The Portable Long Service Benefits Authority (the Authority) is an independent statutory body established to oversee the Long Service Benefits Portability Act 2018 (Vic) (the Act). The Act, along with the Long Service Benefits Portability Regulations 2020 (Vic), creates a scheme allowing long service benefits to be transferable for Victorian workers in the community services, contract cleaning, and security industries.
The Portable Long Service Benefits Scheme (the Scheme) was established following an inquiry by the Victorian Parliament’s Economic, Education, Jobs and Skills Committee to allow workers to accrue long service benefits based on their total time in an industry, not with a single employer.
Since 2019, the Scheme has become one of Australia’s largest portable long service leave schemes. The Authority manages employer and worker registrations and oversees investment funds from employer levies for future entitlements.
The Authority is also charged with educating employers on their obligations under the Act. It uses its legislative powers to ensure proper worker registration, especially in the face of under registration, which remains one of the Authority’s key priorities.
Simultaneously, the Authority also educates workers about their rights, empowering them to inquire about their registration for the Scheme and manage their details.
Vision
Our vision is to deliver a quality Scheme to protect the benefits of those who are entitled to them.
Purpose
The Authority administers an effective Scheme through prudent, sustainable investment and supporting all stakeholders – including employers and workers alike – as well as educating and enforcing every stakeholder’s role and interest in the Scheme.
Our shared values
The Authority adheres to the Victorian Public Sector values, which underpin the behaviours that the government and community rightly expect of it. Acting consistently with these values strengthens the Authority’s capacity to operate effectively and achieve its objectives. These values are:
- Responsiveness - We are approachable and provide timely, useful and accurate information.
- Integrity - We have unbiased and honest interactions.
- Impartiality - We are firm and consistent in our application of the law.
- Accountability - We fulfil our objectives in a clear, transparent and responsible manner.
- Respect - We respect our stakeholders, each other and ourselves.
- Leadership - We seek to have a positive influence and to empower others.
- Human rights - We administer the law and deliver decisions, advice and policy that respect and support everyone’s human rights.
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