Full-time and part-time pieceworkers get paid leave. Leave accumulates based on their ordinary hours of work.
Leave is paid at the employee's ordinary hourly rate, which is worked out as follows:
Step 1: work out the total amount earned by the employee in the relevant period.
Step 2: divide that amount by the total number of hours worked in the same period.
What is the relevant period?
The relevant period is 12 months for a pieceworker who’s worked continuously for the same employer for 12 months or more.
When a pieceworker has worked continuously for the same employer for less than 12 months, the relevant period is the whole period of their employment.
What to do next
- Find out about Leave
- Use our Pay and Conditions Tool to calculate your annual leave or sick and carer’s leave
- Get help with leave
- Find out about Other workplace relations help
