Portable long service leave you can put under lock and key
When you’re registered with ACT Leave, your portable long service leave benefits travel with you when you move between registered employers within the industry.
If you do relevant work in the security industry, you should be registered for portable long service leave. If you are not sure if you are registered, contact us.
Eligible workers in the security industry
In the security scheme, workers are classified as either employees or contractors.
|
Registration |
Levy |
Benefit type |
Notes |
|
|
Employees |
Mandatory – must be registered by the employer |
1.07% of gross ordinary wages, paid by the employer |
Accrued portable long service leave |
Includes full-time, part-time and casual employees performing relevant work. Also includes employees on a visa that allows them to work in Australia |
|
Contractors |
Optional – can self-register |
1.67% of ordinary remuneration or profit component, paid by the contractor |
Contribution refund plus interest |
Includes working directors, sole traders or individual partners in a partnership. |
Registering in the security industry
As an employee, your employer would normally register you when you start work with them.
Once registered, we’ll send correspondence with your registration number and instructions on accessing the client portal.
If you don’t think you’ve been registered and you have not received a letter from us with your registration details, contact us.
We’ll also send you an annual statement to ensure:
- all work was recorded correctly
- your contact details are current.
Use your registration details to log into the portal to:
- check and update your contact details
- see your service history
- update your contact details if you didn’t receive an annual statement.
Sole traders, individual partners in a partnership and working directors in security
You can still benefit from the portable long service leave scheme if you’re a:
- contractor (sole trader or individual in a partnership)
- working director.
To do this, register with us as a ‘voluntary member’ to contribute towards a portable long service leave benefit. You can also backdate your service up to 1 year from the date you register.
When you claim, instead of taking leave, we’ll give you back the amount you paid in levies plus interest.
If the scheme fund investment made a return, you’ll receive interest of 75% of the rate of return (less any associated fees) or nil (if the fund did not make a return or made a loss). View the current interest rates.
Registering as a contractor
To register as a contractor, complete and submit the Contractor / Working Director Registration form.
Recording service as a contractor
If you register with us as a contractor, you must then lodge quarterly returns through the portal.
Each quarter, you’ll declare:
- how many days you worked
- your gross ordinary wages or profit part of your income for the quarterly return period.
You’ll pay a levy of 1.67% on what you declare. Most contractors use a minimum daily rate of pay to calculate their gross ordinary wages.
If you have both employee and contractor service recorded, you’ll receive the sum of the employee part and your contractor part when you claim.
Accruing portable long service leave in the security industry
If you were registered in the security industry scheme in the ACT on or after 1 January 2013, you accrue 6.06 weeks of portable long service leave for every 7 years of service.
Your service recorded as an employee and/or a contractor counts towards an entitlement.
For example, you would gain a total of 7 years of service in the scheme if you recorded:
- 5 years as an employee
- 2 years as a contractor.
See more information on entitlements and how to claim.
Deregistration
If you have had no service recorded with ACT Leave for 4 years, your portable long service leave account will be deregistered (closed).
We’ll let you know 3 to 6 months before this is due to happen.
To avoid deregistration, contact us to provide proof of continued work in the ACT security industry.
Work in interstate security industries
Recording missing service in the security industry
If you think your employer has not recorded your service with ACT Leave, submit a missing service claim form so we can investigate your claim.
You will need to ensure you were:
- working in the security industry in the ACT
- performing relevant work
- an employee.
Along with the completed form, you will need to provide evidence that you were performing relevant work in the industry during the period of missing service. Evidence could include:
- PAYG payment summaries for the period of employment you are claiming missing service
- pay slips for the period you are claiming missing service
- employment contract with the employer
- employment separation certificate if applicable
- position description.
