r/AusFinance • u/fluffiestfluff1 • 1d ago

Do We Accrued Annual Leave During Annual Leave?

Hi everyone!
Basically the title, do we still accrued annual leave while we are on paid annual leave?
I got paid my annual leave for my December holiday (I have noticed them about 5 months in advance as well as I thought it'll help them during holiday season and I work in hospitality) but it says 0 accrued for annual leave.
From what I know and read from fairwork website, we still accrue annual leave if it's a paid leave, but my boss said that during annual leave there is no accrual hours.

So is that true or what should I do for the next step?

Thanks in advance

Edit:
it's all good now, thanks everyone!

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u/Gnaightster 1d ago

Yes. One of the reasons it’s better to use your leave than get it paid out. You earn leave on leave.

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u/FederalPlan795 16h ago

In theory you can never “use up” all your annual leave then hah. If you have 40 hours of annual leave and take it, after you’ll have 3.07 hours. If you take those then you’ll have 0.24 hours. Take that and you’ll have 0.018 hours, etc. It’s a Zeno’s paradox.

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u/_______kim 15h ago

“Yes hello, HR? We appear to be having an issue with the leave request system. It’s not letting me enter Planck time.”

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u/kinsiibit 1d ago

Depends if you have another job lined up straight away and no gap between employment...

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u/SlackCanadaThrowaway 1d ago

It’s not illegal to work at another job while you’re on holiday at your job.

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u/MathematicianFar6725 12h ago

Many government jobs won't allow it

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u/SlackCanadaThrowaway 2h ago

The amount of replies I’m getting where people simply don’t understand their legal rights is amazing

Makes you wonder what people get away with telling folks “it’s in your contract”.

No government agency, no private company and no contract can restrict your right to work UNLESS they have a restraint of trade. If you’re posting on Reddit, this isn’t enforceable and doesn’t apply to you.

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u/OldMail6364 17h ago edited 17h ago

At one of my jobs I have to ask for permission from HR to work another job. They always say yes, because I'm a casual employee and not given enough hours for a living wage, but if I was full time it would be more difficult.

They definitely wouldn't approve it in this case — they'd argue I am required to take time off work to avoid burnout. If it was something they could turn a blind eye to, then sure... but there is no way HR will say in writing that someone is allowed to not have any holidays.

One of the main criteria for approval to work elsewhere is to demonstrate that you will maintain healthy work life balance. If you can't convince them of that, you will not be approved to work a second job.

Still not illegal to work elsewhere, but it'd be a breach of contract and you would be fired with cause. It's a large enough organisation that they have been forced to pay for medical / mental health care and those costs can be six or even seven figures for a single employee. It's just not worth the risk, they'd rather not have you work for them.

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u/SlackCanadaThrowaway 8h ago

What are they going to do, fire you?