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Portable long service leave is now part of payroll for community services providers in five states. NSW's scheme only started in July 2025, and the next return is due on 14 October. If you're still working out who to register, what to report and which wages count, you're not alone.

Then there's annual leave. Under the SCHADS Award, some shift workers are owed five weeks of annual leave instead of four, and the rules for who qualifies are anything but simple. Plenty of providers give everyone five weeks to be safe. That costs money, and it can still leave someone underpaid.

This webinar covered:

• How portable long service leave applies to NDIS and community services providers

• Which states run a scheme, and how NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT differ

• Which workers need to be registered and reported

• Your key obligations as an employer and as a payroll team

• Shift worker annual leave under the SCHADS Award: who gets four weeks, who gets five, and how to check

• A live demo of two Pay Cat Toolbox reports: the portable LSL report, and the shift worker annual leave report that checks every employee for you

Who it's for: Payroll officers, HR and finance teams, and owners of NDIS and community services providers, whether you're on Pay Cat Payroll or not.

Pay Cat is Australia's only payroll provider with a 100% compliant SCHADS payroll solution. Our SCHADS template is legally reviewed and independently verified, giving NDIS and care providers complete confidence that every pay run is correct. While others rely on manual workarounds, Pay Cat guarantees award interpretation accuracy, full automation of SCHADS rules, and expert support tailored to the care sector. That's why leading providers choose Pay Cat to manage payroll compliance and save hours each pay cycle.