Answer

The Long Service Leave Liability report values each employee's recorded long service leave (LSL) balance as at a date you choose. It can also show an estimate of the leave each employee is entitled to take under general state rules, but that estimate is off unless you turn it on.

Run the report

In the desktop app, go to Reports >> Long Service Leave Liability (under the Leave heading). Set Report as of:, choose the employees, then select OK to open the preview, or use CSV Export to save the figures as a CSV file.

The Long Service Leave Liability options window with the Report as of date, Show Estimated Available Leave ticked and the employee list.

In the online (web/mobile) app, go to Reports, choose the Leave category, then Long Service Leave Liability. Set Report as of, choose the employees, then select Generate Report.

What the standard columns show

  • Eligible From: the employee's start date plus the LSL qualifying period set for them. This can differ from the general state rules used for the estimate.
  • Hours Accrued: the recorded LSL balance in hours. With Show Days? ticked, this becomes Days Accrued and Hours Per Day.
  • Hourly Rate and Hourly Total: the employee's current hourly rate, and the balance multiplied by that rate.
  • Actual Total: the recorded LSL balance (opening balance plus payroll accruals and adjustments, less leave taken), valued at the current hourly rate. This balance can include leave the employee is not yet eligible to take.

Show the estimated available leave

To add the estimate, tick Show Estimated Available Leave? in the desktop app, or turn on Show Estimated Available Leave in the online app, before you run the report. The report then adds:

  • Available Hours* (or Available Days* with Show Days? ticked): leave estimated from the employee's start date, current ordinary weekly hours and general state rules, less LSL taken on completed pays up to the report date. It never goes below zero.
  • Available Total*: those available hours valued at the current hourly rate.

The estimate does not use opening balances, payroll accruals or balance adjustments, so it may differ from Actual Total. The notes at the end of the report list the state rules used for the estimate.

The Long Service Leave Liability report with Available Hours, Hours Accrued, Hourly Total and Actual Total for each employee, and the notes below.

If you used this report before and the Available columns are now missing, tick or turn on the estimate setting above to show them again.

Terminated employees are highlighted in red on the report.

  • Created: 14/11/2026 3:36 PM
  • Last Edited: 14/11/2026 3:36 PM
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