Portable long service leave in Victoria
Last reviewed: 14 August 2026. Every figure checked against each scheme's own website. Information only. The scheme is the authority on your entitlement.
Victoria splits its portable long service leave across two bodies, and the construction one changed its name, which is why so many people cannot find it. Construction is LeavePlus, the scheme almost everyone still calls CoINVEST. Community services, contract cleaning and security sit with a separate government agency, the Portable Long Service Authority.
Victoria also has portable long service leave for community services, contract cleaning, security. Each is set out below.
LeavePlus (formerly CoINVEST)
Administered by: CoINVEST Limited as Trustee for the Construction Industry Long Service Leave Fund, trading as LeavePlus
| Who it covers | Building and construction |
|---|---|
| Qualifying period | 10 years of accrued service (service accrued after 1 July 2002) [source] |
| Entitlement | 13 weeks after 10 years, accruing at 1.3 weeks per full year of service after 1 July 2002 [source] |
- CoINVEST changed its trading name to LeavePlus on 14 August 2023. The legal entity is unchanged, member numbers are unchanged, and existing records carried across. [source]
- Service accrued before 1 July 2002 accrues at 0.866 weeks per full year, equivalent to 13 weeks after 15 years. [source]
- You must claim your long service leave benefit through the state or territory in which your most recent 55 days of service was recorded. [source]
Portable Long Service Authority: Portable Long Service Benefits Scheme
Administered by: Portable Long Service Authority (PLSA)
| Who it covers | Community services, Contract cleaning, Security |
|---|---|
| Qualifying period | At least 7 years of recognised service under the Scheme [source] |
| Entitlement | 1 week of leave for every 60 weeks of recorded work [source] |
- The Portable Long Service Benefits Scheme started on 1 July 2019. [source]
- You can accrue portable long service benefits at the same time as traditional long service leave, but you cannot claim both for the same period of service. [source]
Registering and having your service recorded
Employers report service and pay the long service leave charge to LeavePlus. Your LeavePlus member number is the same as your old CoINVEST number, so you do not need a new one, but your saved logins will point at the old site.
LeavePlus requires at least 55 days of service recorded with it before a claim, and you claim through the state where your most recent 55 days of service sit [source].
If you have worked in more than one state
Construction service is recognised across every state and territory under a National Reciprocal Agreement, so work in VIC can count towards an entitlement elsewhere, but only if the schemes know about it. Outside construction, portability between states is inconsistent. Read what happens to your entitlement when you move states.