Employee personal leave 2023

Key facts

• 45% of non-casual employees across the overall public sector workforce took 5 days or less of personal leave
• 10% of non-casual employees across the overall public sector workforce took more than 20 days of personal leave, which made up 37% of all leave taken
• 10.6 days per employee is the average time taken as personal leave across the overall public sector workforce.

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Personal leave

We define personal leave as paid sick or carer’s leave. Results from previous years don’t include additional leave taken under Special COVID leave arrangements.

The average time taken by non-casual employees for personal leave, such as sick and carer’s leave, is a standard workforce measure.

We use it in the public sector to report on time lost to unscheduled absences.

Average personal leave taken per year, by industry

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2017 Filter by industry Whole of public sector Public entities Victorian Public Service Creative industries, finance, transport and other Police and emergency services Public health care TAFE and other education Water and land management Government schools Filter by demographic Overall Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Age Full-time or part-time Ongoing, fixed-term or casual Ongoing or fixed-term Cultural identity Disability Gender Gender identity Religion Headcount Full-time equivalent Employers Percentage of all employees by headcount Percentage of all full-time equivalent employees Remuneration Remuneration gap as an amount Remuneration gap as a percentage View as a number or percentage Percentage Number Salary Percentage of industry Percentage of total public sector workforce

 

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Personal leave days taken

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2017 Filter by industry Whole of public sector Public entities Victorian Public Service Creative industries, finance, transport and other Police and emergency services Public health care TAFE and other education Water and land management Government schools Filter by demographic Overall Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Age Full-time or part-time Ongoing, fixed-term or casual Ongoing or fixed-term Cultural identity Disability Gender Gender identity Religion Headcount Full-time equivalent Employers Percentage of all employees by headcount Percentage of all full-time equivalent employees Remuneration Remuneration gap as an amount Remuneration gap as a percentage View as a number or percentage Percentage Number Salary Percentage of industry Percentage of total public sector workforce

 

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Data sets and how we prepare data

• Workforce data sets
• How we prepare our data