For MOP(S) Act employees, this tool calculates an estimate of your likely entitlements following the cessation of your employment. Please read and agree to the disclaimer before completing the form that will appear below.
The Commonwealth may update the information contained within the Estimator from time to time as required. However, the Commonwealth does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from or connected to: the accuracy, reliability, currency, or completeness of any material contained within the Estimator.
The Commonwealth recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to their use of the Estimator and that users carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, and completeness of the information they enter into the Estimator. The Estimator will and is only intended to provide an estimated final entitlements figure based on the information entered into it by the user. The Estimator should not be relied upon to produce an exact final entitlements figure, which will be calculated by the Department of Finance at the time of cessation. The Estimator is not a substitute for independent professional advice and users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.
The Commonwealth makes no representations or warranties regarding the condition or functionality of the Estimator, its suitability for use or that use of the Estimator will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Per the Commonwealth Members of Parliament Staff Enterprise Agreement 2024-27, a casual employee is paid at an hourly rate for every hour worked. The hourly rate is based on a salary point, plus an additional 25 per cent of salary in lieu of access to certain entitlements.
If you are an employee of a public sector agency (including the Australian Public Service) who has taken leave without pay in order to take up employment under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (MOP(S) Act), you are not eligible to payment in lieu of annual leave and long service, nor to any severance benefits, on ceasing MOP(S) Act employment. Instead, you will return to your former department/agency.
Your annual leave entitlement can be accessed via PEMS.
You may be eligible for severance benefits if you are an ongoing employee and your employment is terminated. In these cases, you will need to estimate the number of completed years of continuous eligible MOP(S) Act service. Breaks in continuous service, including breaks in prior MOP(S) Act eligible service, are not to be included in this total (except for in circumstances described in the Commonwealth Members of Parliament (Staff) Enterprise Agreement 2024-27).
If you were previously employed by a State or Territory parliamentarian immediately prior to employment under the MOP(S) Act, on a basis equivalent to ongoing or non-ongoing MOP(S) Act employment, and that service has been recognised for the purposes of calculating a severance benefit, then you may include that service within your continuous MOP(S) Act service in the calculation.
If your ongoing employment is terminated due to your employing parliamentarian ceasing to hold office (in accordance with subsection 14(1) of the MOP(S) Act), the severance benefit will be increased by 30%.
Regarding eligibility for severance benefits, please note that where you have been absent on a type of leave that does not count as service for a total of more than 30 calendar days within a calendar year, your eligible service for severance benefit purposes will be reduced by the number of days of this leave.
You may be eligible for payment in lieu of long service leave in accordance with the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 (the LSL Act), depending on your age and how the cessation of your employment occurs.
To be eligible, you must either:
If any of the above are applicable to you, you will need to estimate the following information:
Please note that where you have been absent on a type of leave that does not count as service, for a total of more than 30 calendar days within a calendar year, your eligible service for long service leave purposes will be reduced by the number of days of this leave.
Per the Commonwealth Members of Parliament (Staff) Enterprise Agreement 2024-27 and the LSL Act, any cessation of employment for an employee aged 55 or older entitles them to the pro rata payment of long service leave.