QLeave Portable Long Service Leave Employer Registration and Levy Return (QLD Construction)

Issuing authority

QLeave — Queensland Building and Construction Commission

Official source

How to apply

1. Register your business with QLeave online via the QLeave portal (free — no registration fee) or download and post the paper registration form from qleave.qld.gov.au
2. Register each eligible worker (trades workers, labourers, apprentices, casual and labour hire) with QLeave when they commence
3. Notify QLeave of each new building or construction project with a total cost of $150,000 or more (excl. GST) via the Building and Construction Levy Portal before a development permit is issued or, if no permit, before work starts
4. Calculate the levy at 0.575% of total project cost using the online levy calculator on qleave.qld.gov.au
5. Pay the levy online through the Building and Construction Levy Portal (or by paper form lodged at the QLeave office or by mail)
6. Update work details if project scope or cost changes, and finalise work details when a project is complete
7. Lodge the annual Worker Service Return for each eligible worker by 31 July each year via the online portal (standard entry or bulk spreadsheet upload); submit a nil return if no eligible workers were engaged
8. Notify QLeave when a worker terminates employment and keep records as required under the Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 1991

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