Hey guys, quick question here about leave pay. My girlfriend and I work at the same Woolworths. Both of us are wondering about what happens with our built up annual leave hours if we quit, or drop down to casual. She's forced to drop to casual for personal reasons as she can now only work certain times of the year. As she will become a casual, she will no longer be entitled to annual leave, sick pay and all that. She's got 60 hours of leave built up and my question is whether or not that will just disappear, or if she will get a payout of leave loading or what.
Also, in about 6 months time I'll be leaving as I'm going overseas for 8 months. By the time I quit, I would quite a bit of leave built up, and I'm basically wondering the exact same questions. Will I be able to get anything from this leave, or will I have to take it all before I leave in order to get paid for those leave hours that I've earnt?