
Work in other states counts toward the 2,600 days under the National Reciprocal Agreement. You claim with the scheme where your service was recorded last, and TasBuild pays its share in proportion to your Tasmanian service (Act s 21). Days banked in New South Wales are explained on the NSW construction long service leave calculator page.
Self-employed in TasBuild
Self-employed workers can stay in voluntarily, but only with an active worker account that already holds employee service. The contribution is $260 a quarter, usually credited as 65 days.
That self-employed part is not paid in weeks. It is your contributions plus interest, credited at 75% of positive monthly portfolio performance and 100% of negative. When combined employee and self-employed service reaches 10 years or 2,600 days, the account is paid as one lump sum and closed.
For employers: registration, returns and contributions
- Register with TasBuild and register each employee in relevant employment. Each failure carries a fine of up to 100 penalty units (Act ss 5, 6).
- Keep the records for 7 years after the employee's employment ends (Act s 8(2)(a)).
- Lodge returns within 14 days of the end of each return period. Quarterly returns are allowed with 5 or fewer employees or contributions under $500 a month.
- The Fund Rules set the contribution (the Prescribed Percentage) at 1.8% of ordinary pay from 1 October 2017 until the Board decides otherwise (Rule 14.4(e)). TasBuild's employer page ties the 1.8% to returns lodged and invoices paid on time, so check your invoice for the rate it applies to late lodgement.
- Ordinary pay for the contribution leaves out overtime, most disability allowances, board and lodging, meals, travel and vehicle allowances, bonuses, annual leave loading, unused leave paid on termination and redundancy pay. Hours over 40 a week are overtime (Rule 14.6).
Contribution at the Fund Rules rate of 1.8%
| Wages in the period | Contribution |
|---|---|
$300 a day for 21 paid days ($6,300) | $113.40 |
$300 a day for 260 paid days ($78,000) | $1,404.00 |
TasBuild's published formula: daily gross wage x paid days x the rate.
Checking your record and claiming
- Apply in the TasBuild Worker Portal or on a paper form. Payments are generally made within three weeks.
- Tax is deducted at ATO rates and TasBuild issues a PAYG summary.
- TasBuild does not pay superannuation on payments from the fund.
- Public holidays that fall during your leave are not paid by TasBuild.
- Whether you take time off is between you and your employer. TasBuild funds the payment.
Is there portable long service for community services in Tasmania?
TasBuild covers construction only. Searches for portable long service in Tasmania also bring up community sector union pages (HACSU, the ASU and Unions Tasmania) calling for a separate scheme. That is a campaign, not a scheme you can claim from. The schemes that do cover community services in other states are listed on the portable long service leave by state page.
Related pages
- TAS long service leave calculator for leave with one employer under the 1976 Act.
- Long service leave calculator to compare the statutory rules of each state and territory.
- Building and Construction Award pay rates for minimum weekly rates.
- NSW construction long service leave calculator for interstate days.
Sources
- Rules of the Construction Industry Long Service Fund, as at 1 January 2026. Rules 12, 14, 18, 19, 22 and 23. TasBuild reissues the Rules each January. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- Construction Industry (Long Service) Act 1997 (TAS). ss 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 20, 21, 22. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- TasBuild: Workers information. 260 days a year, pay rate, no super, 4-year break, claiming. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- TasBuild: Employers information. Returns, contribution formula, quarterly returns. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- TasBuild: Self employed information. $260 a quarter, 65 days, lump sum plus interest. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- TasBuild: About. 2,600 days and up to 13 weeks. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Page published 5 October 2026, updated 5 October 2026. General information, not legal or financial advice.
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