About the course
This is where you can become a Long Service Leave Champion.
Getting workers’ entitlements right is vital to complying with industrial laws. Non-compliance with these laws may result in legal action and reputational damage.
In this short course, learn all you need to know about long service leave and how it works:
- How to perform hands-on calculations.
- Explore different scenarios related to the accrual and payment of long service leave.
- On completion, earn a micro credential ‘badge’ that you can widely share on all social media platforms that recognises your status as a NSW Long Service Leave Champion.
What’s involved?
This course has 3 modules and will run over 3 weeks. Each week includes:
- a new module and
- an assessment task.
You’re encouraged to set aside at least 3 hours a week to complete each module, and the assessment task.
It can be done anywhere and at your own pace.
Steps to completing course and claiming your badge
Follow these steps to complete the course and claim your badge:
- Review the summary of course content and information about the badges below.
- Click Register now to sign up for the course.
- Complete it to earn your Long Service Leave Champion badge.
- Receive your digital badge email from our partner Acclaim. To do this, you'll need to create your Acclaim account, then claim your badge. Read FAQs below for more about that.
- Share your badge on your social media and in your email signature.
Contact us if you need assistance
We know that work and personal demands can change every week and our team can work with you to arrange the flexibility you need.
If you have any questions, contact our team at any time by emailing:
irworkshops@industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au
Course Outline
Module 1 - Start with the fundamentals
- Topic 1 - History of Long Service Leave in Australia
- Topic 2 - Your quick essential guide to Long Service Leave
- Topic 3 - How to resolve long service leave disputes
Assessment task 1: Recall
Module 2 - Practical application that can be rather complex at times
- Topic 1 - Making sense of Continuous Service
- Topic 2 - Masterclass in Pro-Rata entitlements
- Topic 3 - Making sense of Transmission of Business, Overseas Service, and Interstate service
Assessment task 2: Comprehension
Module 3 – Bringing it all together
- Topic 1 - Let's examine the Act
- Topic 2 - The importance of case law and precedence
- Topic 3 - Calculations Workshop
Assessment task 3: Critical Analysis and Calculations
Register now!
Register now for February 2025 course
*November 2024 registrations are now closed*
Learn more about Digital Badges
Acclaim is the digital badging platform used by NSW Industrial Relations. It helps users move forward professionally by quickly establishing credibility for opportunities in higher education and the job market.
Each badge contains verifiable data that tells employers what you did and why it matters.
Digital Badges FAQs
Digital badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome that can provide valid verification of your credential. Digital badges have emerged as the newest technology for displaying achievements and capabilities on social media, emails, and resumes. They protect the integrity of your credential by providing a link to the verified data from NSW Industrial Relations that cannot be falsified.
Acclaim is a product of Pearson, the world’s leading learning company. Acclaim works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals.
Open badges are web-enabled versions of a credential, certification or learning outcome which can be verified in real-time, online.
We have partnered with Credly to translate the learning outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company’s Acclaim Platform. The technology Credly uses on its Acclaim Platform is based on the Open Badge Standards maintained by IMS Global. This enables you to manage, share and verify your competencies digitally.
Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly’s Acclaim Platform also offers labour market insights, based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities, right through the Acclaim Platform.
Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organizations to provide digital credentials to individuals, worldwide.
You will receive an email notification from the Acclaim Platform (admin@youracclaim.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.
You can easily configure your privacy settings in the Acclaim Platform. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.
No. This is a service we provide to you, at no cost.
While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly’s Acclaim Platform. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a paper-based certificate. It also eliminates the possibility of anyone claiming your credential and your associated identity.
Every credential and profile on Acclaim has a unique URL that can be shared from the platform to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter through email, embedded in a website or on a resume. You can also add your badge to an email signature. View the instructional video.
You can find answers to frequently asked questions at support.youracclaim.com