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Annual leave doesn't expire?

Our defaults for annual leave don't expire the leave to provision for business with mandatory annual shutdowns. You can change that to 18 months should you want to in line with the Basic Conditions of Employment and during the next pay run, the leave will expire.

Updated at 2026-02-03 10:30:24

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