Your legal obligations as an employer

  • Contract cleaning industry employers must register with the Long Service Corporation within one month of becoming an employer or the commencement of the Act if they were an employer prior to 1 July 2011.
  • Registered employers must lodge quarterly returns. Returns detail gross ordinary wages paid to each cleaning employee during that period.
  • Employers must pay a levy to the Long Service Corporation on the same day the return is due. The levy is calculated at 1.0% of the ordinary wages of cleaning employees. Prior to 1 July 2021 the levy rate was 1.7%. Outstanding levy payments for the period between 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2021 are subject to the 1.7% levy rate.
  • Employers must keep accurate records.

Work on Commonwealth places

As Commonwealth places fall under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Government, work conducted on Commonwealth places cannot be credited under the NSW Contract Cleaning Industry Long Service Leave (CCI LSL) scheme, administered by the Long Service Corporation (LSC).

We are working with the Commonwealth Government to resolve this.

Find more information on Commonwealth places.

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