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20/08/2025

Final entitlements estimator

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.

Disclaimer

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.

Personal Details
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Employment Type

Casual Employees

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.

Casual employees are not paid final entitlements on cessation (except for in the case of Long Service Leave, provided that the employee has more than 12 months’ continuous service and is over 55 years of age).

Ongoing and non-ongoing - on leave without pay from a public sector agency

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 receive 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.

Are you on probation?
Hours and Salary
38 hours is considered Full Time.
Please enter your salary as a pure number. For example, if your salary is $74,134 please enter 74134
Annual Leave

Your annual leave entitlement can be accessed via PEMS.

Cessation

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, your eligible service for severance benefit purposes will be reduced by the number of days of this leave.

Reason for Cessation
Long Service 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:

  • have an entitlement to claim long service leave (due to meeting the required length of eligible service)
  • be 55 years of age or older
  • have at least 12 months of eligible service and are terminated due to a loss of office, or
  • have at least 12 months of eligible service and are terminated in an event that meets the definition of ‘retrenchment’ as defined within the LSL Act (for example, an office restructure which results in the termination of your position).

If any of the above are applicable to you, you will need to estimate the following information:

  • completed years and months of eligible full-time and/or part-time service
  • where applicable, number of months and days of full-time and/or part-time long service leave taken or paid in lieu, and
  • where applicable, estimated average weekly hours during your part-time service.

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.

Long Service Leave Eligibility
Long Service Leave Accrued
Total eligible full-time service for Long Service Leave Enter zero (0) if you do not have years or months
Total full-time Long Service Leave taken &/or paid in lieu Enter zero (0) if you do not have years or months
Total eligible part-time service for Long Service Leave Enter zero (0) if you do not have years or months
Total part-time Long Service Leave taken &/or paid in lieu Enter zero (0) if you do not have years or months
Enter your value as a decimal of an hour, for example if you worked 20 hours and 45 minutes, enter 20.75