Staff: to understand their leave entitlements and how to apply for leave.

Managers: to manage and approve leave requests.

Human Resources: to advise and support staff and managers.

Annual leave

4 weeks per year.

• For rest, recreation and personal time.
• If you have more than 40 days accrued at the beginning of each year:
  • you can cash out up to 10 days if you take an equal amount of leave
  • you will be directed to take leave to reduce your balance.

Personal leave

2 weeks in your first year of employment and 10 weeks for every year after that.

For things like:

• personal illness/injury
• menstrual/menopausal reasons
• assisted reproductive health services
• gender affirmation (if specific leave is exhausted)
• managing the impact of a health condition, disability or neurodivergence
• to care for an immediate family, household, or kinship group member due to illness, injury, or emergency.

Long service leave

3 months leave on full pay, or 6 months on half pay, after 10 years' recognised continuous service with the University.

Parental leave

Paid and unpaid leave for maternity, partner, primary caregiver, and adoption or permanent placement.

How much you are entitled to depends on your employment type and length of service.

Compassionate leave

Up to 5 days of paid leave per occasion.

For things like:

• death or serious illness of immediate family or household or kinship group members
• stillbirth
• miscarriage

Special leave

Up to 3 days paid leave per year for circumstances not covered by other leave types.

For things like:

• cultural/religious events
• moving house
• pet’s serious illness, end of life care of loss
• natural disasters (up to five additional days for immediate recovery)

Gender affirmation leave

Up to 30 days of paid leave is available from the start of employment to support gender affirmation.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural leave

Up to 7 days of paid special leave, plus an equal amount of unpaid leave, for cultural or ceremonial obligations.

Family and domestic violence leave

Up to 20 days paid leave.

Part-time staff receive up to 20 days pro-rata or a minimum of 10 days, whichever is greater.

Research and professional development leave

Up to 3 days per year after 12 months' continuous service.

Professional staff can also convert up to 5 days of personal leave to career development leave.

Study leave

Eligible professional staff may apply for up to 70 hours paid leave each calendar year for study commencing on 1 January 2027.

Casual staff may be eligible for:

• paid special leave (up to 5 calendar days per year) for personal ill-health or family care
• paid long service leave (for service from 1 January 2010)
• up to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave
• unpaid leave for personal illness or caring responsibilities.