Q:Hello, you raised this in today Webinar and mentioned pay 8% of gross and move entitlement date to start of closedown. What happens to the annual leave calculation if employee takes annual leave later in the year?

Will the AL calculations include this 8% pay out as part of gross to calculate avg weekly earnings? Or will calculation start at new closedown entitlement date?

A: Yes when the 8% is paid out and the entitlement date it moved it effectively resets the time for continuous employment to start from the new entitlement date so the employee will have 4 weeks for the next closedown.