s87: s 87 Accrue 4 weeks' paid annual leave (5 for shiftworkers)
Each non-casual employee accrues 4 weeks of paid annual leave per year of service, or 5 weeks for a shiftworker as defined by the applicable award or agreement (or, for award/agreement free employees, one regularly rostered on continuous 24/7 shifts and regularly working Sundays and public holidays, or a prescribed class), accruing progressively according to ordinary hours and accumulating from year to year.
Our statement of the clause of Australia Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), held and verified: cite it as s87. The instrument verbatim is not quoted here; the held framework carries the reading.
The evidence this duty asks you to hold
Payroll leave accrual configuration showing progressive accrual on ordinary hours, including part-time; Shiftworker classification list with the award or agreement definition applied; Leave balance reports per employee
What usually goes missing
Shiftworkers accruing only 4 weeks; Accrual on contracted rather than ordinary hours; Leave balances capped or forfeited
Where this lands in an audit
In Equal Pay Auditor this control informs the same-work screen, the category figures and the remediation steps, which carry their article citations on the result.